Lok Sabha Question No. 3965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Cattle Business
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3965

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  March 2025

## CATTLE BUSINESS

3965. SMT. SANDHYA RAY:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the names of the schemes which have benefitted the cattle business in Bhind and Datia districts; and
- (c)  the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  for  the  said  districts  under  the  said schemes, year and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a)  The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  has  been  implementing  several schemes nationwide, including in Madhya Pradesh:
- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission: This scheme aims to develop and conserve indigenous bovine breeds, genetically upgrade the bovine population, and boost milk production and productivity.
- (ii) National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development: The  focus  of  this  scheme  is  on establishing dairy infrastructure for milk procurement, processing, and marketing within the cooperative dairy sector.
- (iii) National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM): NLM  seeks  to  generate  employment,  foster entrepreneurship,  enhance  per-animal  productivity,  and  increase  production  of  meat,  goat milk, eggs, and wool.
- (iv) Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme: This scheme provides support for controlling  livestock  diseases  such  as  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  and  Brucellosis,  as  well  as other  infectious  diseases  in  dairy  animals.  It  also  includes  the  deployment  of  Mobile Veterinary Units to deliver livestock health services directly to farmers.
- (v) Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF): This  scheme promotes investments in areas such as dairy processing, meat processing, animal feed plants, breed  improvement  technology,  veterinary  vaccine  and  drug  production  facilities,  and management of animal waste for wealth generation. With the success of AHIDF, the Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund was merged into AHIDF on February 1, 2024, bringing the fund's total size to ₹29,110 crore.
- (vi) Kisan Credit Card (KCC): The Government has extended the KCC scheme to Animal Husbandry  and  Fisheries  farmers  to  meet  their  working  capital  needs.  This  facility  is

accessible  to  individual  or  joint  borrowers,  Joint  Liability  Groups,  and  Self-Help  Groups, including tenant farmers with owned, rented, or leased sheds. (b)  The  following  schemes  have  significantly  benefitted  the  cattle  business  in  Madhya Pradesh, including Bhind and Datia districts: (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission: Under the Nationwide Artificial Insemination (AI) Programme  of  this  mission,  Bhind  district  saw  1.89  lakh  animals  covered,  2.1  lakh  AI procedures conducted, and 1.23 lakh farmers benefited. Similarly, Datia district had 0.96 lakh animals covered, 1.14 lakh AI performed and 0.62 lakh farmers benefited. (ii) National Programme for Dairy Development: Bhind and Datia districts were included under this scheme, with a project approved in 2018-19 at a cost of ₹218.5 lakh. Additionally, 27 Automatic Milk Collection Units with Milk Analyzers were established in these districts at a total expenditure of ₹36.45 lakh. (iii) Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme: This scheme facilitated 10.12 lakh Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  vaccinations  in  Bhind  district  and  6.97  lakh  FMD vaccinations in Datia district. (iv) Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC): Across  Madhya  Pradesh,  a  total  of  2.20  lakh  operative Kisan Credit Cards are currently in use. (c) Details regarding funds allocated and released under these schemes to Madhya Pradesh, including Datia and Bhind districts, over the past three years and the current financial year are provided in Annexure-I

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Details  regarding  funds  allocated  and  released  under  various  schemes  to  Madhya  Pradesh, including Datia and Bhind districts, over the past three years and the current financial year:

(Rs. in lakh)

| Name of the scheme                             |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Rashtriya Gokul Mission                        |   6024.96 |   9049.51 |   4903    |      0    |
| National Programme for Dairy Development       |      0    |      0    |    314.47 |   1307.31 |
| National Livestock Mission                     |    620.96 |      0    |    350    |    500    |
| Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme |   6496    |    352.73 |   4889.02 |   5096.89 |