Lok Sabha Question No. 2879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Multi Specialty Veterinary Hospital
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy

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

ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2879 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2025

## MULTI SPECIALITY VETERINARY HOSPITAL

## 2879. SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to State:

- (a) whether there is a lack of well-equipped laboratory facilities for quick diagnostics as noted by  the  Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Agriculture,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Food processing report, which stated that diagnostic samples of cattle taken, needed to be sent to nearby block or district facilities for test results if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure more laboratories facilities, number of multispeciality veterinary hospitals, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  establish  more  multi-speciality  veterinary hospitals at district-levels to benefit poor farmers, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU) sanctioned and operating, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE HON'BLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

(PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has  a network of laboratories which includes  diagnostic  laboratories  in  the  States,  one  Central  Disease  Diagnostic  Laboratory (CDDL) at Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly and five Regional Disease Diagnostic  Laboratories  (RDDLs)  one  each  at  Bengaluru  (  SRDDL  for  Southern  Region), Pune (WRDDL for Western Region), Jalandhar ( NRDDL for Northern Region), Kolkata ( ERDDL for Eastern Region) and Guwahati (NERDDL for NE Region) for early detection and swift  response  to  disease  outbreaks.  These  RDDLs/CDDL  services  specialized/referral diagnostic services for the States under their jurisdiction.

In  addition  to  above,  the  country  has  World  Organization  for  Animal  Health  (WOAH)recognized  laboratories  like  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)-  National Institute for High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal for Avian Influenza , ICARNational  Institute  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (NIFMD)-Bhubaneswar  for  FMD,  ICARNational Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI)-Bengaluru for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Leptospirosis, ICAR-National Research Centre for Equines, Hisar for Equine Piroplasmosis and  Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Bangalore for  Rabies.

- (b) and  (c)  Animal  Husbandry  is  a  state  subject  and  establishment  of  laboratories  and  multispecialty  veterinary  hospitals  comes  under  the  domain  of  State  Government.  However,  the Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying  (DAHD)  is  financially  supporting  the states/UTs  for  establishment  and  strengthening  of  veterinary  laboratories  under  Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) as per the State Action Plan.

Also,  Department  under  Establishment  and  Strengthening  of  Veterinary  Hospitals  and Dispensaries-Mobile Veterinary Units (ESVHD-MVU),  of  LHDCP  scheme provides financial  support  to  the  States/UTs  for  operation  of  Mobile  Veterinary  Units  (MVUs)  to provide diagnosis, treatment at farmer's doorstep. Presently, 4016 MVUs are operationalised across the country in 28 states. The details of state wise Veterinary Institutions are placed as Annexure -I.

(d) The details of sanctioned and operational MVUs  state/UT wise are placed Annexure-II .

