Lok Sabha Question No. 2662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Welfare Schemes in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## WELFARE SCHEMES IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 2662 SHRI ANURAG SHARMA

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  comprehensive  welfare  schemes  for  the development of cattle rearing community in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  funds  allocated  and  disbursed  under  various  welfare  schemes  in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years and the current year; and

(c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to provide adequate skill training, provision of state-of-the  art  technology  gadgets  for  fishing  and  storage  and  for  the  creation  of  value-added products?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying has been implementing the following schemes for development of the cattle rearing community in the country including Uttar Pradesh: i) Rashtriya  Gokul  Mision  (RGM);  ii)  National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development  (NPDD);  iii) Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  Programme  (LH&DCP);  iv)  National  Livestock  Mission (NLM); and v) Kisan Credit Card (KCC). The funds allocated / disbursed to Uttar Pradesh under the above schemes during the last 5 years and current year is given at Annexure I.

(c) The Department of Fisheries  has been implementing Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) under which special focus is given on training, skill development, skill up-gradation and capacity building through trainings, awareness building programmes and exposure visits to various stakeholders  especially  fishers,  fish  farmers,  fish  workers,  fish  vendors,  entrepreneurs,  officials, fisheries  Cooperatives  and  members  of  Fish  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  for  various  fishing, aquaculture  and  post  harvest  related  activities.  The  Training,  Awareness,  Exposure  and  Capacity Building  programmes  are  carried  out  through  the  National  Fisheries  Development  Board,  ICAR institutes, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), other organisations and State/UT Fisheries Departments. Besides these regular programmes, skill development programmes to traditional fishermen through Recognition of Prior  Learning (RPL) programme approved by Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) in respect of marine/ inland capture fisheries are also provided.

## Annexure I

Funds released under the different schemes during the last 5 years and current year

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Scheme                                      |   Funds released during the last 5 years and current year (Rs. In lakh) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Rashtriya Gokul Mision (RGM)                            |                                                                12459.8  |
|         2 | National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)         |                                                                 3829.58 |
|         3 | Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LH&DCP) |                                                                47288    |
|         4 | National Livestock Mission (NLM)                        |                                                                 2815.81 |