Lok Sabha Question No. 3707 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: RGM and AHIDF in Karnataka
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dr. K Sudhakar

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3707 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## RGM AND AHIDF IN KARNATAKA

3707. DR. K SUDHAKAR:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  status  of  implementation  of  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  (RGM)  State-wise  including Karnataka;
- (b) the details of new veterinary dispensaries, mobile veterinary units, or first aid centres have been established by the Government during the last two years, State-wise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to conserve and promote indigenous cattle breeds like Hallikar, Amrit Mahal and Malnad Gidda;
- (d) whether any investments have been made under AHIDF to support dairy processing, chilling infrastructure and fodder development in Karnataka and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any findings of irregularities, misuse of funds or delays in project delays have been observed with respect to various schemes of the Government, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) and (c) In  order  to  complement  and  supplement  the  efforts  made  by  the  States  and  Union Territories,  to  conserve  and  promote  indigenous  bovine  breeds  including  Hallikar,  Amritmahal  and Malnad Gidda, Government of India is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) for development and conservation of indigenous breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and enhancement of milk production and productivity of bovines. All indigenous bovine breeds are covered under the scheme including Hallikar, Amritmahal and Malnad Gidda of Karnataka. Following steps are being taken under the scheme:

- (i)  Implementation of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme using semen of high merit bulls including bulls of indigenous breeds.
- (ii) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has established sex sorted semen production facilities and implementing Accelerated Breed Improvement Programme using sex sorted semen with the aim to produce female calves up to 90% accuracy thereby enhancing milch cattle population, breed improvement  and  farmers' income. Government  has  launched indigenously developed sex sorted semen technology to deliver sex sorted semen at reasonable rates to farmers including sex sorted semen of indigenous breeds.

(ii) Implementation of progeny testing and pedigree selection for production of high genetic merit bulls including bulls of indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar, Kankrej, Hariana, Rathi, Gaolao breeds of cattle and Murrah, Mehsana, Jaffarabadi, Pandharpuri, Nili Ravi, Banni breeds of buffalo. High genetic merit bulls of indigenous breeds produced under the programme are being made available to semen stations for semen production.

(iii) Implementation of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Technology: To propagate elite animals of indigenous  breeds,  the  Department  has  established  23  IVF  laboratories.  The  technology  has important  role  in  genetic  upgradation  of  bovine  population  in  single  generation.  Further,  to deliver  technology  at  reasonable  rates  to  farmers  Government  has  launched  indigenous  IVF media.

(iv)        Genomic  Selection:  To select High Genetic Merit (HGM) animals and to accelerate genetic improvement of cattle and buffaloes, the Department has developed unified genomic chips -Gau Chip for indigenous cattle and Mahish Chip for buffaloes -specifically designed for initiating genomic selection of high genetic animals in the country.

(v)       Funds  have  been  released  to  the  States  for  establishment  of  16  Gokul  Grams  for development  and  conservation  of  indigenous  breeds  of  cattle  and  buffaloes  in  scientific  and holistic manner.  Two National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres have been established as repository of germplasm of indigenous breeds. Both the activities have been discontinued under revised realigned Rashtriya Gokul Mission from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

(vi) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is  implementing  National  Milk Recording programme and Surabhi Chayan Shrankhla for identification, location of donors and propagation  of  elitist  of  elite  animals  of  indigenous  breeds.  So  far  under  Surabhi  Chayan Shrankhla,  1773  animals  of  Malnad  Gidda,  692  animals  of  Hallikar  and  664  animals  of Amritmahal breed of cattle have been identified and recorded in  Bharat Pashudhan data base.

Karnataka has been participating under Rashtriya Gokul Mission and an amount of Rs 107.37 crore have been released since inception of the scheme. Following specific efforts have been made under Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  in  Karnataka  for  development  and  conservation  of  Hallikar,  Amritmahal, Malnad Gidda breed of cattle:

(i) Funds have been released to the State for establishment of Gokul Gram at Lingadahalli, Chikkamagaluru district for scientific and holistic development of Amritmahal breed of cattle. State  Government  has  also  established  11  Amritmahal  cattle  breeding  subcentres  and  1623 animals of Amritmahal breed of cattle are maintained in these subcentres.

(ii) Funds  have  been  released  to  the  State  for  implementation  of  Nationwide  Artificial Insemination Programme. Under the programme semen of elite bulls of all indigenous breeds (Hallikar,  Amrithmahal,  Malnad  Gidda, Khillar, Krishna Valley, Deoni, Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar etc.) have been used for genetic upgradation of indigenous breeds.

(iii) Funds have been released for training and equipping community resource persons-Multipurpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) for extending AI coverage including AI coverage among indigenous breeds.

