Lok Sabha Question No. 1360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Dharmendra Yadav

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

ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD)

1360.   Shri Dharmendra Yadav: Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne: Smt. Bharti Pardhi:

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

be pleased to State:

- (a) Whether  foot  and  mouth  disease  (FMD)  is  a  severe,  highly  contagious  viral disease of livestock that has a significant economic impact;
- (b) If  so,  whether  there  is  a  need  for  foot  and  mouth  disease  (FMD)  vaccination programs to achieve 'FMD Mukt Bharat';
- (c) If so, the steps taken by the Union Government in this regard;
- (d) Whether the Union Government propose to create FMD-free zones;
- (e) If  so,  the  number  of  zones  if  likely  to  be  created,  State-wise,  particularly  in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh;
- (f) Whether there is any proposal to create more FMD free zones in the country; and
- (g) If so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE HON'BLE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) , (b) & (c)    Yes.  Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of livestock  with  the  significant  economic  impact.      The  steps  taken  by  the  Union Government in this regard; are as under:
- i. National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) was launched in 2019 with a provision of 100% central assistance to states and Union Territories for Foot and Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  vaccination.NADCP  was  included  as  a  component  under Livestock Health and Disease Control programme (LHDCP) scheme from 2021
- ii. Procurement and supply of the quality FMD vaccine for required FMD vaccination and ear tags for respective States and Union Territories is done centrally
- iii. Financial  support  is  provided  to  States  and  Union  Territories  for  procurement  of vaccination accessories, strengthening of cold chain infrastructure and for awareness generation amongststakeholders
- iv. Financial support is provided to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)National  Institute  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (NIFMD)-Bhubaneswar,  ICARIndian Veterinary Research Institutes (IVRI)-Bareilly, ICAR-IVRI-Bengaluru, ICAR-National  Institute  of  Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease  Informatics

(NIVEDI)-Bengaluru  and  Chaudhary  Charan  Singh  National  Institute  of  Animal Health-Baghpat for FMD related activities

- v. Data related to registration of livestock using ear-tags and vaccination is uploaded on Bharat Pashudhan portal
- vi. As  gathered  from  States/UTs,  cumulative  vaccination  under  National  Animal Disease Control Programme till date (January, 2025) against FMD is 107.34 crore. The  vaccinations  done  Round-wise  is  16.91  crore,  24.18  crore,  24.23  crore  and 24.84  crore  for  Rounds  I,  II,  III  and  IV  respectively.  The  Rounds  V  and  VI  are ongoing in various States/ UTs and till date 14.89 crore and 2.29 crore vaccinations have been done respectively.
- vii. On  17th  August,  2024,  a  review  of  the  measures  was  taken  by  the  Department towards  achieving  the  goal  of  FMD-Mukt  Bharat.  Besides,  Regional  review meetings  are  conducted  twice  with  participation from  all  States  and  Union Territories  to  assess  the  progress  of  ongoing  initiatives  and  programs  including vaccination  against  FMD.  These  reviews  serve  as  a  platform  for  evaluating  the implementation  status,  identifying  challenges,  and  sharing  best  practices  among stakeholders. Also, time to time various national level meetings like monsoon meet, conclaves are held by which status of FMD control is reviewed with States/ UTs.
- viii. The State/Union Territory wise released funds are at Annexure I.
- ix. There is considerable reduction in FMD outbreaks over last few years, by over 60% from  prior  to  launch  of  NADCP  to  5  years  of  its  implementation.  The  outbreaks now  are  sporadic  in  nature  and  there  have  been  cases  of  FMD  affecting  limited number of animals
- x. Sampling  plans  are  shared  timely  with  States  and  overall,  the  protective  titres indicated by seromonitoring are showing an increasing trend. The serosurveillance values are also showing a decreasing trend. These indicate the effectiveness of the vaccination programme.
7. (b) ,  (e),  (f)  and  (g)  Under  LHDCP,  100%  assistance  is  provided  to  all  States/Union Territory irrespective of region in the Country for control and eradication of FMD for activities as per operational guidelines of the concerned scheme ie. LHDCP. As far as FMD  free  zone  is  concerned,  it is only an intermediate  stage/measure  aiming differentiated  focus  based  on  need  and  requirements.  As  of  now,  09  states  namely Gujarat,  Maharashtra,  Tamil  Nadu,  Punjab,  Haryana,  Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh, Telangana and Uttarakhand identified to have special focus to make them FMD free. Adding more states for special focus to make them FMD free depends upon their need and requirement.

Annexure I The  State/Union  Territory  wise  released  of  funds  for  vaccination  programmes including FMD from 2019-20 till 2024-25 (till 31-01-2025): (Rs. in Lakh)

|   S.NO. | State/UTs                          |   2019-20 to 2024-25 (till 31-01-2025) |
|---------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                  19.89 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                               16373.8  |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                1826.4  |
|       4 | Assam                              |                                5016.71 |
|       5 | Bihar                              |                                8428.8  |
|       6 | Chandigarh                         |                                  14.13 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                       |                                4134.17 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                   6.62 |
|       9 | Goa                                |                                 246.6  |
|      10 | Gujarat                            |                                3383.75 |
|      11 | Haryana                            |                                5865.54 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                1265.54 |
|      13 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                2193.58 |
|      14 | Jharkhand                          |                                3090.83 |
|      15 | Karnataka                          |                                8426.89 |
|      16 | Kerala                             |                                1039.14 |
|      17 | Ladakh                             |                                 190.74 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                        |                                  40.22 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                9968.88 |
|      20 | Maharashtra                        |                               14424.4  |
|      21 | Manipur                            |                                 194.94 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                          |                                 501.74 |
|      23 | Mizoram                            |                                 245.79 |
|      24 | Nagaland                           |                                 203.18 |
|      25 | NCT Delhi                          |                                  74.57 |
|      26 | Odisha                             |                                3772.15 |
|      27 | Puducherry                         |                                  46.18 |
|      28 | Punjab                             |                                1381.33 |
|      29 | Rajasthan                          |                                6636.26 |
|      30 | Sikkim                             |                                 391.35 |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu                         |                                4981.02 |
|      32 | Telangana                          |                                3947.1  |
|      33 | Tripura                            |                                 786.31 |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                               21892.4  |
|      35 | Uttarakhand                        |                                1608.61 |
|      36 | West Bengal                        |                                7099.33 |