Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Dairy Farming in Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY 2025

## DAIRY FARMING IN JALGAON, MAHARASHTRA

415. SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote small-scale dairy farming for rural farmers owning up to five acres of land across the country;
- (b) the types of assistance and schemes available for dairy units with 5 to 10 animals and the manner in which these schemes are benefiting small and marginal farmers;
- (c) the number of farmers supported under such schemes during the last five years, State wise, especially in Maharashtra and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (d) whether the Government has any specific plan to strengthen small dairy farming in Jalgaon and if so, the details thereof and also the time by which assistance will be provided to these farmers;
- (e) if so, the steps taken to initiate such plan for Jalgaon and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether there is any plan of the Government to address this long-standing demand of rural dairy farmers in the region?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (f):  In  order  to  compliment  and  supplement  the  States  and  Union  Territories  for promoting small scale dairy farming  the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing the following schemes and have taken following steps:
1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission is being implemented for development and conservation of indigenous  bovine  breeds  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines  to  meet growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative to the rural farmers of the country. The details of the assistance made available to dairy farmers including small, marginal and landless labours is as under  :

(i) Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme  (NAIP):  Under  the  component Artificial Insemination services is delivered free of cost at farmers' doorstep in  the districts with  less  than  50%  AI  coverage.    At  present  NAIP  is  implemented  in  33  districts  of Maharashtra  and  as  on  date,  56.57  lakh  animals  have  been  covered,  76.73  lakh  artificial inseminations  performed,  and  36.60  lakh  farmers  benefitted. In Jalgaon  District of Maharashtra,  1.87  lakh  animals  have  been  covered,  2.41  lakh  artificial  inseminations performed, and 1.25 lakh farmers benefitted under NAIP;

(ii)  Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection is being implemented  to produce high genetic merit bulls, including bulls of indigenous breeds. Gaolao breed of cattle and Pandharpuri breed of buffalo of Maharashtra are covered under the programme;

(iii) Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology  and sex sorted semen is  being  implemented  for  rapid  genetic  upgradation  of  bovine  population.  2  IVF  labs  are functional in Maharashtra and the benefit of the labs are accruing to all the dairy farmers of the state including Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.;

(iv) Multi-purpose  Artificial  Insemination  Technicians  in  Rural  India  (MAITRIs)  are trained and equipped to deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers' doorstep. In Maharashtra a total of 853 MAITRIs are trained and equipped including 30 MAITRIs inducted in Jalgoan district of Maharashtra;

(v)  Under  the  component  of  establishment  of  Breed  Multiplication  Farm,  Department  has approved 33 Breed Multiplication including 1 BMF sanctioned for Jalgoan District.

2. National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development  (NPDD)  is  being  implemented  with following 2 components: (i) 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/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Milk Producer Companies/ Farmer Producer Organizations and (ii) Component ''B'' of the NPDD scheme "Dairying through Cooperatives' aims to increase sale of milk and dairy products  by  increasing  farmer's  access  to  organized  market,  upgrading  dairy  proc essing facilities  and  marketing  infrastructure  and  enhancing  the  capacity  of  producer  owned institutions. Under the scheme 4 projects with the total outlay of Rs 5177.21 lakh have been approved in the State of Maharashtra including Jalgoan district.

3. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) is being implemented to provide for prophylactic vaccination against animal diseases, capacity building of veterinary services, disease surveillance, and strengthening veterinary infrastructure. Under the scheme in the State of Maharashtra, so far 10.25 crore vaccination have been performed against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), 28.01 lakh against Brucellosis, 2.35 crore against PPR and 1.58 lakh against Classical Swine Fever (CSF). In the Jalgoan district so far 41.62 lakh vaccination performed against FMD, 1.07 lakh against Brucellosis, 9.13 lakh against PPR and 0.07 lakh against CSF.    A total of 80 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU) are operational in the State including 5 MVU operational in Jalgoan district.