(iv) As per information from State Government, State is implementing Amrita Siri scheme to  encourage  breeding  of  indigenous  breeds.  Under  the  scheme  females  calves/  heifers  of indigenous  breeds  including  Amritmahal,  Hallikar  and  Malnad  Gidda  are  made  available  to interested farmers.

The details of status of implementation of the scheme state wise including Karnataka is given at Annexure-I

(b) The  details  of  new  mobile  veterinary  units  established  during  the  last  2  years  and  status  of veterinary dispensaries including, mobile veterinary units, or first aid centres available state wise is given at Annexure-II and III respectively.

(d) The  details  of  investments  made  under Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund (AHIDF) to support dairy processing, chilling infrastructure and fodder development in Karnataka is given at Annexure-IV.

(e) No, Sir.

The details of status of implementation of the RGM scheme state wise including Karnataka

| S N   | Name of State     | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP)   | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP)   | Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP)   | PT Projec t   | PS Projec t   | Sex sorted semen doses   | No. of IVF   | BM F   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|--------|
| S N   | Name of State     | Animal Covered                                        | AI done                                               | Farmers Benefitte d                                   | PT Projec t   | PS Projec t   | produce d                | Lab          |        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 7271593                                               | 13534121                                              | 3385494                                               | -             | 1             | -                        | 2            | 19     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 3896                                                  | 4553                                                  | 1808                                                  | -             | -             | -                        | -            | 1      |
| 3     | Assam             | 1728956                                               | 2259202                                               | 1469462                                               | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 4     | Bihar             | 3939394                                               | 5426332                                               | 2699120                                               | -             | -             | -                        | 2            | 1      |
| 5     | Chhattisgar h     | 1899186                                               | 2555961                                               | 1136298                                               | -             | -             | -                        | 1            | 1      |
| 6     | Goa               | 25869                                                 | 43346                                                 | 8741                                                  | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 5851560                                               | 9414998                                               | 3472009                                               | 3             | 5             | 1929919                  | 3            | 16     |
| 8     | Haryana           | 616051                                                | 888738                                                | 447974                                                | 1             | 1             | -                        | 1            | 2      |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 1826836                                               | 2984525                                               | 1333501                                               | -             | 1             | -                        | 1            | -      |
| 10    | Jammu& Kashmir    | 2378443                                               | 4258437                                               | 1610132                                               | -             | -             | -                        | -            | 7      |
| 11    | Ladakh            | 7409                                                  | 9374                                                  | 6049                                                  | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 12    | Jharkhand         | 2687916                                               | 3606125                                               | 1820869                                               | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 13    | Karnataka         | 8316189                                               | 16365745                                              | 5213640                                               | -             | -             | -                        | -            | 9      |
| 14    | Kerala            | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     | -             | 1             | -                        | 1            | 2      |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh    | 7897299                                               | 9691938                                               | 4677115                                               | -             | -             | 876820                   | 1            | 4      |
| 16    | Maharashtr a      | 5657630                                               | 7673491                                               | 3660588                                               | 2             | -             | 5040475                  | 3            | 33     |
| 17    | Manipur           | 27786                                                 | 32608                                                 | 16248                                                 | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 51326                                                 | 85953                                                 | 16630                                                 | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 19    | Mizoram           | 8712                                                  | 12650                                                 | 3989                                                  | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 20    | Nagaland          | 41209                                                 | 53282                                                 | 16966                                                 | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 21    | Odisha            | 4918641                                               | 6635012                                               | 3074382                                               | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 22    | Punjab            | 1195739                                               | 1896192                                               | 636970                                                | 1             | 2             | -                        | 2            | -      |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | 5952426                                               | 7869493                                               | 4138417                                               | 2             | 1             | -                        | -            | 7      |
| 24    | Sikkim            | 43868                                                 | 54931                                                 | 33777                                                 | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu        | 5043636                                               | 8532152                                               | 2338501                                               | -             | 1             | 658157                   | 2            | 4      |
| 26    | Telangana         | 3244563                                               | 4237569                                               | 1665755                                               | -             | -             | -                        | 1            | 12     |
| 27    | Tripura           | 248420                                                | 333665                                                | 209181                                                | -             | -             | -                        | -            | -      |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1401546 3                                             | 22167599                                              | 7892528                                               | -             | 1             | 2066148                  | 1            | 8      |
| 29    | Uttarakhan d      | 1511187                                               | 2447353                                               | 1064152                                               | -             | -             | 2000249                  | 1            | 5      |
| 30    | West Bengal       | 5218518                                               | 8166218                                               | 3437398                                               | -             | -             | -                        | 1            | 1      |
| Total | Total             | 9162972 1                                             | 14124156 3                                            | 55487694                                              | 9             | 14            | 1257176 8                | 23           | 132    |

