Lok Sabha Question No. 911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Promotion of Animal Husbandry
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PROMOTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

## 911. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  adopted  any  action  plan  to  promote  animal  husbandry,  dairy development and goat rearing in the country and if so, the details of ongoing schemes in this regard;
- (b) the extent to which the success has been achieved in this regard during the last five years and the current year; and
- (c) the details of the beneficiary farmers thereunder during the said period?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is implementing various schemes to supplement the efforts of States/UTs for promotion and development of animal husbandry and dairying  sector across the country:
- i. Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM),
- ii. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD),
- iii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF),
- iv. Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  engaged  in  dairy activities (SDCFPO)
- v. National Livestock Mission (NLM),
- vi. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
- vii. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LH&DCP) (wherein erstwhile Livestock Health and Disease Control Scheme and National Animal Disease Control Programme were merged with effect from 2021-22)
- viii. Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey (LC & ISS)
- (b) to (c)Due to implementation of the aforesaid schemes of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Milk Production in the country has increased from 146.31 Million Tonnes in 2014-15 to 221.1

Million Tonnes in 2021-22 i.e. by 6.38% per annum during the last 8 years. Value of output of milk is more than Rs.9.32 lakh crore during 2021-22 which is  higherthan the agriculture produce and even more than the combined value of Paddy and Wheat. Egg production in the country has increased from 78.48 billion in 2014-15 to 129.53 billion in 2021-22. Egg production in the country is growing at the rate of 8% per annum.

Under NPDD, the physical progress during the last 5 years and current year is as under

-  14631 dairy cooperative societies organised/ revived with enrolment of 15.07 lakh new farmers/ milk producers and procurement of 37.50 lakh litres of additional milk from farmers.
-  20,394 dairy  cooperative  societies  strengthened  with  installation  of  Automatic  Milk  Collection Unit to bring transparency in milk testing and payments to farmers.
-  3096 Bulk Milk Coolers with 63.66 lakh litres chilling capacity have been installed to provide market access to farmers and reduce milk spoilage.
-  4066 Electronic  Milk  Adulteration  Testing  Equipments  and  107  FTIR  Technology  based  Milk Analyser/Food  Scan/NIRS  Tech  Milk  Powder  Analyser  have  been  installed  for  checking adulteration in milk & milk products. This will encourage farmers producing quality milk
-  22.90  lakh  litres  per  day  new  milk  processing  capacity  established  to  process  and  market additional milk procured from farmers.
-  Establishment  of  State  Central Laboratory  in  15  States  &  strengthening  of  milk  testing laboratories  of  District  Cooperative  Milk  Unions  to  check  milk  quality,  increase  consumer acceptance and market.

Under DIDF, as on 31.12.2022, 58.70 Lakh Litre per Day (LLPD) Milk Processing Capacity, 113 BMCs with 3.4 LLPD capacities, 265 Metric Tonnes per Day (MTPD) Milk Drying capacity and 10.46 LLPD Value Added Products (VAP) manufacturing capacity have been established.

Under the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), total 213 projects have been  established  which  have  given  employment  to  approximately  24000  people  directly  and  1  lakh farmers indirectly since 2020-2021.

So far cumulative 16.91 crore animals were vaccinated against FMD in Round-I in 2020 and 24.94crore animals have been ear tagged in the country. The second round of vaccination against FMD has  commenced  and  so  far , 20.77  crore(as  on  January,  2023)  animals  have  been  vaccinated.  Against Round-III of FMD vaccination, so far, 1.78crore animals have been vaccinated. The vaccination against Brucella has also commenced and so far, 1.62crore animals have been vaccinated.

As per data available on Information Network for Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH) portal, so far 3.08 crore farmers have been benefitted under Nationwide AI Programme component of Rashtriya Gokul Mission.There are so far 24.36 crore farmers registered directly on the INAPH portal, 10.12 crore farmers have been benefited against FMD and 79.02 lakh farmers benefited against Brucellosis.

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