Lok Sabha Question No. 371 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: National Animal Disease Control Programme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Karti P Chidambaram, Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. *371

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME

*371. DR.KALYANVAIJINATHRAO KALE SHRIKARTI P CHIDAMBARAM:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government maintains any data about the cow dairy farms in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the total number of registered and unregistered dairy farms in the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the compensation disbursed to dairy farmers affected by lumpy skin disease outbreaks;
- (c) the  total  number  of  cattle  deaths  reported  in  2024-25  under  National  Animal  Disease Control Programme (NADCP), State and district-wise;
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  availability  of  vaccines  and  veterinary infrastructure in the country; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to include poultry farmers under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme and if so, the time by which it is likely to be included and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

(SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) to (e) statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY OF LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 371 PART (a) to (e) on NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME

- (a) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India (GOI) does not have any system to register and maintain the data of Dairy farms. However, DAHD,  GOI  has  established  seven  Central  Cattle  Breeding  Farms  (CCBF)  for development and propagation of elite germplasm in the country. Further, under Rashtriya Gokul Mission, 132 Breed Multiplication Farms (BMFs) have been sanctioned with an aim to produce high genetic merit animals and to ensure availability of bovine animals for the dairy farmers. The details of Central Cattle Breeding Farms (CCBF) and Breed Multiplication Farms (BMF) are at Annexure-I and II .
- (b) Animal  Husbandry  is  a  State  subject.  DAHD,  GOI  does  not  have  any  scheme  to compensate the farmers affected due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). However, Financial assistance  is  provided  to  the  States/UTs  on  sharing  basis  as  per  the  demand  under Assistance to State for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD) of Livestock Health & Disease  Control  Program  (LHDCP)  for  procurement  of  vaccines  for  carrying  out vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). More than 30.41 crore cattle have been vaccinated against LSD so far.
- (c) The total number of cattle deaths reported in 2024 and 2025 due to the disease covered under National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), State and district-wise is placed as Annexure-III.
- (d) Under NADCP, vaccination is covered for disease namely Foot &Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis.Steps taken to ensure the availability of vaccines and Veterinary infrastructure are outlined as under:
- i. Financial support is provided to States/Union Territories (UTs) for procurement of vaccination accessories, strengthening of cold chain infrastructure for maintaining quality of vaccination.
- ii. Financial support is provided to Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) institutions  for  vaccination  related  activities  like  preparation  of  sampling  plan, quality  testingof  vaccine  as  per  Standard  Operative  procedure  (SOPs),  serosurveillance and sero-monitoring, identification of circulating strain.
- iii. The  Standard  Operative  procedure  for  quality  testing  of  vaccine  is  made  in consultation with ICAR  institutes and  testing is  done  through  designated laboratories.
- iv. Centralized procurement of quality vaccine is done by Department and supplied to respective States/UTs as per their requirement.
- v. The supply of the quality vaccine is done at District /focal point determined in consultation with States/UTs.
- vi. Apart from above, the following support is also provided by the Department:
1. Under the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF) incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Section 8 companies to establish Veterinary Vaccine and Drugs production facilities as per the guidelines.
2. Under Assistance to States for Control of Animal Disease (ASCAD) support is provided  to  State/UT  on  sharing  basis  for  strengthening  of  Disease  Diagnostic Laboratories and Biological Production Units (BPUs) for diagnosis and production of diagnostic kits/vaccines.
- (e) DAHD, GOI has provided the  Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  facility  to  all  eligible farmers  including  poultry  farmers under  the  'Modified  Interest  Subvention Scheme' in 2019. As of 27.06.2025, a total of 88,630 KCCs have been provided for poultry farmers.

## Details of Central Cattle Breeding Farms (CCBF)

1. Central Cattle Breeding Farm (CCBF), Chiplima, Sambalpur (Odisha)
2. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Sunabeda, Koraput (Odisha)
3. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Suratgarh (Rajasthan)
4. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Dhamrod, Surat (Gujarat)
5. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Alamadhi, Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
6. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Andeshnagar, Lakhimpurkheri (Uttar Pradesh)
7. Central Cattle Breeding Farm(CCBF), Centre of Excellence for Animal Husbandry, Hessarghatta, Bangalore (Karnataka)

## Annexure-I

## Details of Breed Multiplication Farms (BMF)

| State             |   Number of BMFs |
|-------------------|------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |               21 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                1 |
| Bihar             |                1 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                1 |
| Gujarat           |               16 |
| Haryana           |                2 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                7 |
| Karnataka         |                5 |
| Kerala            |                2 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                4 |
| Maharashtra       |               33 |
| Rajasthan         |                7 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                4 |
| Telangana         |               10 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                8 |
| Uttarakhand       |                5 |
| West Bengal       |                1 |

The total number of cattle deaths state and district-wise reported during  2024-25 in respect to FMD & brucellosis

|   Sr. No. | State            | Districts         |   Cattle Deaths |   Total Cattle Deaths |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Gujarat          | Banaskantha       |              18 |                    19 |
|         1 | Gujarat          | Rajkot            |               1 |                    19 |
|         2 | Haryana          | Hisar             |             113 |                   116 |
|         2 | Haryana          | Jind              |               3 |                   116 |
|         3 | Himachal Pradesh | Sirmour           |               7 |                     7 |
|         4 | Kerala           | Alappuzha         |               1 |                    10 |
|         4 | Kerala           | Kannur            |               2 |                    10 |
|         4 | Kerala           | Eranakulam        |               2 |                    10 |
|         4 | Kerala           | Kottayam          |               3 |                    10 |
|         4 | Kerala           | Kasargod          |               2 |                    10 |
|         5 | Ladakh           | Kargil            |              15 |                    15 |
|         6 | Maharashtra      | Ahmednagar        |              70 |                    70 |
|         7 | Odisha           | Puri              |               3 |                     3 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Barnala           |              51 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Bhatinda          |              14 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Faridkot          |              12 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Sri Muktsar Sahib |               9 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Gurdaspur         |               7 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Tarn Taran        |               2 |                    96 |
|         8 | Punjab           | Patiala           |               1 |                    96 |
|         9 | Rajasthan        | Hanumannagarh     |              37 |                    37 |
|        10 | Uttar Pradesh    | LakhimpurKheri    |               3 |                     3 |
|        10 | Total            |                   |             376 |                   376 |

The total number of cattle deaths reported during 2025 (till July) in respect to FMD

| Sr. No.   | State       | Districts   |   Cattle Deaths |
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Maharashtra | Satara      |               1 |
| 2         | Odisha      | Khurdha     |               1 |
|           | Total       |             |               2 |