Details of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) established during the last 2 years and Status of MVUs

| S. No.   | States/UT         | No of MVUs Sanctioned   | No of MVUs Operational   | No of MVUs Operational   | No of MVUs Operational   | No of MVUs Operational   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UT         | No of MVUs Sanctioned   | 2022 - 23                | 2023 - 24                | 2024 -25                 | 2025 -26                 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 340                     | 340                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 25                      | 25                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 3        | Assam             | 159                     | 0                        | 159                      | 0                        | 0                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 307                     | 0                        | 0                        | 307                      |                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 163                     | 0                        | 163                      | 0                        | 0                        |
| 6        | Delhi             | 3                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        |
| 7        | Goa               | 2                       | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 127                     | 0                        | 127                      | 0                        | 0                        |
| 9        | Haryana           | 70                      | 0                        | 70                       | 0                        | 0                        |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 44                      | 0                        | 44                       | 0                        | 0                        |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 6                       | 50                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 236                     | 0                        | 0                        | 236                      | 0                        |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 275                     | 275                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 14       | Kerala            | 29                      | 29                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 15       | Ladakh            | 9                       | 0                        | 0                        | 9                        | 9                        |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 406                     | 0                        | 406                      | 0                        | 0                        |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 80                      | 0                        | 80                       | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18       | Manipur           | 33                      | 0                        | 0                        | 33                       | 0                        |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | 17                      | 0                        | 0                        | 17                       | 0                        |
| 20       | Mizoram           | 26                      | 26                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 21       | Nagaland          | 16                      | 16                       | 0                        | 0                        | 9                        |
| 22       | Puducherry        | 4                       | 0                        | 0                        | 4                        | 0                        |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 536                     | 0                        | 536                      | 0                        | 0                        |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 6                       | 6                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 245                     | 0                        | 0                        | 245                      | 0                        |
| 26       | Tripura           | 13                      | 13                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 520                     | 520                      | 0                        | 0                        | 9                        |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 60                      | 60                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 218                     | 218                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
|          | Total             | 4340                    | 1580                     | 1585                     | 851                      | 3                        |

## The details of V eterinary Institutions State wise

| Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   | Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   | Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   | Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   | Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   | Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                  | States/UTs                                            | Veterinary Hospitals/Poly clinics                     | Veterinary Dispensaries                               | Veterinary Aid Centre                                 | 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 &NIslands                                           | 10                                                    | 13                                                    | 49                                                    | 72                                                    |
| 31                                                    | Chandigarh                                            | 5                                                     | 9                                                     | -                                                     | 14                                                    |
| 32                                                    | Ladakh                                                | 4                                                     | 9                                                     | 127                                                   | 140                                                   |
| 33                                                    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu                    | 1                                                     | 2                                                     | 12                                                    | 15                                                    |
| 34                                                    | Delhi                                                 | 48                                                    | 29                                                    | -                                                     | 77                                                    |
| 35                                                    | Lakshadweep                                           | 0                                                     | 9                                                     | 0                                                     | 9                                                     |
| 36                                                    | Puducherry                                            | -                                                     | 17                                                    | 107                                                   | 124                                                   |
|                                                       | All India                                             | 13173                                                 | 30184                                                 | 24532                                                 | 67889                                                 |

Source: State/UTs Animal Husbandry Department

## The details of investments made under AHIDF

| S No   | District             | Approved Projects    | Project Cost (Rs in Cr.)   | Loan Amount (Rs in crore)   | Interest Subvention Released (Rs in Crore)   |
|--------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| I      | Dairy Processing     | Dairy Processing     | Dairy Processing           | Dairy Processing            | Dairy Processing                             |
| 1      | Vijayapura           | 1                    | 28.84                      | 20.70                       | 0.75                                         |
| 2      | Dakshina Kannada     | 1                    | 67.89                      | 22.50                       | 0.49                                         |
| 3      | Mysuru               | 1                    | 81.63                      | 60.00                       | 4.65                                         |
| II     | Animal Feed Category | Animal Feed Category | Animal Feed Category       | Animal Feed Category        | Animal Feed Category                         |
| 1      | Chikkaballapura      | 1                    | 93.21                      | 69.00                       | 4.80                                         |
| 2      | Chitradurga          | 1                    | 9.29                       | 8.00                        | 0.68                                         |
| 3      | Dakshina Kannada     | 1                    | 0.92                       | 0.80                        | 0.03                                         |
| 4      | Dharwad              | 1                    | 1.04                       | 0.65                        | 0.03                                         |
| 5      | Hassan               | 1                    | 54.55                      | 30.55                       | 0.16                                         |
| 6      | Mandya               | 1                    | 40.14                      | 11.00                       | 0.69                                         |
| 7      | Ramanagara           | 1                    | 1.26                       | 0.94                        | 0.05                                         |
| 8      | Shivamogga           | 1                    | 0.82                       | 0.20                        | 0.01                                         |
| 9      | Tumakuru             | 2                    | 150.00                     | 115.00                      | 8.63                                         |