Lok Sabha Question No. 2747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Vaccination Programme for Dairy Animals under LHDCP
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar, Smt. Lovely Anand, Shri Ramprit Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2747

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  AUGUST, 2025

## VACCINATION PROGRAMME FOR DAIRY ANIMALS UNDER LHDCP

2747   SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR SMT. LOVELY ANAND SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL

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

- (a) whether the Government is running any vaccination programme for dairy animals in  the  country  under  the  Livestock  Health  &  Disease  Control  Programme (LHDCP);
- (b) whether the said vaccination is being administered to the dairy animals;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target for completion of the said vaccination programme; and
- (d) the number of animals vaccinated so far under the said vaccination programme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) and (b) Department provides 100 % support to States/UTs under Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) for vaccination of all Bovines for diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The vaccination of Brucellosis is administered to all the female calves of Bovines which are 4 to 8 months old.  Further, financial assistance is also provided to the States/UTs on sharing basis in the ratio of 60:40, in the ratio of 90:10 to NER & Hilly States and 100% to UTs for vaccination of diseases like Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS), Black Quarter (BQ) as per the prioritization by the respective States.
- (c) The vaccines are administered to Bovines as per the vaccination schedule like at the interval of 180 days for FMD, one time for female Bovine calves (4-8 months of age) and annually for diseases like LSD, HS, BQ to control and eventually eradicate the diseases.
- (d) The  State/UTs-wise  number  of  animals  vaccinated  so  far  under  LHDCP,  are  as under:

(in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs                   | FMD Since 2020 and till (30.7.25)   |   Brucella Since 2021and till (30.7.25) |   LSD Since 2021 and till (30.7.25) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0.41                                |                                    0    |                                0.01 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              | 543.81                              |                                   29.36 |                               35.76 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 13.62                               |                                    0.49 |                                0    |
|         4 | Assam                       | 244.21                              |                                   11.08 |                               10    |
|         5 | Bihar                       | 727.64                              |                                   40.69 |                              362.79 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                  | 1.13                                |                                    0.07 |                                0    |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                | 409.84                              |                                    7.75 |                               83.72 |
|         8 | DNH&DD                      | 0.68                                |                                    0    |                                0.01 |
|         9 | Delhi                       | 7.90                                |                                    0.26 |                                0.25 |
|        10 | Goa                         | 3.02                                |                                    0.03 |                                7.17 |
|        11 | Gujarat                     | 983.33                              |                                   21.78 |                              174.79 |
|        12 | Haryana                     | 271.86                              |                                   12.64 |                               17.36 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh            | 84.56                               |                                    3.23 |                               23.47 |
|        14 | Jammu& Kashmir              | 146.03                              |                                    1.93 |                               19.64 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                   | 365.99                              |                                   19.06 |                               59.7  |
|        16 | Karnataka                   | 685.47                              |                                   26.59 |                              183.97 |
|        17 | Kerala                      | 65.63                               |                                    1.9  |                               19.06 |
|        18 | Ladakh                      | 3.88                                |                                    0.1  |                                0    |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                 | 0.03                                |                                    0    |                                0    |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh              | 1,193.95                            |                                   41.09 |                              301.15 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                 | 1,023.77                            |                                   28.02 |                              472.04 |
|        22 | Manipur                     | 7.64                                |                                    0.41 |                                0    |
|        23 | Meghalaya                   | 14.22                               |                                    0.16 |                                2.38 |
|        24 | Mizoram                     | 0.51                                |                                    0.01 |                                0.11 |
|        25 | Nagaland                    | 2.68                                |                                    0.07 |                                0.02 |
|        26 | Odisha                      | 525.43                              |                                   12.94 |                              257.69 |
|        27 | Puducherry                  | 4.02                                |                                    0.18 |                                0    |
|        28 | Punjab                      | 325.00                              |                                    6.5  |                               58.65 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                   | 768.27                              |                                   23.3  |                              268.46 |
|        30 | Sikkim                      | 3.04                                |                                    0.07 |                                3.07 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                  | 563.00                              |                                   24    |                               60.54 |
|        32 | Telangana                   | 325.81                              |                                    7.41 |                               59.69 |
|        33 | Tripura                     | 32.57                               |                                    0.31 |                                2.5  |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh               | 2,331.89                            |                                  110.37 |                              469.87 |

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs   | FMD Since 2020 and till (30.7.25)   |   Brucella Since 2021and till (30.7.25) |   LSD Since 2021 and till (30.7.25) |
|-----------|-------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 35        | Uttarakhand | 115.18                              |                                    3.03 |                               52.69 |
| 36        | West Bengal | 709.17                              |                                   42.45 |                                1.63 |
|           | Total       | 12,505.23                           |                                  477.25 |                             3008.2  |

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