Lok Sabha Question No. 2207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: One Health Framework for Animal Health
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2207 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH MARCH, 2022

## ONE HEALTH FRAMEWORK FOR ANIMAL HEALTH

## 2207. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA

:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  identified  scientific  and  technical  solutions  for  animal health,  production  andimprovement  in  animal  nutrition  and  major  contagious  diseases through join support programme and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether directions have been issued for providing technical assistance in the process of translation  to  identify  the  scientific  and  technical  opportunities  and  to  implement  the  One Health Framework and if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether the implementation of One Health Framework will be helpful in idenfication of problems related to animal health, their solution and in prevention of possible infection and disease; and

(d) whether a district level health platform of Lala Lajpat Rai University of veterinary and animal sciences is likely to be set up in Karnal Parliamentary Constituency so as to provide coordination among the small producers, improve the production and support their livelihood and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (b):Yes. Government of India has taken the following initiativesto provide scientific and technical  solutions  relating  to  animal  health,  production,  improvement  in  animal  nutrition through Departmental schemes across the country:

1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM): For development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds
2. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): To enhance quality of milk and milk products and increase share of organized procurement, processing, value addition and marketing,productivity enhancement through nutritional interventions.
3. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF): Creation/ strengthening/ modernization of Milk Chilling & Processing Plants, Value added Product making facilities, Energy efficiency infrastructure, Training facilities, Cattle feed Plant, etc.
4. Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  Programme(LH&DCP)  : Department  supplement the efforts of States /UTs in this regard, Central  Government provides financial assistance for eradication and control of major diseases through vaccination namely Peste des Petits Ruminants

(PPR),  Classical  swine  fever  (CSF)  ,  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD),  Brucellosis  and  other economically  important,  exotic,  emergent  and  zoonotic  animal  diseases.  Assistance  is  also provided for establishment and strengthening of mobile veterinary units for providing veterinary services at farmers doorstep.

5. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund(AHIDF): Incentivizing establishment of dairy processing and value addition, meat processing and value addition, animal feed  plant  and  technologically  improved  breed  multiplication  infrastructure  by  individuals, FPOs, MSME, and Private Companies.

6. National Livestock Mission(NLM) : Entrepreneurship development and breed improvement in poultry, sheep, goat and piggery including feed and fodder development.

Operational guidelines of the above schemes have already been issued by the Department.

Different Animal Science Institutions of ICAR are working on various aspects of animal and  production  and  provide  technical  support  to  the  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying (DAHD) in implementing abovementioned programme, whenever required.

Further,  the  Government  agencies  like  ICAR,  ICMR,  NCDC  and  DBT  are  working towards involving livestock, environment and human health sector to delineate the mechanisms of implementing one health programme. Programmes have been taken up in this line and number of technical activities were carried out as listed below:

-  Joint capacity building programs in the area of zoonotic disease outbreak investigation, disease diagnosis, disease modelling, vector surveillance etc.
-  Joint meetings to plan modalities to share the disease data
-  Organization of conferences and webinars/seminars under one health

Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  (DAHD)  and  Bill  &  Melinda  Gates Foundation  (BMGF)  have  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  for  sustainably improving  India's  livestock  sector  to  support  the  nation's  food  and  nutritional  security.  This envisages strengthening animal husbandry infrastructure, entrepreneurship development and for implementing 'One Health' framework.

Department also issues advisories from time to time for Transboundary Animal Disease like  Avian  Influenza,  African  Swine  Fever  and  zoonotic  diseases.  The  Department  of  Animal Husbandry  and  Dairying  has  framed  the  National  Action  Plan  for  various  diseases  like  Avian Influenza, Glanders, African Swine Fever and also collaborated Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in development of National Action Plan for eliminating dog mediated Rabies in India.

c.  Yes,  implementation  of  One  Health  Framework  will  be  helpful  in  identification  of  problems related to animal health, their solution and in prevention of possible transmission of the disease d.In  Karnal  district  of  Haryana,  Haryana  Pashu  Vigyan  Kendra  (HPVK)  of  Lala  Lajpat  Rai University  of  Veterinary  and  Animal  Sciences  is  already  working  at  Uchani.  The  centre    is providing clinical and diagnostic services and round the clock service for treatment of animals. In  addition,  Ambulatory  Clinics  provides  services  to  the  animals  of  some  of  the  adjoining villages.

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