Lok Sabha Question No. 1311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Dairy Business
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1311

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## DAIRY BUSINESS

## 1311. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

## मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  assistance  being  provided  by  the  Government  to  farmers  to  run  and  develop dairy business;
- (b) the number of farmers who have been provided assistance alongwith the amount of funds released to them during each of the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether  interest  on  the  loans  sanctioned  under  the  said  scheme  is  also  being charged from the farmers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up milk processing plants in rural  areas which are producing milk in large quantities; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the amount of interest being charged from the farmers?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  (DAHD)  is  implementing  the following schemes to complement and supplement the efforts of the State Government for Dairy Business are listed below:
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- ii. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO)
- iii. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
- iv. Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)
- v. National Livestock Mission (NLM)
- vi. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP)
- (b) No direct benefits to the farmers are provided through the schemes mentioned in part (a) above. These schemes help the farmer in improving milk productivity of bovines, strengthening  of  dairy  infrastructure,  enhancing  availability  of  feed  and  fodder  and providing animal health services. The scheme Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme  (DEDS)  was  discontinued  in  March  2020.  However,  DEDS  provided  for back-ended  capital  subsidy  for  activities  as  per  the  Operational  Guidelines  of  the scheme.  The  State-wise  details  of  subsidy  provided  and  the  number  of  farmers benefitted under in the last 5 years is at Annexure-I .
- (c) Under AHIDF, interest-bearing loan is available to eligible beneficiaries for eligible components as per the Operational Guidelines of the scheme.
- (d) &  (e)  DAHD  provides  for  financial  assistance  for  setting  op  of  milk  processing infrastructure through the following:
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): The financial assistance  (Loan)with  respect  to  milk  processing  infrastructure  has  been provided under Component B of NPDD  scheme (Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted project) has been provided to the eligible Institutions of schemes in the 9 states as per the Operational Guidelines of the scheme. The interest charged on the loan to the eligible institutions is at the rate of 1.5% per annum.
- ii. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): interestbearing loan is available to eligible beneficiaries for eligible components as per the Operational Guidelines of the scheme issued from DAHD. Government of India provides for interest subvention at the rate of 3%  as per the Operational Guidelines of the scheme. The guidelines of the lending agency determines the amount of interest charged for the loan under AHIDF.

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## Annexure-I

| S. No.                  | State                   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.                  | State                   | Units*    | Amount    | Units*    | Amount    |
| 1                       | Andaman &Nicobar        | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      |
| 2                       | Andhra Pradesh          | 2288      | 1496.26   | 932       | 641.04    |
| 3                       | Bihar                   | 294       | 183.57    | 657       | 280.56    |
| 4                       | Chhattisgarh            | 19        | 35.26     | 31        | 33.83     |
| 5                       | New Delhi               | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      |
| 6                       | Goa                     | 2         | 0.88      | 7         | 5.44      |
| 7                       | Gujarat                 | 627       | 2237.24   | 2071      | 1190.84   |
| 8                       | Haryana                 | 162       | 155.07    | 399       | 317.77    |
| 9                       | Himachal Pradesh        | 239       | 242.92    | 142       | 122.83    |
| 10                      | Jammu and Kashmir       | 696       | 371.06    | 1586      | 841.68    |
| 11                      | Jharkhand               | 150       | 186.36    | 236       | 221.81    |
| 12                      | Karnataka               | 2037      | 893.22    | 2299      | 928.41    |
| 13                      | Kerala                  | 763       | 369.99    | 295       | 222.17    |
| 14                      | Madhya Pradesh          | 872       | 625.14    | 769       | 839.29    |
| 15                      | Maharashtra             | 2332      | 1390.07   | 1222      | 597.45    |
| 16                      | Odisha                  | 748       | 323.51    | 894       | 389.25    |
| 17                      | Punjab                  | 2065      | 1120.29   | 777       | 443.04    |
| 18                      | Rajasthan               | 2546      | 1535.93   | 1943      | 1367.98   |
| 19                      | Tamil Nadu              | 3865      | 1011.23   | 2084      | 548.51    |
| 20                      | Telangana               | 1240      | 948.75    | 428       | 498.56    |
| 21                      | Uttar Pradesh           | 4862      | 2923.63   | 3660      | 2333.72   |
| 22                      | Uttarakhand             | 638       | 388.11    | 649       | 318.00    |
| 23                      | West Bengal             | 901       | 760.11    | 831       | 689.46    |
|                         | Total (A)               | 27346     | 17198.59  | 21912     | 12831.63  |
|                         | North Eastern States    |           |           |           |           |
| 1                       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 57        | 96.25     | 35        | 46.41     |
| 2                       | Assam                   | 759       | 674.22    | 446       | 467.54    |
| 3                       | Manipur                 | 229       | 122.65    | 74        | 67.00     |
| 4                       | Meghalaya               | 0         | 0.00      | 25        | 19.88     |
| 5                       | Mizoram                 | 18        | 24.11     | 74        | 60.34     |
| 6                       | Nagaland                | 88        | 94.43     | 43        | 60.58     |
| 7                       | Sikkim                  | 23        | 32.84     | 138       | 104.92    |
| 8                       | Tripura                 | 118       | 74.58     | 194       | 103.75    |
|                         | Total (B)               | 1292      | 1119.07   | 1029      | 930.42    |
|                         | Union Territories       |           |           |           |           |
| 1                       | Chandigarh              | 0         | 0.00      | 1         | 0.47      |
| 2                       | Daman And Diu           | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      |
| 3                       | Lakshadweep             | 4         | 1.86      | 0         | 0.00      |
| 4                       | Puducherry              | 76        | 14.16     | 118       | 21.43     |
|                         | Total (C)               | 80        | 16.02     | 119       | 21.89     |
| Grand total (A)+(B)+(C) | Grand total (A)+(B)+(C) | 28718     | 18333.68  | 23060     | 13783.94  |