Lok Sabha Question No. 132 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: National Livestock Mission Portal
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

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

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO 132

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION PORTAL

| Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन औरडेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:                                                                                           |
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| (a) whether the Government has launched a National Livestock Mission portal recently; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the benefits likely to be accrued to the Animal Husbandry sector with the launching of |
| this portal;                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| (d) whether the Government has also announced a special package for the livestock sector; and                                                                                                                    |
| (e) if so, the details thereof?                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ANSWER                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन औरडेयरी मंत्री (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)                                                                                            |

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY OF LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 132 PART (a) to (e) ON NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION PORTAL

(a) & (b) Online portal for National Livestock Mission (NLM) has been launched on September 06, 2021 during the national level consultation meeting with State Animal Husbandry Ministers.

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) is implementing National Livestock Mission, which aims towards employment generation, entrepreneurship development, increase  per animal  productivity,  feed  and  fodder  development  targeting  increased  production  of  meat,  goat milk,  egg  and  wool  and  mitigating  the  demand  and  supply  gap  of  feed  and  fodder.    In  order  to facilitate the beneficiaries to submit their application under entrepreneurship programme and also to facilitate  the  State  Government  to  submit  their  proposals  for  seeking  assistance  under  National Livestock Mission, the online portal www.nlm.udyamimitra.in has been developed and launched.

(c) This portal will increase the effectiveness and transparency in the overall scheme implementation process.  The portal enables a customized 'End to End digital workflow amongst Applicants to submit the application, State Implementing Agency (SIA) to screen and process the applications, Lenders to process the loan applications, State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) to approve and recommend the proposals for subsidy claim, and sending of subsidy to the beneficiary by Central Government directly to the beneficiary account through Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). This portal enables the beneficiaries to reach to the handholding agencies for  preparation  of  various  scheme  documents  required  for  loan  from  the  Bank  and  Knowledge sharing etc. The beneficiaries can also able to know the status of their application submitted in the portal.  Thus  the  portal  will  provide  a  seamless  'End  to  End  digital  journey'  experience  to  the entrepreneurs, Lenders, State and Central agencies with full transparency and utmost ease.

(d) &  (e) The  Central Government  has  approved  implementation of a Livestock Sector Package consisting of several activities by revising and realigning various components of existing schemes in order to have focused development of animal husbandry and dairying across the country for  next  5  years  starting  from  2021-22.   This  package  envisages  Central  Government's  support amounting to Rs.9800 crore over duration of 5 years for leveraging total investment of Rs. 54,618 crore for 5 years.

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