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## Annexure-I

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                          |   Veterinary Hospitals/Poly clinic |   Veterinary Dispensaries |   Veterinary Aid Centre (Stockmen Centers/Mobile Dispensaries) 1558 |   Total |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                337 |                      1577 |                                                                1558 |    3472 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                 16 |                       183 |                                                                 311 |     510 |
| 3         | Assam                              |                                 21 |                       431 |                                                                 767 |    1219 |
| 4         | Bihar                              |                               1096 |                        39 |                                                                1595 |    2730 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                       |                                364 |                       847 |                                                                  55 |    1266 |
| 6         | Goa                                |                                  5 |                        25 |                                                                  47 |      77 |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |                                 34 |                       891 |                                                                1139 |    2064 |
| 8         | Haryana                            |                               1050 |                      1815 |                                                                  91 |    2956 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                466 |                      1762 |                                                                1228 |    3456 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                 19 |                      1256 |                                                                 225 |    1500 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                          |                                 35 |                       424 |                                                                 433 |     892 |
| 12        | Karnataka                          |                                697 |                      2176 |                                                                1381 |    4254 |
| 13        | Kerala                             |                                279 |                       870 |                                                                  15 |    1164 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                               1063 |                      1583 |                                                                  65 |    2711 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                        |                                 39 |                      1976 |                                                                2841 |    4856 |
| 16        | Manipur                            |                                 59 |                       151 |                                                                  23 |     233 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                          |                                  4 |                       126 |                                                                 121 |     251 |
| 18        | Mizoram                            |                                 11 |                        67 |                                                                  69 |     147 |
| 19        | Nagaland                           |                                 13 |                        55 |                                                                 100 |     168 |
| 20        | Odisha                             |                                 62 |                       479 |                                                                3553 |    4094 |
| 21        | Punjab                             |                               1389 |                      1489 |                                                                  22 |    2900 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                          |                               3066 |                      7167 |                                                                 102 |   10335 |
| 23        | Sikkim                             |                                 23 |                        74 |                                                                  49 |     146 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                         |                                182 |                      2766 |                                                                 921 |    3869 |
| 25        | Telangana                          |                                107 |                       909 |                                                                1101 |    2117 |
| 26        | Tripura                            |                                 16 |                        65 |                                                                 462 |     543 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                        |                                331 |                        10 |                                                                 779 |    1120 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                               2208 |                       267 |                                                                2575 |    5050 |
| 29        | West Bengal                        |                                113 |                       616 |                                                                2609 |    3338 |
| 30        | A&N Islands*                       |                                 10 |                        13 |                                                                  49 |      72 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                         |                                  5 |                         9 |                                                                   0 |      14 |
| 32        | Ladakh                             |                                  4 |                         9 |                                                                 127 |     140 |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                  1 |                         2 |                                                                  12 |      15 |
| 34        | Delhi                              |                                 48 |                        29 |                                                                   0 |      77 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                        |                                  0 |                         9 |                                                                   0 |       9 |
| 36        | Puducherry                         |                                  0 |                        17 |                                                                 107 |     124 |
|           | All India                          |                              13173 |                     30184 |                                                               24532 |   67889 |

Sourse: State/UTs Animal Husbandry Department, Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics-2024

Details of the number of Mobile Veterinary Units Operational State-wise/UT-wise are as under:

| S.I.   | States/UTs        |   No of MVUs Sanctioned |   No of MVUs Operational |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | A&N Islands*      |                       5 |                        0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |                     340 |                      340 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |                      25 |                       25 |
| 4      | Assam             |                     159 |                      159 |
| 5      | Bihar             |                     307 |                      307 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |                     163 |                      163 |
| 7      | Delhi             |                       3 |                        0 |
| 8      | Goa               |                       2 |                        2 |
| 9      | Gujarat           |                     127 |                      127 |
| 10     | Haryana           |                      70 |                       70 |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh  |                      44 |                       44 |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir**  |                       6 |                       50 |
| 13     | Jharkhand         |                     236 |                      236 |
| 14     | Karnataka         |                     275 |                      275 |
| 15     | Kerala            |                      29 |                       29 |
| 16     | Ladakh            |                       9 |                        9 |
| 17     | Lakshadweep***    |                       9 |                        0 |
| 18     | Madhya Pradesh    |                     406 |                      406 |
| 19     | Maharashtra       |                      80 |                       80 |
| 20     | Manipur           |                      33 |                       33 |
| 21     | Meghalaya         |                      17 |                       17 |
| 22     | Mizoram           |                      26 |                       26 |
| 23     | Nagaland          |                      16 |                       16 |
| 24     | Odisha***         |                     181 |                        0 |
| 25     | Puducherry        |                       4 |                        4 |
| 26     | Punjab***         |                      70 |                        0 |
| 27     | Rajasthan         |                     536 |                      536 |
| 28     | Sikkim            |                       6 |                        6 |
| 29     | Tamil Nadu        |                     245 |                      245 |
| 30     | Telangana***      |                     100 |                        0 |
| 31     | Tripura           |                      13 |                       13 |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh     |                     520 |                      520 |
| 33     | Uttarakhand       |                      60 |                       60 |
| 34     | West Bengal       |                     218 |                      218 |
| Total  |                   |                    4340 |                     4016 |