Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria, Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1002 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## ANIMAL HUSBANDRY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND

1002: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH :

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state

- (a) The number of farmers/animals rearers and beneficiaries registered under the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund, State-wise;
- (b) The efforts being made by the Government to provide said benefits to large number of the people;
- (c) The assessment of the Government to achieve the targets set for this scheme so far; and
- (d) Whether the Government has sanctioned Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund to the States and if so, the details of State-wise and component-wise break up thereby?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State  wise  number  of  Farmers/  Entrepreneurs  and  beneficiaries  who  are  registered  on ahidf.udyamimitra.in  portal  andmarked  eligible  by  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund, are as follows:
- (b) The  details  of  steps  taken  by  Government  to  cover  the  maximum  number  of  potential beneficiaries are as follows:
1. For effective implementation and a fair and transparent mechanism, digitalization of scheme through an online portal www.ahidf.udyamimitra.inis in place.
2. The end to end digital journey from application to disbursement of loan and interest subvention  is  online  through  ahidf.udyamimitra.in  which  is  user  friendly  with  all necessary documents.
3. Portal  is  integrated  with  the  all  India  network  of  Common  Service  Centers  for handholding the applicants from the rural parts of the country.
4. Addition of  new  categories  and  activities  for  Breed  Multiplication  farm  and  Breed improvement  technology,  Manufacturing  of  milk  testing  equipments  and  Dairy equipments, manufacturing of feed supplements/ feed additives has been added.
5. National Dairy Development Board has been added as the hand holding agency on the portal.
6. National Cooperative Development Corporation has been added as the preferred lender on the portal.
7. For preparation of detailed project report model proposals and a list of handholding agencies is uploaded on the portal.
8. For  a  better  outreach  and  awareness  various  audio  video  aids  are  being  used  for propagation of the scheme. The brochures and leaflets for the schemes with the QR Code through which the portal will open.
9. Various  webinars/workshops  etc  are  being  organized  for  creating  awareness  for targeted group  of  people  like  Dairy  associations/  feed  associations  and  Meat associations and various State Governments.
10. Various State level awareness programmesare conducted with various State Governments where Hon'ble Cabinet Minister, Chief Ministers and State Ministers with senior officialsare participating for reaching out to the targeted beneficiaries.
11. Online mechanism for monitoring and reviewing is done by Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Financial Services, Credit Guarantee Fund Trust  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  and  State  Governments  of  scheme  on  a regular basis.
12. State Governments have been requested for creating awareness for AHIDF.
13. To reach out to the common people the scheme guidelines have been translated into 13 languages.
14. Documentary  films  have  been  developed  for  facilitating  the  common  people  to understand the scheme.

|   S. No | Name of State               |   Applicants Registered |   Applicants marked eligible |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                       3 |                            0 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              |                     229 |                           11 |

| 3           | ASSAM             |   32 |   3 |
|-------------|-------------------|------|-----|
| 4           | BIHAR             |  173 |  11 |
| 5           | CHHATTISGARH      |   14 |   8 |
| 6           | DELHI             |    7 |   1 |
| 7           | GOA               |    1 |   0 |
| 8           | GUJARAT           |   41 |   6 |
| 9           | HARYANA           |   37 |   9 |
| 10          | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |    8 |   1 |
| 11          | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |   10 |   3 |
| 12          | JHARKHAND         |   24 |   0 |
| 13          | KARNATAKA         |  237 |  23 |
| 14          | KERALA            |   41 |   3 |
| 15          | MADHYA PRADESH    |  199 |  15 |
| 16          | MAHARASHTRA       |  829 |  54 |
| 17          | MANIPUR           |    7 |   3 |
| 18          | MEGHALAYA         |   12 |   0 |
| 19          | NAGALAND          |    1 |   1 |
| 20          | ODISHA            |   18 |   3 |
| 21          | PUDUCHERRY        |    1 |   0 |
| 22          | PUNJAB            |   19 |   7 |
| 23          | RAJASTHAN         |   97 |  10 |
| 24          | TAMILNADU         |   31 |  10 |
| 25          | TELANGANA         |  152 |   8 |
| 26          | TRIPURA           |    1 |   0 |
| 27          | UTTAR PRADESH     |  189 |  18 |
| 28          | UTTARAKHAND       |   13 |   2 |
| 29          | WEST BENGAL       |   65 |  11 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 2491 | 221 |

## (C) After a year of implementation of the scheme, the achievements have been made: :

1. 7.7 Lakh MT capacity of milk processing which is approximately 0.38% of annual milk production  of  India  and  generating  employment  for  more  than  2035  persons  and benefitting 41000 farmers.
2. 24 Lakhs MT capacity of animal feed plant has been established which are capable of adding  24  Lakh  MT  of  Animal  Feed  to  the  supply  chain  and  thereby  generating employment of more than 4477 persons.
3. 4.35 Lakhs MT capacity of meat processing plant has been added in the production chain which is  more  than  4%  of  annual  meat  production  of  India  thereby  and  it  is  expected thereby generating employment for more than 795 people.
4. (d) The AHIDF is a Central Sector Scheme, therefore, no funds are released to the States under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund.