Lok Sabha Question No. 2854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Mobile Veterinary Unit
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ms Iqra Choudhary

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

ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2854 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2025

## MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT

## 2854 MS IQRA CHOUDHARY:

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

be pleased to State:

- (a) the  number  of  mobile  veterinary  units  commissioned  under  the  scheme  as  of  2024-25, State-wise and district-wise for the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government propose to increase the number of mobile veterinary units in the constituency of Kairana;
- (c) whether there  are  regular  checks  to  ensure  that  units  are  functioning  well  and  have  all necessary supplies;
- (d) whether the Government is collecting data on the response terms and effectiveness of the units; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  increase  awareness  among  farmers /livestock owners about the availability and benefits of the mobile veterinary services?

## ANSWER

THE HON'BLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) The number of mobile veterinary units commissioned under the scheme as of 2024-25 is 4016. The State wise details are placed as Annexure-I and district wise details for the State of Uttar Pradesh is placed as Annexure II.
- (b) At  present  there  is  no  proposal  to  increase  the  number  of  MVUs.  Kairana  Lok  Sabha Constituency comes under Shamli & Saharanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh. As per the information  provided  by  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  there  are  04  and  07  MVUs commissioned  each  in  Shamli  and  Saharanpur  districts  respectively.  Presently,  no additional MVU is proposed to be deployed in these districts.
- (c) , (d) and (e ) Yes,

Number of Mobile Veterinary Units Commissioned State/ UT-wise are as under:

| Sl No   | States/UTs        |   No of MVUs Commissioned |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                       340 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                        25 |
| 3       | Assam             |                       159 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                       307 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                       163 |
| 6       | Goa               |                         2 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                       127 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                        70 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                        44 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        50 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                       236 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                       275 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                        29 |
| 14      | Ladakh            |                         9 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |                       406 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |                        80 |
| 17      | Manipur           |                        33 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |                        17 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |                        26 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |                        16 |
| 21      | Puducherry        |                         4 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |                       536 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |                         6 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |                       245 |
| 25      | Tripura           |                        13 |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     |                       520 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |                        60 |
| 28      | West Bengal       |                       218 |
| Total   | Total             |                      4016 |

Number of Mobile Veterinary Units Operational District-wise for the State for Uttar Pradesh are as under:

|   Sl. No. | District Name       |   Total MVUs | Sl. No.   | District Name      |   Total MVUs |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|--------------|
|         1 | Agra                |           13 | 39        | Jhansi             |            5 |
|         2 | Aligarh             |           13 | 40        | Kannauj            |            7 |
|         3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |            6 | 41        | Kanpur Dehat       |            8 |
|         4 | Amethi              |            7 | 42        | Kanpur Nagar       |            7 |
|         5 | Amroha              |            7 | 43        | Kasganj            |            6 |
|         6 | Auraiya             |            5 | 44        | Kaushambi          |            5 |
|         7 | Ayodhya             |            6 | 45        | Kushinagar         |            3 |
|         8 | Azamgarh            |            9 | 46        | Lakhimpur Kheri    |           12 |
|         9 | Baghpat             |            5 | 47        | Lalitpur           |            7 |
|        10 | Bahraich            |            8 | 48        | Lucknow            |            5 |
|        11 | Ballia              |            7 | 49        | Mahoba             |            3 |
|        12 | Balrampur           |            4 | 50        | Mahrajganj         |            2 |
|        13 | Banda               |            7 | 51        | Mainpuri           |            7 |
|        14 | Bara Banki          |            8 | 52        | Mathura            |            8 |
|        15 | Bareilly            |            9 | 53        | Mau                |            4 |
|        16 | Basti               |            5 | 54        | Meerut             |            8 |
|        17 | Bijnor              |           10 | 55        | Mirzapur           |            8 |
|        18 | Budaun              |           13 | 56        | Moradabad          |            6 |
|        19 | Bulandshahr         |           13 | 57        | Muzaffarnagar      |            8 |
|        20 | Chandauli           |            7 | 58        | Pilibhit           |            4 |
|        21 | Chitrakoot          |            5 | 59        | Pratapgarh         |           11 |
|        22 | Deoria              |            5 | 60        | Prayagraj          |           13 |
|        23 | Etah                |            7 | 61        | Rae Bareli         |            9 |
|        24 | Etawah              |            5 | 62        | Rampur             |            5 |
|        25 | Farrukhabad         |            6 | 63        | Saharanpur         |            7 |
|        26 | Fatehpur            |            8 | 64        | Sambhal            |            9 |
|        27 | Firozabad           |            8 | 65        | Sant Kabir Nagar   |            2 |
|        28 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |            4 | 66        | Sant Ravidas Nagar |            4 |
|        29 | Ghaziabad           |            3 | 67        | Shahjahanpur       |            9 |
|        30 | Ghazipur            |            9 | 68        | Shamli             |            4 |
|        31 | Gonda               |            8 | 69        | Shrawasti          |            3 |
|        32 | Gorakhpur           |            5 | 70        | Siddharthnagar     |            3 |
|        33 | Hamirpur            |            4 | 71        | Sitapur            |           12 |
|        34 | Hapur               |            3 | 72        | Sonbhadra          |            7 |
|        35 | Hardoi              |           12 | 73        | Sultanpur          |            7 |
|        36 | Hathras             |            5 | 74        | Unnao              |           10 |
|        37 | Jalaun              |            6 | 75        | Varanasi           |            6 |
|        38 | Jaunpur             |           11 |           | Total              |          520 |