Lok Sabha Question No. 1888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Cattle Breed Improvement
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Rachna Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1888 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MARCH 2025

## CATTLE BREED IMPROVEMENT

1888. Smt. Rachna Banerjee: Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether most of the cattle raisers/milk producers in the country are unorganised which causes suffering to them;
- (b) whether collection of milk from remote areas is difficult, expensive and time consuming as a result producers are not getting remunerative prices as milk is a perishable item, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is aware despite having some of the best breed of cattle in the world, most breeds produce low yield, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government for cattle breed improvement, providing remunerative prices  to  producers,  improve  supply  chain  operation  and  logistics  to  ensure  maintaining quality and quantity of milk?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) About 37 % of the milk produced is self-consumed at the producer level and the balance 67 % (marketable surplus) of the milk is available for sale to organised and unorganised sector. Organised  sector  handles  32%  of  marketable  surplus  of  milk  produced  and  68  %  by unorganized sector. In order to expand the coverage of organised sector, Government of India has launched White Revolution 2.0.
- (b) Optimal  milk  collection  routes  are  planned  by  the  federations/  cooperatives/  private organisations  in  such  manner  to  optimize  dairy  value  chain,  which  help  to  provide remunerative prices to milk producers.
- (c) The productivity of indigenous cattle is low as animals are maintained on low input and low output basis. However, productivity of bovines in the country has increased by 26.34% from 1640 kilograms to 2072 kilograms per animal per year in 2023-24. Following action has been undertaken by DAHD for cattle breed improvement in the country. This is steep increase as compared to world average of 13.97 %.
- (i) Nationwide  Artificial  Insemination  programme  to  enhance  artificial  insemination coverage.
- (ii) Accelerated breed improvement programme to produce female calves using sex sorted semen with 90% accuracy.
- (iii) Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology.
- (iv) Sex sorted semen production.
- (v) Genomic chip for genomic selection to identify elite animal of indigenous breeds.
- (vi) PT & PS programme for production of HGM bulls including indigenous breeds and
- (vii) Training and equipping MAITRI's to deliver artificial insemination services at farmers doorsteps.
- (d) DAHD is implementing the following Dairy Development schemes across the country to complement  and  supplement the efforts for milk production and milk processing infrastructure made by the State Government
- (i) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): NPDD is implemented with following 2 components:
1. Component ''A'' of NPDD focuses on 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/ Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)/  Milk  Producer  Companies/  Farmer  Producer Organizations.
2. Component 'B' of the NPDD scheme "Dairying through Cooperatives' aims to increase  sale  of  milk  and  dairy  products  by  increasing  farmer's  access  to organized market, upgrading dairy processing facilities and marketing infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of producer owned institutions.
- (ii) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO): To assist the State Dairy Cooperative Federations by providing soft working capital loan to tide over the crisis on account severely adverse market conditions or natural calamities.
- (iii) Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF):  the  following objectives are envisaged to help increasing of milk and meat processing capacity and product diversification thereby providing greater access for unorganized rural milk and meat producers to organized milk and meat market.
- (iv) Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM): To enhance milk production and productivity of bovines Government is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission for development and conservation of indigenous breeds and genetic upgradation of bovine population.
- (v) National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM):  to  bring  sharp  focus  on  entrepreneurship development  and  breed  improvement  in  poultry,  sheep,  goat  and  piggery  by providing the incentivization to the individual, FPOs, SHGs, Section 8 companies for  entrepreneurship  development  and  also  to  the  State  Government  for  breed improvement infrastructure
- (vi) Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  Programme  (LHDCP):  to  provide  for prophylactic  vaccination  against  animal  diseases,  capacity  building  of  veterinary services, disease surveillance, and strengthening veterinary infrastructure.

These  schemes  are  helping  in  improving  milk  productivity  of  bovines,  strengthening  of  dairy infrastructure,  enhancing  availability  of  feed  and  fodder  and  providing  animal  health  services. These interventions help to reduce the cost of milk production and also help to enhance income from dairy farming.

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