Lok Sabha Question No. 2410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Schemes for Doubling the Income of Farmers by 2022
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2410 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  AUGUST, 2021

## SCHEMES FOR DOUBLING THE INCOME OF FARMERS BY 2022

## 2410. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of new technology schemes of the Government working on doubling the income of farmers in the country by the year 2022, and the detailed account of the same thereby especially in the State of Maharashtra;
- (b)  the  details  of  any  financial  assistance  to  the  farmers  to  buy  cows,  sheds  for  them,  make vermicompost or to provide any financial assistance to the farmers in the form of animals/chicken;
- (c)  the details of the number of farmers who have been supported in the country, especially in the State  of  Maharashtra  and  the  amount  which  has  been  given  to  each  farmer  or  the  applicant farmer during the last three years; and
- (d) whether it is true that there is a lot of difficulty in taking co-operativeness for animal husbandry, so farmers has been given a lot of work, if so, the reason for this?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Government is implementing various animal husbandry and dairying related schemes to enhance production and productivity of bovines & small ruminants (sheep & goat), piggery & poultry through infusion of new technology and thereby doubling the income of farmers across the country including Maharashtra namely:
- i. Rashtriya Gokul Mission(RGM)
- ii. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- iii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund(DIDF)
- iv. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS)(discontinued from 2020-21)
- v. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities (SDC&FPO)
- vi. National Livestock Mission(NLM)
- vii. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund(AHIDF)
- viii. Livestock Health & Disease Control(LH&DC)
- ix. National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)

Further, the Government is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) for development and conservation  of  indigenous  bovine  breeds  since  December  2014  across  the  country  including Maharashtra.  The  scheme  is  leading  to  multiplication  of  elite  animals  of  indigenous  breeds  and increased  availability  of  indigenous  stock.  The  scheme  supports  for  breed  improvement  through new  technology  interventions  like  In-Vitro  Fertilisation,  Sex  Sorted  Semen,  Genomic  Chip, Artificial insemination, establishment of ETT, etc.

- (b)  &  (c)    The  details  of  financial  assistances  provided  to  farmers  to  buy  cows,  sheds  for  them, make vermicompost, etc. and the number of farmers supported in  the country and in the State of Maharashtra  under the following schemes are:
- (i).  Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) : Under DEDS, the details of back ended subsidy disbursed by NABARD throughout the country including Maharashtra during the last three years are as under:
- (ii). Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation (EDEG) component under National Livestock Mission: Under Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation (EDEG)  component  of  National  Livestock  Mission    financial  assistance  was  provided  as  25% (General) and 33.33 % (Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) subsidy under various categories since 2014. Details of subsidy released under EDEG with various components for State of Maharashtra and country are as under:

| Year    | All India   | All India            | Maharashtra   | Maharashtra          |
|---------|-------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|         | Total Unit  | Amount (Rs in crore) | Total Unit    | Amount (Rs in crore) |
| 2018-19 | 38842       | 229.70               | 3826          | 18.05                |
| 2019-20 | 28714       | 183.33               | 2332          | 13.90                |
| 2020-21 | 23060       | 137.84               | 1222          | 5.97                 |

Details of subsidy released to Maharashtra State under Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation (EDEG)- National Livestock Mission with various components

| Years    | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released (Rs in lakh)   | Total   | Total   |
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|---------|
|          | PVCF                            | PVCF                            | IDSRR                           | IDSRR                           | Pig Dev.                        | Pig Dev.                        | SMBC                            | SMBC                            |         |         |
|          | Fin.                            | Phy                             | Fin.                            | Phy                             | Fin.                            | Phy                             | Fin.                            | Phy                             | Fin.    | Phy     |
| 2018- 19 | 305.537                         | 101                             | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 305.537 | 101     |
| 2019- 20 | 579.16                          | 123                             | 118.058                         | 138                             | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 697.218 | 261     |
| 2020- 21 | 1328.61                         | 245                             | 55.53                           | 51                              | 0                               | 0                               | 83.83                           | 2                               | 1467.97 | 298     |

Details of subsidy released to All State/UTs including Maharashtra State under Entrepreneurship  Development  and  Employment  Generation  (EDEG)-National  Livestock Mission with various components

| Years   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Subsidy Released ( Rs in lakh)   | Total    | Total   |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------|---------|
| Years   | PVCF                             | PVCF                             | IDSRR                            | IDSRR                            | Pig Dev.                         | Pig Dev.                         | SMBC                             | SMBC                             |          |         |
| Years   | Fin.                             | Phy                              | Fin.                             | Phy                              | Fin.                             | Phy                              | Fin.                             | Phy                              | Fin.     | Phy     |
| 2018-19 | 3601.25                          | 1412                             | 4597.15                          | 9919                             | 693.65                           | 683                              | 21.75                            | 40                               | 8913.82  | 12054   |
| 2019-20 | 7029.83                          | 1560                             | 6241.83                          | 12165                            | 539.90                           | 470                              | 16.57                            | 37                               | 13828.14 | 14232   |
| 2020-21 | 8797.81                          | 2938                             | 6897                             | 14452                            | 1899.2                           | 1995                             | 130.07                           | 56                               | 17719.42 | 19441   |

Note: PVCF- Poultry Venture Capital Fund; IDSRR- Integrated Development of Small Ruminants and Rabbits; Pig Dev.- Pig development; SMBC- Salvaging and Rearing of Male Buffalo Calves; CSFFF- Construction Storage Facility Feed Fodder; EAWM- Effective Animal Waste Management

- (d) There are plenty of Co-operatives in the diary sector which are operating across the country and for other segments of animal husbandry, cooperatives are less in number.