Lok Sabha Question No. 3217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Requirement of Veterinary Doctors
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Manjulata Mandal, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Dhanush M Kumar, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Ganesan Selvam, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3217

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022

## REQUIREMENT OF VETERINARY DOCTORS

## 3217. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S:

SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI DHANUSH  M.  KUMAR:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI  SHARMA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI  SELVAM  G:

DR. AMOL RAMSINGH KOLHE:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  number  of  veterinary  doctors  and  other  medical  attendants  for  the  treatment  of animals in rural areas of the country is very less and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b)the details of recognized veterinary colleges functioning in the country along with the number of registered veterinary practitioners as on date;

(c) whether veterinary colleges are essential for animal welfare in the country and if so, the details of veterinary colleges in private sector;

(d)whether the Government has any plans for improving veterinary colleges in the private sector and if so, the details thereof;

- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  number  of  veterinary  colleges  which  are  required  in rural areas; and

(f)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  upgrade  the  existing  veterinary  institutions  and  to improve the quality of healthcare services in existing veterinary hospitals and to meet the sanctioned requirement of veterinary doctors?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) Animal  Husbandryis  a  State  subject  and  deployment  of  veterinary  manpower  for  providing treatment of animals is done by the respective States / UTs.The Department supplements the efforts of the States / UTs by providing them financial assistance as well as strategic policy inputs. Further, the Department is responsible for regulating veterinary practice through Veterinary Council of India (VCI) which is mandated to maintain the Indian Veterinary Practitioners' Register (IVPR) containing names of persons who possess recognized veterinary qualifications (Degree in Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry). However, the Department does not maintain State / UT-wise details of veterinary doctors and para-veterinarians employed and positions vacant in the States / UTs.

(b) to  (e)  As  per  IVPR,  there  are  73,129registered  veterinary  practitioners  as  on  31/3/2020.  The State-wise list is given at Annexure I .Veterinary colleges impart the requisite knowledge and skills of veterinary science through their BVSc & AH course which is essential for animal welfare. At present, there are 54 recognized veterinary colleges in India, including 5 (five) in the private sector. A list of such veterinary colleges is at Annexure-II .

Animal Husbandry including Veterinary education is a State subject hence, establishment of veterinary colleges is done, after need assessment, by State Governments. VCI issued the Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education (MSVE) Regulations, 2016 to regulate veterinary colleges, whether in private or in  public sector. Further, Government, under the Indian Veterinary Council Act1984, has framed the VCI (Procedure for recognition and de-recognition of Veterinary Colleges and Veterinary qualification) Rules 2017 (amended in 2019),towards opening of new veterinary colleges and ensure fulfillment of minimum standards in veterinary education.

(f) Government, under Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC) scheme, supplements the efforts of States /UTstowards animal health by providing them financial assistance. To bring veterinary services at farmers' doorsteps, the Central Government, from 2021-22, is providing 100% central funds towards  procurement  &  customization  of  mobile  veterinary  units  (MVUs).  However,  recurring operational  expenditure  would  be  shared  with  States  in  the  ratio  of  90:10  for  North  Eastern  & Himalayan States; 60% for other States, and 100% for UTs. Government has already released a sum of Rs.681.57 Crore to 33 States/UTs towards procurement & customization of 4332 numbers of Mobile Veterinary Units.

In  addition,  Department  also  supports  proposals  from  States/  UTs  towards  establishment  and renovation of existing veterinary institutions under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) scheme of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

## Statement showing Sate-wise number of registered veterinary Practitioners as per Indian Veterinary Practitioners Register 2020

|                    |   Registered Veterinary Practitioners as on 31.03.2020 |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nichobar  |                                                     59 |
| Andhra Pradesh     |                                                   4875 |
| Arunachal Pradesh  |                                                    189 |
| Assam              |                                                   2965 |
| Bihar              |                                                   3395 |
| Chhattisgarh       |                                                    994 |
| Chandigarh         |                                                     13 |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli |                                                     04 |
| Daman and Diu      |                                                     01 |
| Delhi              |                                                    466 |
| Goa                |                                                    201 |
| Gujarat            |                                                   3521 |
| Haryana            |                                                   1997 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |                                                   1247 |
| Jharkhand          |                                                    895 |
| Karnataka          |                                                   4267 |
| Kerala             |                                                   4405 |
| Lakshadweep        |                                                    031 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |                                                   2428 |
| Maharashtra        |                                                   9971 |
| Manipur            |                                                    514 |
| Meghalaya          |                                                    393 |
| Mizoram            |                                                    320 |
| Nagaland           |                                                    306 |
| Orisha             |                                                   2582 |
| Puducherry         |                                                    495 |
| Punjab             |                                                   3928 |
| Rajasthan          |                                                   4024 |
| Sikkim             |                                                    167 |
| Tamil Nadu         |                                                   5622 |
| Tripura            |                                                    388 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |                                                   6562 |
| Uttarakhand        |                                                   1015 |
| West Bengal        |                                                   2488 |
| Telengana          |                                                   1656 |
| Jammu &Kashmir     |                                                    692 |
| Ladakh             |                                                    053 |

