Lok Sabha Question No. 116 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Milk Production
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Geniben Nagaji Thakor

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *116 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2024

## MILK PRODUCTION

- *116.  SMT. GENIBEN NAGAJI THAKOR:

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

- (a) the details of steps taken by the Government to enhance the production of milk in the country;
- (b) the details of facilities being provided to milk producers;
- (c) whether there is a shortage in supply of milk in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) to (d):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *116 MILK PRODUCTION TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd DECEMBER 2024

(a) In order to compliment and supplement the efforts made by the States and Union Territories  to  enhance  the  milk  production,  Government  of  India  is  implementing Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  to  enhance  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines throughout the country:

- (i) Nationwide Artificial Insemination Program: Under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is expanding artificial insemination coverage  to  boost  the  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines,  including indigenous breeds. As on date, 7.3 crore animals have been covered, with 10.17 crore artificial inseminations performed, benefiting 4.58 crore farmers.
- (ii) Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection: This program aims to produce high genetic merit bulls, including bulls of indigenous breeds. Progeny testing is implemented for Gir,  Sahiwal  breeds  of  cattle,  and  Murrah,  Mehsana  breeds  of  buffaloes.  Under  the Pedigree  selection  programme  Rathi,  Tharparkar,    Hariana,  Kankrej  breed  of  cattle and Jaffarabadi, Nili Ravi, Pandharpuri and Banni breed of buffalo are covered. So far 3,988 high genetic merit bulls have produced and inducted for semen production.
- (iii) Sex-Sorted Semen Production: The Department has established sex sorted semen production  facilities  at  5  government  semen  stations  located  in  Gujarat,  Madhya Pradesh,  Tamil  Nadu,  Uttarakhand  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  3  private  semen  stations  are also producing sex sorted semen doses. So far 1.12crore sex-sorted semen doses from high  genetic  merit  bulls  have  been  produced  and  made  available  for  Artificial Insemination.
- (iv) Implementation  of  In-Vitro  Fertilization  (IVF)  Technology:  To  propagate  elite animals of indigenous breeds, the Department has established 22 IVF laboratories and has produced 22,896 viable embryos, with 12,846 embryos transferred and 2019calves born.
- (v) Genomic Selection:  To  accelerate  genetic  improvement  of  cattle  and  buffaloes,  the Department,  has  developed  unified  genomic  chips-GauChip  for  indigenous  cattle and Mahish Chip for buffaloes-specifically designed for initiating genomic selection in the country.
- (vi) Multi-purpose  Artificial  Insemination  Technicians  in  Rural  India  (MAITRIs): Under  the  scheme  MAITRIs  are  trained  and  equipped  to  deliver  quality  Artificial Insemination services at farmers' doorstep. During the last 3 years 38,736 MAITRIs have been trained and equipped under Rashtriya Gokul Mission.

(b) The following facilities are made available to the milk producers under different schemes implemented by The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

(i) Under Rashtriya Gokul Mission scheme following facilities are made available to farmers:

1. Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme: Under the programme Artificial Insemination services are delivered at farmers' doorstep free of cost and around 4.58 crores farmers are benefitted under the programme.
2. Accelerated  Breed  Improvement  Programme  using  sex  sorted  semen:  This program  aims  to  produce  female  calves  with  up  to  90%  accuracy,  thereby enhancing breed improvement and farmers' income. Farmers receive support for assured pregnancy upto50% of the cost of sex sorted semen. As of now, 341,998 farmers have been benefited from this program.
3. Accelerated  Breed  Improvement  Programme  using  In-Vitro  Fertilization  (IVF) technology:  This  technology  is  utilized  for  the  rapid  genetic  upgradation  of bovines and an incentive of Rs5,000 per assured pregnancy is made available to farmers interested in taking up IVF technology.

(ii) National  Livestock  Mission:  This  mission  aims  to  improve  the  availability  of quality  feed  and  fodder,  provide  risk  coverage  for  livestock  (including  dairy  animals) inter alia promote entrepreneurship development in the fodder sector. In order to increase area under fodder coverage Government is implementing the programme namely fodder production  from  waste  land  /  range  land  /  grass  land  /  non  arable  land  and  fodder production from degraded forest land.

(iii) National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development:  This  scheme  focuses  on  creating dairy  infrastructure  for  the  procurement,  processing,  and  marketing  of  milk  and  milk products in the  cooperative dairy  sector  inter  alia  training  and  awareness  programs  for dairy farmers, input services such as cattle-feed and mineral mixtures, and assistance for quality testing of milk and milk products, thereby improving the economic condition of dairy farmers enrolled in cooperatives.

(iv) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Facility: The Government has extended the KCC facility to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers for their working capital requirements. This facility is available to individual or joint borrowers, Joint Liability Groups, or Self-Help Groups, including tenant farmers with owned, rented, or leased sheds.

(v) Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF):  With  a  fund  of ₹29,110.25 crore, this initiative facilitates investments in the livestock sector, including the  establishment  of  dairy  processing  and  value  addition  infrastructure.3%  interest subvention is made available as per guidelines of the scheme.

(vi) Department  is organizing various farmers' awareness  programmes,  training programmes, fertility camps to support the farmers and to enhance milk production in the country.

(c) & (d) No Sir. There is no shortage of milk in the country. India ranks number one in  milk  production  globally.  During  the  year  2023-24,  239.3  Million  Metric  tonnes  of milk  is  produced  in  the  country  which  is  more  than  25%  of  the  total  world  milk production.  Due  to  implementation  of  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  and  other  measures undertaken  by  the  Department  milk  production  in  country  has  increased  by  63.56  % during the past 10 years from 146.3 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 239.30 million metric tonnes in 2023-24. Milk production in the country is growing at the annual growth rate of 5.7 % during the past 10 years and whereas, world milk production is growing at 2% per annum.  Per  capita  availability  of  milk  in  the  country  is  more  than  471  gm/person/day during the year 2023-24 against the per capita availability of 322 gram/ person/ day in the world.