Lok Sabha Question No. 3099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: National Programme for Dairy Development
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3099

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 TH  MARCH, 2022

## NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

3099:  SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  farmers  trained  so  far  in  the  country  under  the  National  Programme  for Dairy Development (NPDD), State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is implementing any scheme for the financially weaker farmers in dairy sector; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development  (NPDD)  scheme,  so  far,  12.26  lakh farmer-members have been brought under the ambit  of  dairy  cooperative  network.  These farmer-members have availed the benefit of the scheme activities including training/orientation programs etc. The State wise details of farmers' inducted/enrolled/added in the dairy cooperative network under NPDD scheme is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Supplementing the efforts of the State Government, Department of Animal Husbandry and  Dairying  has  been  implementing  following  dairy  development  schemes,  wherein provisions  have  been  made  for  financial  assistance  to  dairy  cooperatives,  milk  producer companies etc, primarily for strengthening/creation of dairy infrastructure for quality milk procurement, its processing, marketing and working capital requirements:-
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development
- ii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- iii. Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  engaged  in dairy activities

The  above  schemes  benefit  farmer-members,  including  financially  weaker  farmers  in  the dairy sector.

Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3099 to be answered  on  22 nd March,  2022  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Rajesh Verma, regarding 'National Programme for Dairy Development'.

State  wise  numbers  farmers  enrolled/added  under  National  Programme  for  Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme (As on 28.02.2022)

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   No of Farmer Member enrolled/added (in thousands) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                               21.62 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                0    |
| 3       | Assam             |                                                0    |
| 4       | Bihar             |                                              195.15 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                                                4.46 |
| 6       | Goa               |                                                0    |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                                               74.25 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                                                0    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                0    |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                               39.5  |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                                                2.75 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                                              698.39 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                                               45.45 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                               16.52 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                                               35.36 |
| 16      | Manipur           |                                                1.04 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                                                0.62 |
| 18      | Mizoram           |                                                0.06 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                                                2.8  |
| 20      | Odisha            |                                               26.43 |
| 21      | Pondicherry       |                                                0    |
| 22      | Punjab            |                                                8.3  |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |                                               14.08 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |                                                2.76 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |                                                0.1  |
| 26      | Telangana         |                                                8    |
| 27      | Tripura           |                                                0.2  |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                               11.52 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |                                               13.13 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |                                                3.53 |
|         | Grand total       |                                             1226.02 |

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