Lok Sabha Question No. 48 (STARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Assistance for Control of African Swine Fever
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

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

LOKSABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO.*48 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## ASSISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER

- *48 ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

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

- (a) whether it is true that the central share of Kerala under Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD) for the control of African Swine Fever (ASF) is still pending even after repeated reminders, if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of the demand by the State of Kerala to include Cattle Rearing  as  a  component  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide loans with low interest rate of four to five percent per annum to dairy farmers as applicable for the agriculture sector, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to extend cattle feed subsidy for cultivation of grass on barren land as demanded by the State of Kerala; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERI8ES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is placed on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  of  the  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *48 PUT IN BY ADV. A.M. ARIFF: ON 'ASSISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER' DUE FOR ANSWER ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

a). No Sir. No Central Share of Kerala under Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD) for the  control  of  African  Swine  Fever  (ASF)  is  pending  with  the  Department  of Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  (DAHD),  Government  of  India.   During  the  year  2023-24, Action  Plan  of  Rs.1129.58  Lakh  including  amount  of  Rs.265.48  Lakh  for  compensation  for African Swine Fever (ASF) has been approved for Kerala under "Assistance to State for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD)" a component of Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC) Scheme and sanction was issued on 30 th November, 2023. Funds could not be released to the state due to unspent balance. Rs. 282.39 lakh has been released under ASCAD including funds for ASF during January, 2024.

## b). Does not pertains to the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying.

c) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) is implementing the scheme 'Animal Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  under  Prime  Minister's  Atma  Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan stimulus package and is incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs), MSMEs, Section 8 Companies and Cooperatives to establish dairy processing and value addition infrastructure, meat processing and value  addition  infrastructure,  animal  feed  plant,  breed  improvement  technology  and  breed multiplication farm, setting up of veterinary vaccine and drugs production facilities and animal waste to wealth Management (Agri waste Management). Loan up to 90% of the estimated/actual project cost and Interest subvention of 3% for all eligible entities are the benefits. The credit can under the revised be availed from Scheduled Banks, NDDB, NABARD and NCDC.

Further, DAHD under the scheme 'Supporting State Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations' (SDC&FPO) is providing 2% interest subvention on working capital loan to Dairy cooperatives and Milk Producer's Companies and additional 2% interest subvention for prompt payment. Under National Programme  for Dairy Development (NPDD)  the beneficiaries  are  also  supported  to  increase  sales  of  milk  and  milk  products,  upgrading  dairy processing  facilities,  marketing  infrastructure  and  enhancing  the  capacity  of  producer-owned institutions.

Further, DAHD is also implementing Breed Multiplication Farm component to attract entrepreneurship for the dairy sector, and to simultaneously create the opportunity for developing a hub and spoke model of dairy farming where small and marginal dairy farmers can thrive with the help of a local hub of reliable dairy services. Subsidy of 50% (up to Rs 2 crores per farm) on capital cost (excluding land cost) is proposed to be provided to private entrepreneurs under this scheme for establishment of breed multiplication farms of minimum herd size of 200 heads of bovines in the country except for hilly states and north eastern states where the number is 50.

d) & e). No such proposal has been received from the state of Kerala in this regard. However, DAHD under component Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) provide support to the Dairy Cooperative for Cattle Feed/Feed supplement plant and cattle feed go-downs. Further,  under  Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  also  provide support to individual entrepreneur for Animal Feed Plant. Also, under National Livestock Mission

(NLM),  the  scheme  Entrepreneur  Development  Progamme  (EDP)  aims  towards  employment generation, entrepreneurship development by providing 50% capital subsidy for establishment of fodder value addition unit.

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