Lok Sabha Question No. 1886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Beneficiaries of KCC
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING LOK SABHA

ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1886 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2023

## BENEFICIARIES OF KCC

## 1886. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालनऔरडेयरीमंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any assessment or survey has been conducted by the Government to ascertain the number of cattlemen in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and district-wise particularly for Haryana;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  criteria  set  up  for  the  eligible  beneficiaries  to  get  Kisan  Credit  Card (KCC);
- (d) the details of the cattlemen provided with the KCC in Haryana, district-wise; and
- (e) the details of the loans provided on the basis of KCC to the said cattlemen during the last three years and the current year in Haryana particularly in Sonipat district?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b): Yes,  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  conducts  Livestock Census in every five years to provide species-wise and breed-wise along with age and sex-composition information on livestock population, up to household level in rural and urban areas of the country.  The state-wise number of households having cattle as per 20 th Livestock Census (2019) is given in Annexure-I .

The district-wise number of households having cattle in the state of Haryana as per 20 th Livestock Census is given in Annexure-II .

- (c) : The eligibility criteria for availing Kisan Credit Card are as under:
- (i) General Eligibility Criteria:
1. Farmers - individual/ joint borrowers who are owner cultivators;
2. Tenant farmers, oral lessees & share croppers;
3. Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  or  Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLGs)  of  farmers including tenant farmers, share croppers etc.
- (ii) For Fishery:
1. Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture
2. Fishers, Fish Farmers (individual & groups/ partners/ share croppers/ tenant farmers), Self Help Groups, Joint Liability Groups and women groups.
3. The beneficiaries must own or lease any of the fisheries related activities such as  pond,  tank,  open  water  bodies,  raceway,  hatchery,  rearing  unit,  possess necessary license for fish farming and fishing related activities, and any other State specific fisheries and allied activities.
- (iii) Marine Fisheries: Beneficiaries who own or lease registered fishing vessel/boat, possess  necessary  fishing  license/permission  for  fishing  in  estuary  and  sea,  fish farming/mariculture  activities  in  estuaries  and  open  sea  and  any  other  State specific fisheries and allied activities.
- (iv) Poultry and small ruminant: Farmers, poultry farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self-Help Groups including tenant farmer of sheep/goats/pigs/poultry/birds/rabbit and having owned/rented/leased sheds.
- (v) Dairy: Farmers  and  Dairy  farmers  either  individual  or  joint  borrower,  Joint Liability  Groups  or  Self-Help  Groups  including  tenant  farmers  having  owned /rented/leased sheds.

(d) & (e) : Total number of operative KCC accounts and amount outstanding under operative KCC accounts in dairy in the State of Haryana as on end of financial years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 are as given below:

| As on end of Financial Year   | Number of operative KCC accounts under dairy (in actual)   | Amount outstanding in operative KCC accounts under dairy (in Rs. lakh)   |
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21                       | 29,001                                                     | 31,989.31                                                                |
| 2021-22                       | 55,772                                                     | 71,642.65                                                                |
| 2022-23*                      | 77,307                                                     | 1,04,662.00                                                              |

Source: D/o Financial Services;

*Data is provisional

As informed by D/o financial Services district wise data is not centrally maintained by RBI and NABARD.

