Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Grants for Animal Husbandry
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

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

STARRED QUESTION NO. 89 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## GRANTS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

## * 89. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to State:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  providing  grants  on  animal  feed  for  the  good  health  of livestock and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  plan  of  the  Government  regarding  setting  up  of  plants  to  produce animal feed;
- (c) the details of plan of the Government regarding setting up of cowsheds; and
- (d) the details of the scheme to provide grants for animal husbandry to animal rearers?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a) to(d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 89 FOR 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022 REGARDING 'GRANTS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY'

(a).  Animal Husbandry is a State subject. The State Governments are responsible for arranging the animal feed for the good health of livestock including the necessary financial requirements. The Central Government is supplementing efforts made by the State Government. Different States have  introduced  their  own  programmes  to  make  available  required  animal  feed  for  livestock. Also, the schemes, 'National Livestock Mission' and 'Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development  Fund'  implemented  by  Central  Government  enable  the  livestock  owners  for increased availability of animal feed.

(b).  The  Central  Government is implementing the Scheme National Livestock Mission (NLM). The Sub-mission on Feed and Fodder Development is being implemented under NLM, aiming towards encouraging entrepreneurs for establishment of fodder Block/Hay Bailing/Silage Making Units  by  providing  50%  subsidy  up  to  Rs.50  lakh.  The  Individuals,  Self  Help  Group  (SHG), Farmers  Cooperative  Organizations  (FCOs),  Joint  Liability  Groups(JLG),  Farmers  Producers Organizations(FPOs),  and  Section  8  companies  are  eligible  to  get  benefit.  Also  the  Central Government is providing assistance for development of seed multiplication chain for production of quality fodder seed.

Besides,  Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF),  a  flagship  scheme  of DAHD (of Rs. 15,000 crores), under which Eligible Entities (EE). i.e. individual entrepreneurs, private companies, FPOs, MSMEs and Section 8 companies are incentivised for the establishment of Animal Feed manufacturing plants and strengthening of existing units/ plant in the categories such as Establishment of Mini, Medium and Large Animal Feed Plant, Total Mixed Ration Block Making Unit, By pass protein unit, Enrich Silage making unit, Feed supplement/ Feed premixes/ Mineral Mixture Plant and Animal Feed Testing Laboratory. Eligible Entities can avail loan upto 90% of the project cost for establishment of the feed manufacturing unit. The Central Government provides 3.0% interest subvention with two years moratorium.

The State Governments can also avail benefit under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for setting up of Animal feed plant.

(c). The arrangement of cow shed is vested on the State Governments. As per information, many State  Governments  are  implementing  schemes  for  establishment  of  cow  sheds.  Besides,  the Animal  Welfare  Board  of  India  is  also  providing  shelter  grants  to  the  Animal  Welfare Organizations and Gaushalas to keep the stray and unproductive animals. (d)  The following schemes are being implemented by the Central Government to provide grants for animal husbandry to animal rearers: ( i)  Development  Programmes :  (i)  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  for  development  of  cattle  and buffalo breeds, (ii) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) for dairy development, (iii) National Livestock Mission (NLM) for development of sheep, goat, pig, poultry and feed and fodder and (iv) Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey (LC & ISS) for carrying out of Census and sample survey. (ii)  Disease  Control  programme :  for  providing  assistance  for  control  of  animal  diseases  like Foot and Mouth Disease, Brucellosis, Classical Swine Fever, Peste des petits Ruminants (PPR) and also to provide assistance to State Governments for Control of other infectious diseases. (iii) Infrastructure  Development  Fund :  The  Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development fund  (AHIDF)  (ii)  Dairy  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (DIDF)  (iii)  Support  to  Dairy Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  engaged  in  Dairy  activities.  These  schemes incentivize  to  establish  and  strengthen  the  Dairy  Processing  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure, Meat Processing and Value Addition Infrastructure, Animal Feed Plant and Breed Multiplication Farms which are technologically improved.

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