Lok Sabha Question No. 1271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Milk Production and Adulteration
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1271

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2024

## MILK PRODUCTION AND ADULTERATION

## 1271 SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)    The details of total milk produced and consumed in the country at present;
- (b)    Whether the country meets its milk requirement through domestic production, if not, the details thereof along with the amount of milk imported;
- (c)    Whether the incidents of milk adulteration are reported from every corner of the country every day, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)    Whether the said adulteration affects the health of people, if so, the details thereof;
- (e)    Whether there is a need to take strict action against the people involved in adulteration malpractice, if so, the details steps/action taken in this regard;
- (f)   The details of the measures taken to address milk adulteration and ensure quality standards in the country; and
- (g)  The details of budget allocated to support monitoring, testing and improving the safety of milk supplies in Punjab, particularly in Amritsar?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Sir,  the  State-wise  estimation  of  Milk,  Meat,  Egg  and  Wool  production  is  done  by Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying  annually  through  Integrated  Sample  Survey conducted  through  State  Animal  Husbandry  Department.  Total  milk  production  in  the  country during 2022-23 was230.58 million tonnes and per capita availability was 459 grams per day per person  in  the  same  period.  As  regards  consumption  of  milk,  National  Sample  Survey  Office (NSSO)  conducts  Household  Consumption  Expenditure  Survey  at  regular  intervals  wherein information on the consumption of food and non-food items by the household is collected including consumption of milk & milk products. As therein per capita consumption of milk was 164 grams per day per person in rural area and 190 grams per day per person in urban area during 2022-23.
- (b) Yes Sir. The per capita availability of milk in India was higher than the consumption during 2022-23.
- (c) to (e) Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FASSI)is  a  statutory  body  under Department of Health & Family Welfare that ensures the safety and quality of food in India. FSSAI is  fully  committed  to  ensure  the  availability  of  safe  food  products  to  the  consumers  across  the

country.  Towards  this,  FSSAI  through  State/UTs  and  its  Regional  Offices  conducts  regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and random sampling of various food products including dairy products, spices and fortified rice, to check compliance with the quality and safety parameters and other requirements as laid down under Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006, and regulations made there under. In cases of non-compliance to the statutory requirements as above, penal action is initiated  against  the  defaulting  Food  Business  Operators  (FBOs)  as  per  the  provisions  laid  down under  the  FSS  Act.  Further,  FSSAI  has  conducted  pan-India  surveillances  for  milk  and  milk products in 2011, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023. The report of Milk surveillance done by FSSAI in 2018, 2020 &  2022 is available in public domain at www.fssai.gov.in/cms/nationalsurveys.php.FSSAI  has  also  asked  the  State/UTs  to  deploy  the  Food  Safety  on  Wheels  for screening/rapid testing of Milk and Milk products.

(f) The details of the measures taken by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying to address milk adulteration and quality standards in the country is placed at Annexure I .

(g) Under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme, 10 projects have been approved  in  Punjab  including  Amritsar  district  with  the  total  project  cost  of  Rs.27,907.38  lakh including central share of Rs.18,441.39 lakh and out of this an amount of Rs.15,509.46 lakh has been released till date. Milk Union Amritsar has received Central share of Rs.1873.13 lakh under NPDD projects out of which Rs.1504.22 lakh has been utilised.

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## Annexure related to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 1271 due for answer on 03.12.2024

## National Programme for Dairy Development

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) is implementing National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme across the country since February 2014. The scheme has been restructured/ realigned in July 2021  for implementation from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with following two components:

(i)  The  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/SHGs/Milk Producer Companies/Farmer Producer Organizations.

(ii)  The  Component  'B'  of  the  NPDD  scheme  "Dairying  through  Cooperatives'  has  the  aim  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. JICA assisted projects with Loan and grant assistance.

Major steps initiated by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) to address milk adulteration and ensure quality standards in the country:

- i. DAHD has been implementing Dairy Development schemes namely: National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) and Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (now  subsumed  under  Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund)  across  the country to create necessary infrastructure for chilling, processing & testing of milk and milk products through dairy cooperatives, milk producer companies etc.
- ii. NPDD has been  restructured/realigned  in  July  2021and  will  continue  to  be  implemented from  2021-22  to  2025-26.  Component  A  of  the  scheme  focuses  primarily  towards creating/strengthening of infrastructure for quality milk testing equipment as well as primary chilling  facilities.  Under  the  scheme,  5125  Bulk  Milk  Coolers  with  113.30  lakh  litres chilling  capacity  installed,  4267  Milk  Analyser,  47,  857  Automatic  Milk  Collection Unit/Data  Processing  and  Milk  Collection  Unit  with  Milk  Analyser  and  6,266  Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Equipments have been installed at village level dairy cooperative societies.  In  addition,  231  dairy  plant  laboratories  have  been  strengthened  &  one  State Central laboratory each for 15 major milk producing States have been approved to test all Milk Parameters, Adulterants, Residues, Heavy Metals, Microbiological etc.
- iii. A uniform  logo  under  the  Confirmatory  Assessment  Scheme  was  formed  by  DAHD  and Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS)  in  consultation  with  various  stakeholders  including NDDB, featuring  the  earlier  respective  logos  BIS-ISI  mark  &  NDDB-Quality  Mark  and Kamdhenu  Cow.  This  has  brought  'Product-Food  Safety  Management  System-Process' certification under one umbrella.

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