Also, a new component of Pashu Aushadhi is added under the scheme ensure availability of affordable  generic  veterinary  medicine  across  the  country  through  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PM-KSK) and Cooperative Societies. This will create an ecosystem for Generic Medicine which will be affordable and of good quality.

4. Government  of  India  has  extended  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  facility  to  Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers for their working capital requirements wherein farmers either individual  or  joint  borrower,  Joint  Liability  Groups  or  Self  Help  Groups  including  tenant farmers having owned/rented/leased sheds are eligible for getting incentivisation under the scheme and so far 1,10,358 fresh KCC have been issued for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farmers in Maharashtra.

5. Government of India is implementing Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund  (AHIDF)  worth  Rs.  29,110.25  crore  to  facilitate  incentivisation  of  investments  in Livestock Sector including establishment of dairy processing and value addition infrastructure. Under this scheme, the Central Government is facilitating a 3% interest subvention for eligible beneficiaries.  This  subsidy  will  be  extended  over  a  maximum  period  of  8  years  including maximum 2 years of moratorium.

The details of number of farmers supported under NAIP during the last five years, State wise is given at Annexure-I and the details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I State-wise details of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme   | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme   | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Animal Covered                                 | AI Done                                        | Farmers Benefitted                             |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 7271593                                        | 13534121                                       | 3385494                                        |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 3896                                           | 4553                                           | 1808                                           |
| 3         | Assam             | 1728956                                        | 2259202                                        | 1469462                                        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 3939394                                        | 5426332                                        | 2699120                                        |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1899186                                        | 2555961                                        | 1136298                                        |
| 6         | Goa               | 25869                                          | 43346                                          | 8741                                           |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 5851560                                        | 9414998                                        | 3472009                                        |
| 8         | Haryana           | 616051                                         | 888738                                         | 447974                                         |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1826836                                        | 2984525                                        | 1333501                                        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2378443                                        | 4258437                                        | 1610132                                        |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 2687916                                        | 3606125                                        | 1820869                                        |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 8316189                                        | 16365745                                       | 5213640                                        |
| 13        | Ladakh            | 7409                                           | 9374                                           | 6049                                           |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 7897299                                        | 9691938                                        | 4677115                                        |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 5657630                                        | 7673491                                        | 3660588                                        |
| 16        | Manipur           | 27786                                          | 32608                                          | 16248                                          |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 51326                                          | 85953                                          | 16630                                          |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 8712                                           | 12650                                          | 3989                                           |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 41209                                          | 53282                                          | 16966                                          |
| 20        | Odisha            | 4918641                                        | 6635012                                        | 3074382                                        |
| 21        | Punjab            | 1195739                                        | 1896192                                        | 636970                                         |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 5952426                                        | 7869493                                        | 4138417                                        |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 43868                                          | 54931                                          | 33777                                          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 5043636                                        | 8532152                                        | 2338501                                        |
| 25        | Telangana         | 3244563                                        | 4237569                                        | 1665755                                        |
| 26        | Tripura           | 248420                                         | 333665                                         | 209181                                         |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 14015463                                       | 22167599                                       | 7892528                                        |
| 28        | Uttaranchal       | 1511187                                        | 2447353                                        | 1064152                                        |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 5218518                                        | 8166218                                        | 3437398                                        |
| Total     | Total             | 91629721                                       | 141241563                                      | 55487694                                       |

|                                                         |                                                         |                                                         | Annexure-II                                             |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra | Details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra | Details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra | Details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra |
| Serial Number                                           | District Name                                           | Approved Projects (Nos)                                 | Project Cost (Rs. in Crores)                            |
| 1                                                       | Ahmednagar                                              | 1                                                       | 69.62                                                   |
| 2                                                       | Aurangabad                                              | 2                                                       | 117.04                                                  |
| 3                                                       | Dhule                                                   | 2                                                       | 4.63                                                    |
| 4                                                       | Nashik                                                  | 4                                                       | 43.2                                                    |
| 5                                                       | Pune                                                    | 3                                                       | 40.33                                                   |
| 6                                                       | Solapur                                                 | 2                                                       | 8.54                                                    |