Lok Sabha Question No. 1565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Works done under MPCDF
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1565 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY 2022

## WORKS DONE UNDER MPCDF

1565. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  major  works  done  under  Madhya  Pradesh  State  Cooperative  Dairy  Federation (MPCDF) in Madhya Pradesh for the welfare of farmers and cattle rearers during the last three years and the current year;

(b)  the  details  of  the  steps/measures  taken  in  the  State  to  promote  infrastructure  development  and management in the field of animal husbandry and dairying; and

(c) the details of the steps taken to increase the export of animals products and dairy products and for the economic development of farmers, cattle rearers during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Madhya  Pradesh  State  Cooperative  Dairy  Federation  (MPCDF)  has  informed  the  following measures for welfare were taken up during last three years for the milk producers in the State:

- (i) Organized 484 new dairy Cooperatives and benefitted 35,215 new milk producing farmers.
- (ii) Initiated steps for functional dairy cooperative societies to operate cashless and conduct daily milk trade through on-line processes.
- (iii) Modernized and automation of dairy cooperatives through installation of 754 Automatic Milk Collection  Units,  123  Electronic  Milk  Adulteration  Testing  machines  and  strengthening  4 laboratories at village level.
- (iv) Supply  of  quality  cattle  feed  under  SUDANA  brand  to  milk  producer-members  of  dairy cooperatives through cattle feed plants

Besides above, the regional cooperative milk unions are implementing following schemes from their own resources in respective milk shed jurisdiction benefitting their enrolled milk producer-members. These schemes have benefitted as under:

- (i) Cattle insurance scheme extended benefit to about 12,326 members.
- (ii) Farmer Orientation Program benefitted about 375 members of DCSs
- (iii) Sanchi  Dugdha  Utpadak  Chikitsa  Sahayta  Yojana  benefitted  695  members  with  Rs.  80.87 lakhs
- (iv) Meritorious  Students  Awards  Scheme  for  milk  producer  family  members  benefitting  272 students with Rs 2.72 lakhs
- (v) Fodder seed distribution scheme led to distributing 16,482 Kgs seed to members

(b) Supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  States  and  Union  Territories,  Department  of  Animal Husbandry  &  Dairying,  Government  of  India  is  implementing  following  schemes  for  the  economic development of farmers, cattle rearers across the country including Madhya Pradesh :

- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission
- (ii) National Programme for Dairy Development
- (iii) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- (iv) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities
- (v) Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme
- (vi) National Livestock Mission
- (vii) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

In  addition,  MPCDF  has  also  taken  following  steps/measures  in  the  State  to  promote  infrastructure development and management under dairy sector:

- (i) Creating  of  additional  milk  chilling  facility  of  60,500  liters  through  installation  of  51  Bulk milk coolers under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) schemes.
- (ii) Creation  of  State  level  Quality  Assurance  Laboratory  at  Bhopal  with  modern  testing equipment and tools under NPDD scheme.
- (iii) Kisan Credit Cards sanctioned to about 4000 milk producers
- (iv) Expansion of milk processing capacity of lndore Dairy Plant from 2.60 lakh litres per day to 4.00 lakh litres per day (LLPD)
- (v) Expansion of milk processing capacity of new Dairy Plant at Sagar from 20 thousand litres per day (TLPD) to 100 TLPD capacity through National Dairy Development Board
- (vi) Establishment of new milk processing plant of 20 TLPD capacity at Rewa.
- (vii) Establishment  of  new  milk  processing  plant  of  40  TLPD  capacity  at  Sendhwa  (Badwani district) under Tribal Women Dairy Development Project.
- (viii) Establishment of  new  milk  processing  plant  and  packaging  station  of  20  TLPD  capacity  at Shivpuri.
- (ix) Implementation  of  sanctioned  projects  under  RKVY  for  Rs.32.90  cr,  NPDD  projects amounting Rs 25.16 crore for creation of infra development in the dairy sector in the last 3 years.
- (c). Details of steps taken to increase the export of animal and dairy products are as following:
- (i) Organizing  inspections  of  meat  plant  registered  with  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA)  for  export  through  the  delegation  from importing countries.
- (ii) Taking  market  access,  sanitary  and  phytosanitary  measures  (SPS)  and  technical  barriers  to trade (TBT) related issues with the respective countries in order to gain better market access.
- (iii) APEDA  also  provides  financial  assistance  to  its  registered  exporters  through  its  Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) under the following components:
- a) Development of Export Infrastructure
- b) Quality Development
- c) Market Development

Besides above, Government of India is providing export incentive namely, Remissions of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) with an aim to boost exports. Under the scheme, a rebate is granted to eligible exporters at a notified rate as a percentage of FOB value.  For dairy commodities, it is notified at 0.5% of the FOB value.

Department of Commerce has also introduced Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for dairy products. It provides assistance for the international component of freight, to mitigate the disadvantage of higher freight costs faced by the Indian exporters.

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India is implementing Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes across the country for the economic development of farmers, cattle rearers as elaborated at para (b) above.

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