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th Livestock Census

## Annexure-I

| State-wise Number of Households having Cattle as per 2019 Census   | State-wise Number of Households having Cattle as per 2019 Census   | State-wise Number of Households having Cattle as per 2019 Census   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                              | States/UTs                                                         | Number of Households having cattle (Thousand Nos)                  |
| 1                                                                  | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                        | 9.12                                                               |
| 2                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                     | 1231.92                                                            |
| 3                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                  | 44.98                                                              |
| 4                                                                  | Assam                                                              | 2451.25                                                            |
| 5                                                                  | Bihar                                                              | 5753.49                                                            |
| 6                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                         | 1.33                                                               |
| 7                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                       | 2301.90                                                            |
| 8                                                                  | Dadra And Nagar Haveli                                             | 15.99                                                              |
| 9                                                                  | Daman And Diu                                                      | 0.36                                                               |
| 10                                                                 | Delhi                                                              | 18.39                                                              |
| 11                                                                 | Goa                                                                | 8.75                                                               |
| 12                                                                 | Gujarat                                                            | 2222.07                                                            |
| 13                                                                 | Haryana                                                            | 682.20                                                             |
| 14                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                   | 694.68                                                             |
| 15                                                                 | Jammu And Kashmir                                                  | 955.22                                                             |
| 16                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                          | 2608.31                                                            |
| 17                                                                 | Karnataka                                                          | 2581.23                                                            |
| 18                                                                 | Kerala                                                             | 448.38                                                             |
| 19                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                        | 0.58                                                               |
| 20                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                     | 5415.75                                                            |
| 21                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                        | 4064.99                                                            |
| 22                                                                 | Manipur                                                            | 57.86                                                              |
| 23                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                          | 117.56                                                             |
| 24                                                                 | Mizoram                                                            | 4.19                                                               |
| 25                                                                 | Nagaland                                                           | 19.22                                                              |
| 26                                                                 | Odisha                                                             | 3022.76                                                            |
| 27                                                                 | Puducherry                                                         | 14.73                                                              |
| 28                                                                 | Punjab                                                             | 872.00                                                             |
| 29                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                          | 4220.18                                                            |
| 30                                                                 | Sikkim                                                             | 52.98                                                              |
| 31                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                         | 2533.08                                                            |
| 32                                                                 | Telangana                                                          | 885.70                                                             |
| 33                                                                 | Tripura                                                            | 254.17                                                             |
| 34                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                      | 7098.98                                                            |
| 35                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                        | 651.65                                                             |
| 36                                                                 | West Bengal                                                        | 6140.28                                                            |
| All-India                                                          | All-India                                                          | 57456.24                                                           |

Source: 20

Source: 20

th Livestock Census.

Annexure-II

| District-wise Number of Households having Cattle in Haryana   | District-wise Number of Households having Cattle in Haryana   | District-wise Number of Households having Cattle in Haryana   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No                                                         | District                                                      | Number of Households having cattle (Thousand Nos)             |
| 1                                                             | Ambala                                                        | 25.84                                                         |
| 2                                                             | Bhiwani                                                       | 40.97                                                         |
| 3                                                             | Charki Dadri                                                  | 16.42                                                         |
| 4                                                             | Faridabad                                                     | 11.01                                                         |
| 5                                                             | Fatehabad                                                     | 37.23                                                         |
| 6                                                             | Gurugram                                                      | 15.67                                                         |
| 7                                                             | Hisar                                                         | 59.25                                                         |
| 8                                                             | Jhajjar                                                       | 24.00                                                         |
| 9                                                             | Jind                                                          | 52.51                                                         |
| 10                                                            | Kaithal                                                       | 36.87                                                         |
| 11                                                            | Karnal                                                        | 52.72                                                         |
| 12                                                            | Kurukshetra                                                   | 38.47                                                         |
| 13                                                            | Mahendragarh                                                  | 18.09                                                         |
| 14                                                            | Mewat                                                         | 8.24                                                          |
| 15                                                            | Palwal                                                        | 20.97                                                         |
| 16                                                            | Panchkula                                                     | 9.92                                                          |
| 17                                                            | Panipat                                                       | 26.08                                                         |
| 18                                                            | Rewari                                                        | 18.94                                                         |
| 19                                                            | Rohtak                                                        | 19.53                                                         |
| 20                                                            | Sirsa                                                         | 75.58                                                         |
| 21                                                            | Sonipat                                                       | 34.77                                                         |
| 22                                                            | Yamunanagar                                                   | 39.14                                                         |
| Total                                                         | Total                                                         | 682.20                                                        |