Annexure-II List of recognized Veterinary Colleges (including in private sector) along with their affiliating Universities

|   Sl. No | State            |   Sr. | Name of affiliating University                                            | Name of Veterinary College                                                                       |
|----------|------------------|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH   |     1 | Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati                          | 1. NTR College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram 2. College of                                   |
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH   |     1 | Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati                          | Veterinary Science, Proddatur                                                                    |
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH   |     1 | Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati                          | 3. College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati                                                       |
|        2 | ASSAM            |     2 | Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat                                     | 4. College of Veterinary Science, Guwahati                                                       |
|        3 | BIHAR            |     3 | Bihar Animal Science University, Patna, Bihar                             | 5. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna                                                               |
|        4 | CHHATTISGARH     |     4 | Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg        | 6. College of Veterinary Science &Animal Husbandry, Durg                                         |
|        5 | GUJARAT          |     5 | Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                 | 7. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand                                     |
|        5 | GUJARAT          |     5 | Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                 | 8. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Junagadh                                  |
|        5 | GUJARAT          |     5 | Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                 | 9. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Navsari                                   |
|        5 | GUJARAT          |     5 | Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                 | 10. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar                        |
|        6 | HARYANA          |     6 | Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar       | 11. College of Veterinary Science, Hisar 12. International Institute of Veterinary Education and |
|        7 | HIMACHAL PRADESH |     7 | CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalay, Palampur                      | 13. Dr. G.C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur                            |
|        8 | JAMMU& KASHMIR   |     8 | Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu    | 14. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Jammu                                     |
|        8 | JAMMU& KASHMIR   |     9 | Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Srinagar | 15. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Srinagar, Kashmir                         |
|        9 | JHARKHAND        |    10 | Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi                                     | 16. Ranchi College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Ranchi                            |
|       10 | KARNATAKA        |    11 | Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University,             | 17. Veterinary College Hebbal, Bangalore 18. Veterinary College                                  |

|   Sl. No | State          |   Sr. | Name of affiliating University                                | Name of Veterinary College                                                                                                                                                          |
|----------|----------------|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       11 | KERALA         |    12 | Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, Pookote      | 20. Veterinary College, Shimoga 21. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Thrissur                                                                                               |
|       12 | MADHYA PRADESH |    13 | Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur       | Animal Sciences, Pookote 23. College of Veterinary Science &Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur 24. College of Veterinary Science &Animal Husbandry, Mhow 25. College of Veterinary Science  |
|       13 | MAHARASHTRA    |    14 | Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur      | 26. Mumbai Veterinary College, Mumbai 27. Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur 28. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Parbhani 29. K.N.P. College of Veterinary Sciences, Satara |
|       14 | MIZORAM        |    15 | Central Agricultural University, Imphal                       | 30. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Udgir 31. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Aizawl,                                                                    |
|       15 | ODISHA         |    16 | Orissa University of Agriculture &Technology, Bhubaneswar     | Mizoram 32. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar                                                                                                         |
|       16 | PUDUCHERRY     |    17 | Pondicherry University, Puducherry                            | 33. Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Puducherry                                                                                                                |
|       17 | PUNJAB         |    18 | Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University      | 34. Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar (College is under private sector)                                                                                    |
|       18 | RAJASTHAN      |    19 | Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner | Science, Ludhiana 36. College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Bikaner 37. Mahatma Jyotiba Fule College of Veterinary & Animal                                                     |

| Sl. No   | State         | Sr.   | Name of affiliating University                                                                                      | Name of Veterinary College                                                              |
|----------|---------------|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |               |       |                                                                                                                     | 41. Arawali Veterinary College, Sikar (College is under private sector)                 |
| 19.      | TAMIL NADU    | 20.   | Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai                                                         | 42. Madras Veterinary College, Chennai                                                  |
| 19.      | TAMIL NADU    | 20.   | Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai                                                         | 43. College of Veterinary Science and Research Institute, Namakkal                      |
| 19.      | TAMIL NADU    | 20.   | Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai                                                         | 44. Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orthanadu                                |
| 19.      | TAMIL NADU    | 20.   | Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai                                                         | 45. Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli                              |
| 20.      | TELANGANA     | 21.   | P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad                                                        | 46. College of Veterinary Science, Hyderabad                                            |
| 20.      | TELANGANA     | 21.   | P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad                                                        | 47. College of Veterinary Science, Korutla                                              |
| 21.      | TRIPURA       | 22.   | Tripura University, Agartala                                                                                        | 48. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry at R.K. Nagar, Agartala, Tripura |
| 22.      | UTTAR PRADESH | 23.   | Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya                                    | 49. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Faizabad                        |
| 22.      | UTTAR PRADESH | 24.   | Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalay Evam Go- Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura | 50. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura                         |
| 22.      | UTTAR PRADESH | 25.   | Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly                                                           | 51. ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute                                           |
| 22.      | UTTAR PRADESH | 26.   | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut                                            | 52. College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Meerut                                   |
| 23.      | UTTARAKHAND   | 27    | Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar                                               | 53. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pantnagar                                  |
| 24.      | WEST BENGAL   | 28.   | West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata                                                        | 54. Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences , Kolkata                                   |