Lok Sabha Question No. 1723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: Loan/Subsidy Scheme for Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Laxmikant Pappu Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1723 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY 2026

## LOAN/SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR UTTAR PRADESH

## 1723. SHRI LAXMIKANT PAPPU NISHAD:

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

- (a) whether any loan or subsidy-based schemes being implemented by the Government for the purchase of buffaloes/milch animals to strengthen the livelihood of rural and economically weaker livestock farmers in Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of livestock farmers provided loans/subsidies under the scheme in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years, year-wise;
- (c)  the  details  regarding  the  number  of  benefited  livestock  farmers  in  Sant  Kabir  Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Gorakhpur districts in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years, year-wise;
- (d) the total number of applications rejected in the State along with the major reasons for such rejection during the said period;
- (e)  whether  any  grievance  redressal  mechanism  exists  by  the  Government  to  address complaints regarding loan sanction or rejection, if so, the details of the complaints redressed; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to make the data beneficiaries and rejections public, if so, the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c)  In  order  to  supplement  the  efforts  made  by  the  States  and  Union  Territories  to strengthen the livelihood of rural and economically weaker livestock farmers the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is implementing following loans or subsidy based schemes/components:
- (i) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) to facilitate incentivisation  of  investments  to  establish  (i)  Dairy  processing  and  product  diversification infrastructure, (ii) Meat processing and product diversification infrastructure and (iii) Animal Feed Plant (iv) Breed Improvement Technology and Breed Multiplication Farm, (v) Veterinary Vaccine and Drugs production facilities, (vi) Animal waste to wealth management (Agri-waste Management).  Keeping  in  view  of  the  success  of  AHIDF,  the  erstwhile  Dairy  Processing Infrastructure Development Fund has been subsumed with the AHIDF on 01.02.2024. Now

total size of the fund is Rs 29110 cr. The details of the projects sanctioned for implementation in Uttar Pradesh under the scheme is given at Annexure-I

(ii) Under  National  Livestock  Mission  the  Entrepreneurship  Development  Programme (NLM-EDP) is a key component under which 50% capital subsidy with a ceiling for various components that ranges from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, for the establishment of rural poultry breeding farms, as well as breeding farms for sheep, goats, pigs, camels, horses, and donkeys. Additionally, it supports fodder value-addition units, including hay, silage, Total Mixed Ration (TMR), fodder blocks, and units for processing, grading, and storing fodder seeds. This subsidy is available to individuals, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLGs),  Farmer  Cooperative  Organizations  (FCOs),  and  Section  8 companies. A total of 158 livestock farmers have been benefitted under NLM-EDP scheme in Uttar Pradesh during the last 5 years. District wise details is given at Annexure-II.

(iii) Under  the component  of establishment of Breed Multiplication  Farm  (BMF) Department has sanctioned 132 Breed Multiplication Farms against the targets of establishment of  125  breed  multiplication  farms  across  the  country  including  7  BMF  sanctioned  in  Uttar Pradesh  at  Amroha,  Lucknow,  Gautam  Buddha  Nagar,  Jalaun,  Saharanpur  and  Bareilly. Component has been discontinued under revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission

(d) to (f) In order to maintain full transparency and facilitate beneficiaries/ applicant the complete process of application upto approval of the projects is online and is available on the portals  created  for  this  purpose.    However,  sanctioning  or  rejection  of  term  loan  is  solely prerogative of lending bank which is on accounts of personal and financial credentials of the borrowers.

Annexure-I The District-wise details of projects sanctioned under AHIDF in Uttar Pradesh

| Sl. No      | District Name       |   Approved Projects |   Project Cost (In Cr.) |   Term Loan (In Cr.) |   Interest Subvention Released (In Cr.) |
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1           | Amethi              |                   5 |                  225.58 |               145.42 |                                   10.53 |
| 2           | Baghpat             |                   2 |                  689.59 |               608    |                                    0.39 |
| 3           | Bareilly            |                   2 |                   22.33 |                 8.6  |                                    0.33 |
| 4           | Bulandshahr         |                   3 |                   30.55 |                21.18 |                                    1.55 |
| 5           | Etah                |                   1 |                   29    |                22    |                                    0.58 |
| 6           | Gautam Buddha Nagar |                   2 |                   33.28 |                15.5  |                                    0.2  |
| 7           | Ghazipur            |                   1 |                    8.15 |                 2.9  |                                    0.23 |
| 8           | Gonda               |                   1 |                    4.15 |                 3.12 |                                    0.15 |
| 9           | Gorakhpur           |                   2 |                   20.85 |                11.87 |                                    1.22 |
| 10          | Hapur               |                   2 |                   42.83 |                30    |                                    1.53 |
| 11          | Hardoi              |                   1 |                    6.5  |                 4.8  |                                    0.32 |
| 12          | Hathras             |                   4 |                  243.67 |               183    |                                    6.6  |
| 13          | Jhansi              |                   1 |                    4.61 |                 1.75 |                                    0.07 |
| 14          | Kanpur Nagar        |                   1 |                   69.91 |                50    |                                    3.97 |
| 15          | Lucknow             |                   2 |                   37.5  |                26.82 |                                    1.77 |
| 16          | Mainpuri            |                   1 |                   39.82 |                24.38 |                                    1.06 |
| 17          | Mathura             |                   2 |                   85.08 |                40    |                                    2.01 |
| 18          | Prayagraj           |                   1 |                    3.04 |                 1.7  |                                    0.02 |
| 19          | Shahjahanpur        |                   1 |                    8.07 |                 4    |                                    0.2  |
| 20          | Unnao               |                   1 |                   24.74 |                 7.5  |                                    0.09 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         |                  36 |                 1629.25 |              1212.54 |                                   32.81 |

Annexure-II

Projects sanctioned under NLM EDP in the district of Ambedkar Nagar, Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar

|   Sl. No | District         | No of Approved Projects   | Project Cost (In Cr)   | Approved Subsidy (in Cr)   | Total Subsidy Released (in Cr)   |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Ambedkar Nagar   | 3                         | 2.27                   | 0.80                       | 0.65                             |
|        2 | Gorakhpur        | 14                        | 6.96                   | 2.90                       | 1.23                             |
|        3 | Sant Kabir Nagar | -                         | -                      | -                          | -                                |