Lok Sabha Question No. 2278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Livestock Rearing
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2023

## LIVESTOCK REARING

## 2278.  SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the present and proposed programmes and schemes of the Government in the Fisheries, Animal and Sheep Husbandry sectors in Ladakh;
- (b) Whether the Government has identified major problems in rearing livestocks in Ladakh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) The details of the data of increase and decrease of goat, sheep, yak and cow in Ladakh since 2014, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There  are  no  specific  schemes  implemented  for  Union  Territory  of  Ladakh  by  the  Central Government  in  so  far  as  Animal  Husbandry  and  Fisheries  Sector  is  concerned.  However,  the following schemes implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  Government  of  India  are  equally  applicable  in Ladakh.
- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RG M) for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds.  The  scheme  is  important  in  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines  to meet growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative to the rural farmers of the country.

(ii) National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM) :  The  scheme  aims  towards  employment  generation, entrepreneurship development, increase in per animal productivity  and thus targeting increased production of meat, goat milk, egg and wool and feed and fodder production.

(iii) Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  Programme  (LHDCP ):  Livestock  Health  and Disease  Control  scheme  with  the  aim  of  reducing  risk  to  animal  health  by  prophylactic vaccination  against  diseases  of  animals,  capacity  building  of  Veterinary  services,  disease surveillance  and  strengthening  veterinary  infrastructure.  'Livestock  Health  &  Disease  Control" (LH&DC)  includes  three  sub  components  (i)  Critical  Animal  Disease  Control  Programme (CADCP) for eradication and control of two major diseases namely Pestedes Petits Ruminants (PPR) and classical swine fever (CSF); (ii) Establishment and strengthening of mobile veterinary units (ESVHD); and (iii) Assistance to States for control of other economically important, exotic, emergent and zoonotic animal diseases (ASCAD). The LH&DC programme is implemented in all the  States  and  Union  Territories(UTs).The  funding  pattern  is  100%  central  assistance  for  the CADCP and the non-recurring components of ESVHD, and 60:40 between Central and State for recurring expenditure under ESVHD-MVU as well as for ASCAD, with 90:10 for hilly and NE States and 100% for UTs. The details of components are as under:

(iv) National  Animal  Disease  Control  Programme  (NADCP): National  Animal  Disease Control Programme for control of Foot & Mouth Disease and Brucellosis (NADCP) is a Central Sector Scheme, providing 100% financial assistance for vaccination and other logistics.

- (v) Kissan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme under Agriculture and allied activities .

(vi) Livestock  Census  and  Integrated  Sample  Survey  : Livestock  Census  and  Integrated Sample Survey with two different components (i) Livestock Census and (ii) Integrated Sample Survey(  ISS).  The  main  objective  of  Livestock  Census  is  to  provide  information  on  livestock population,  species-wise  and  breed  wise  along  with  age,  sex  composition  etc.  up  to  household level in rural and urban areas. On the other hand, the main objective of Integrated Sample Survey scheme is aimed to provide annual estimates of the major livestock products, i.e.  milk, egg, meat and wool at National, State and District Level. The scheme is not a beneficiary oriented; rather its data has been used to formulate several development programmes under Livestock sector.

(vii) Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) : at a total investment of Rs. 20,050 crores for a period of 5 years from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 in all States/Union Territories for development of Fisheries Sector.

(viii) National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development  (NPD D):  The  NPDD  scheme  aims  to enhance quality of milk and milk products and increase share of organized milk procurement. The scheme focuses towards creating/strengthening of infrastructure for quality milk testing equipment as well as primary chilling facilities for State Cooperative Dairy Federations/ District Cooperative  Milk  Producers'  Union/SHG  run  private  dairy/Milk  Producer  Companies/Farmer Producer Organisations. The scheme will be implemented across the country for the period of five year from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

(ix) Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund : The Scheme envisages providing loan assistance to  State  Dairy  Federations,  District  Milk  Unions,  Milk  Producers  Companies,  Multi  State Cooperatives  and  NDDB  subsidiaries  across  the  country  who  are  termed  as  Eligible  End Borrowers (EEBs). The funding period (2017-18 to 2019-20) of the scheme to be revised to 201819  to  2022-23  and  the  repayment  period  to  be  extended  upto  2030-31  with  spill  over  to  first quarter of the FY 2031-32.

(x) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund : Rs. 15000 crore Animal Husbandry Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  under  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyan  stimulus package is being implemented by the Central Government. The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development  fund  (AHIDF)  has  been  approved  for  incentivizing  investments  by  individual entrepreneurs, private companies, MSME, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Section 8 companies  to  establish  (i)  the  dairy  processing  and  value  addition  infrastructure,  (ii)  meat processing and value addition infrastructure and (iii) Animal Feed Plant, (iv) Breed Improvement Technology  and  Breed  Multiplication  Farm,    (v)  Veterinary  Vaccine  and  Drugs  production facilities, (vi) Animal waste to wealth management (Agri-waste Management

The scheme envisages 3% interest upfront subvention on term loans availed by eligible entities for setting up projects in any of the approved categories. The scheduled banks will provide credit up to 90% to the Eligible Entities for the establishment of projects in any eligible category under the Scheme. The funding are made by these banks from their own resources. The Eligible entities will arrange for Margin Money as prescribed in the scheme guidelines. Detailed guidelines have been issued and circulated amongst the banks

(b) Major problems in rearing livestocks in Ladakh as reported by Directorate of Animal/Sheep Husbandry & Fisheries Department, Ladakh are as follows:

- i) High logistic cost hampering in effective implementation of schemes due to  vastness of the region,
2. ii) Low income of farmers due to lack of value addition and marketing of livestock products,
3. iii) Loss of livestock due to fodder scarcity especially due to extreme climatic condition
4. iv) Livestock losses due to wild attacks.
5. (c) The details of the data of increase and decrease of goat, sheep, yak and cow  in Ladakh since  2014,  as  reported  by  Directorate  of  Animal/Sheep  Husbandry  &  Fisheries  Department, Ladakh are as follows:

|        |         | Population in number          | Population in number         |
|--------|---------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. No. | Species | 19 th Livestock Census (Nos.) | 20 th Livestock Census (No.) |
| 1      | Cattle  | 87094                         | 84201                        |
| 2      | Sheep   | 229992                        | 198501                       |
| 3      | Goat    | 308868                        | 240106                       |
| 4      | Yak     | 33754                         | 20743                        |