Lok Sabha Question No. 3820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Employment Opportunities in Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER 2021

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

3820. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is huge potential in livestock and dairying sector and a large number of people are employed in the said sectors in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  animal  husbandry  and  dairying  related  schemes  implemented  by  the Government to expand the respective sectors across  the country  including  coastal  States  like  the State of Kerala; and
- (d) the various steps taken by the Government to increase the employment opportunities in these sectors and to protect indigenous species?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. The Government is implementing various schemes to supplement the efforts of the States/UTs across the country including coastal states like the state of Kerala  which helps to increase the employment opportunities in the field of animal husbandry and dairying directly as well as indirectly such as:

- i. Rashtriya Gokul Mission,
- ii. National Programme for Dairy Development,
- iii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund,
- iv. Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  engaged  in  dairy activities
- v. National Livestock Mission,
- vi. Livestock Health and Disease Control
- vii. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
- viii. National Animal Disease Control Programme

There are 100.8 million household and household enterprises having at least one livestock or one poultry. The State-wise details of number of household having livestock or poultry are as follows:

## State-wise number of households having livestock or poultry

|   S. No. | Name of the state           |   No. of Household having livestock or poultry |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                                          27390 |

| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         |   3084618 |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      |     97957 |
| 4         | Assam                  |   3379725 |
| 5         | Bihar                  |  10717471 |
| 6         | Chandigarh             |     11219 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           |   2620880 |
| 8         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli |     16769 |
| 9         | Daman And Diu          |       907 |
| 10        | Delhi                  |    128787 |
| 11        | Goa                    |     76736 |
| 12        | Gujarat                |   4005526 |
| 13        | Haryana                |   1713202 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh       |    983298 |
| 15        | Jammu And Kashmir      |   1198876 |
| 16        | Jharkhand              |   3754293 |
| 17        | Karnataka              |   3952934 |
| 18        | Kerala                 |   1282709 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep            |      6511 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh         |   7911898 |
| 21        | Maharashtra            |   6103760 |
| 22        | Manipur                |    228494 |
| 23        | Meghalaya              |    283383 |
| 24        | Mizoram                |    114386 |
| 25        | Nagaland               |    213094 |
| 26        | Odisha                 |   3618406 |
| 27        | Puducherry             |     32449 |
| 28        | Punjab                 |   1707104 |
| 29        | Rajasthan              |   8335106 |
| 30        | Sikkim                 |     72905 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu             |   4208893 |
| 32        | Telangana              |   2080876 |
| 33        | Tripura                |    389736 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh          |  18518516 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand            |    963067 |
| 36        | West Bengal            |   8964276 |
| All India | All India              | 100806157 |

(d) The Government is implementing various animal husbandry and dairying schemes to enhance production and productivity of fish, bovines & small ruminants (sheep & goat), piggery & poultry. This  helps  in  creating  entrepreneurship,  direct  &  indirect  employment  and  better  livelihood opportunities  for  unemployed  youth  and  farmers  in  cattle,  dairy,  poultry,  sheep,  goat,  piggery, feed and fodder sector.

Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  has  been  implemented  for  development  and  conservation  of indigenous bovine breeds since December 2014.The scheme is crucial for upliftment of rural poor as  more  than  80%  low  producing  indigenous  animals  are  with  small  and  marginal  farmers  and landless  labours.  The  scheme  is  important  in  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of bovines  to  meet  growing  demand  of  milk  and  making  dairying  more  remunerative  to  the  rural farmers  of  the  country.  The  scheme  is  leading  to  multiplication  of  elite  animals  of  indigenous breeds and increased availability of indigenous stock.