Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 90

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## DAIRY PROCESSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND

*90. DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a) the  main  objective  of  the  Dairy  Processing  and  Infrastructure  Development  Fund (DIDF);
- (b) the number of villages in the country where the milk producers are likely to be benefited particularly  milk  producers  belonging  to  Uttar  Pradesh,  Maharashtra  and  Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c) the percentage of interest subvention or subsidy on loans extended to dairy sector by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  90      PART  (a)  TO  (c)  ON  'DAIRY  PROCESSING  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (DIDF)' TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2022

- (a) DIDF was launched in December 2017 with the objective of creation/strengthening of Milk Processing, Value addition & chilling facilities for Dairy Co-operative, Multi State Dairy  Cooperative,  Milk  Producer  Companies  (MPC),  NDDB  ssubsidiaries,  Self HelpGroups (SHGs) and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) registeredunderStateCooperative  and  Companies  Act  with  total  outlay  of  Rs.  11,184 Crore (loancomponentof Rs. 8,004 Crore). In addition to the above, after reviewing the progress of thescheme, the following components have been included under the DIDF:
- (i) Cattle feed/ feed supplement plants
- (ii) Milk transportation system (Refer van/insulated tankers etc)
- (iii) Marketing infrastructure (including e-market system, bulk vending system, Parlour,deep freezer, cold storage etc.
- (iv) Commodity and Cattle feed go-downs
- (v) ICT  infrastructure  (e.g.  block  chain  technology,  servers,  IT  solutions,  Near  Real Timedevices etc)
- (vi) R&D (lab & equipment, new technology, innovations, product development etc)
- (vii) Renewable energy infrastructure/ plants, trigen/ energy efficiency infrastructure
- (viii) Pet bottle/packaging material manufacturing units for dairy purposes
- (ix) Training centre (complete with civil and other necessary infrastructure)
- (b) 95,00,000  farmers  in  about  50,000  villages  are  targeted  to  be  benefitted.  As  on 31.10.2022,  36  projects  from  12  States  have  been  sanctioned  covering38,830  villages with a target to benefit 45.89 lakh producer members in the project areas, out of which, 26060  villages  with  26.90  lakh  producer-members  have  been  benefitted.  State-wise details of villages covered and producer members benefitted including Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh is annexed . No project from Uttar Pradesh has been received under the scheme till date.
- (c) Government of  India  provides  interest  subvention  of  2.5%  on  eligible  loan  under  the scheme.  As  on31.10.2022,  an  amount  of  Rs.  79.59  Crore  has  been  released  by  this Department  as interest subvention to National Bank  for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) towards interest subvention.

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Annexure State-wise  details  of  villages  and  producer  members  covered  under  DIDF  as  on 31.10.2022

| S No            | State           | Total Projects   | Village Coverage (000)   | Village Coverage (000)   | Producer Members (000)   | Producer Members (000)   |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|                 |                 |                  | Target                   | Achievement              | Target                   | Achievement              |
| NDDB's projects | NDDB's projects | NDDB's projects  | NDDB's projects          | NDDB's projects          | NDDB's projects          | NDDB's projects          |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh  | 1                | 0.91                     | 0.85                     | 122.00                   | 119.00                   |
| 2               | Bihar           | 1                | 1.40                     | 1.24                     | 212.60                   | 180.12                   |
| 3               | Gujarat         | 3                | 9.14                     | 8.79                     | 783.44                   | 799.22                   |
| 4               | Haryana         | 2                | 0.93                     | 0.92                     | 58.36                    | 56.62                    |
| 5               | Karnataka       | 9                | 11.28                    | 6.51                     | 1646.98                  | 1124.52                  |
| 6               | Kerala          | 1                | 0.93                     | 0.00                     | 302.00                   | 0.00                     |
| 7               | Maharashtra     | 1                | 3.11                     | 3.10                     | 210.22                   | 199.74                   |
| 8               | Punjab          | 4                | 3.46                     | 3.41                     | 230.44                   | 145.52                   |
| 9               | Rajasthan       | 1                | 1.01                     | 1.06                     | 58.00                    | 42.42                    |
| 10              | Telangana       | 3                | 1.10                     | 0.20                     | 73.30                    | 22.94                    |
| 11              | Tamil Nadu      | 4                | 2.57                     | 0.00                     | 705.90                   | 0.00                     |
| Total           | Total           | 30               | 35.83                    | 26.06                    | 4403.24                  | 2690.10                  |
| NCDC's projects | NCDC's projects | NCDC's projects  | NCDC's projects          | NCDC's projects          | NCDC's projects          | NCDC's projects          |
| 1               | Tamil Nadu      | 5                | 0.70                     | 0.00                     | 104.00                   | 0.00                     |
| 2               | Madhya Pradesh  | 1                | 2.30                     | 0.00                     | 82.56                    | 0.00                     |
|                 | TOTAL           | 6                | 3.00                     | 0.00                     | 186.56                   | 0.00                     |
| GRAND TOTAL     | GRAND TOTAL     | 36               | 38.83                    | 26.06                    | 4589.80                  | 2690.10                  |