Lok Sabha Question No. 2134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Animal Husbsndry Infrastructire Development Fund Scheme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2134

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2022

## ANIMAL HUSBANDRY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND SCHEME

2134.   SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the main objective of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund Scheme (AHIDF);
- (b) whether financial assistance has been provided to the entrepreneurs, private companies and farmer organizations of the concerned sector under this scheme;
- (c) the number of villages in the country where milk producers especially the milk producers of Gujarat are likely to be benefited there from; and
- (d) the percentage rate of interest on loan or subsidy fixed by the Government for dairy sector?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) The main objectives of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund Scheme (AHIDF) are as under:
-  To  help  increasing  of  milk  and  meat  processing  capacity  and  product  diversification thereby  providing  greater  access  for  unorganized  rural  milk  and  meat  producers  to organized milk and meat market
-  To make available increased price realization for the producer
-  To make available quality milk and meat products for the domestic consumer

-  To  fulfill  the  objective  of  protein  enriched  quality  food  requirement  of  the  growing population of the country  and prevent malnutrition in one of the highest malnourished children population in the world
-  Develop entrepreneurship and generate employment
-  To promote exports and increase the export contribution in the milk and meat sector.
-  To make available quality concentrated animals feed to the cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry to provide balanced ration at affordable prices.

(b) Yes Sir, financial assistance has been provided to the entrepreneurs, private companies and farmer producer organizations of the concerned sector under this scheme and is as under:

| Eligible Entities                  |   No. of Projects |   Project Cost (in Cr.) |   Loan Amount (in Cr.) |   Interest Subvention amount Released (In Cr.) |
|------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) |                 1 |                    0.5  |                   0.4  |                                           0.01 |
| Individual Entrepreneur            |                 5 |                    1.05 |                   0.8  |                                           0.02 |
| Micro, Small &Medium Enterprise    |                11 |                  109.77 |                  66.93 |                                           1.01 |
| Private Company                    |                21 |                 1115.86 |                 839.81 |                                          18.1  |
| Grand Total                        |                38 |                 1227.19 |                 907.95 |                                          19.14 |

c.)    Number of villages benefitted is not captured by the online portal. AHIDF is operational in entire India and does not limit any individual/ Farmers Producer Organization/ Private Company/ Section 8 company to avail the benefit under the said scheme. As of now, out of the seven Projects eligible from Gujarat for dairy processing under AHIDF, one application has been approved with the  project  cost  of  Rs  6.58  crore.  However,  in  various  other  sanctioned  projects  under  Dairy processing and value addition approximately 40000 farmers are being benefitted.

d.) The rate of interest to be fixed by scheduled banks/ lending institutions for Dairy sector under AHIDF  should  not  exceed  200  basis  points  plus  External  Bench  Mark  Based  Lending  Rate (EBLR) for the Eligible Entities whose project cost are falling within MSME defined ceilings. However, rate of interest to be fixed by scheduled banks/ lending institutions such as NCDC, NBFCs etc for other project could be based on commercial interest rate of Banks. The Department of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  will  directly  pay  the  interest  subvention  of  3  %  to  the Scheduled Bank.

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