Lok Sabha Question No. 3824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Infrastructure Support for Livestock
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3824 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH     AUGUST, 2016

## INFRASTUCTURE SUPPORT FOR LIVESTOCK

## 3824 SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और कृ िक कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the livestock sector has not received adequate infrastructural and institutional support in comparison to its contribution in economy;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to provide more infrastructural and institutional support to the livestock sector;
- (d) whether  there  is  still  lack  of  adequate  facilities  and  infrastructure  for  diagnosis,  reporting, epidemiology, monitoring and early warning system of livestock diseases in the country; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  improvement  of  breed  and  increase  in  the availability of food items and fodder for the livestock?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to (c)  According to estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Gross Value Added from Livestock sector at current price was about Rs.7,33,054 crore during 2014-15 which is about 28.7% of the Gross Value Added (GVA) from total Agriculture and allied sector at current prices and 27.8% at  constant  prices.  As  against  proposed  plan  outlay  of  Rs  25,639.24  crore,  the  then  Planning Commission approved an outlay of Rs 14,179 crore for the 12 th Five Year Plan Period (i.e.2012-17). However,  Planning  Commission  had  approved  an  outlay  of  Rs.8174  crore  to  the  Department  of Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  &  Fisheries  during  11 th Five  Year  Plan  period.  The  allocations  for different  sectors  are  decided  keeping  in  view  the  competing  demands  and  the  total  resources available with the Government.

However,  financial  resources  for  the  projects  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  &  Fisheries sectors  have  also  been  made  available  under  state  plan  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana (RKVY)   over and above the budgetary allocation of the Department.    In addition, under Animal Science  Division  of  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research,  there  are  19  Institutes  pertaining  to animals, two Deemed Universities, Central Institutes, National Research  Centers, Directorates and Species specific institutes, which looks into the issues pertaining to the particular species like cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, Equine, poultry etc.

(d)    Veterinary  Services  including  veterinary  infrastructure  and  facilities  for  disease  diagnosis, epidemiology,  monitoring  &  surveillance  for  animal  diseases  are  provided  by  respective  State Governments. However, Department supplements the efforts of State/UT Governments by providing financial assistance through namely 'Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH &DC)' Scheme to develop    adequate  facilities  and  veterinary  infrastructure    for  animal  disease  diagnosis,  reporting, epidemiology, monitoring and early warning system of livestock diseases in the country.

(e)  Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries is implementing following schemes for improvement of breed of bovine population in country:

-  National Programme for Bovine Breeding(NPBB)
-  Rashtriya Goukul Mission(RGM) - part of NPBB
-  Establishment of National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre
-  National Dairy Plan-I
-  Central Cattle Breeding Farms
-  Central Frozen Semen Production and Training Institute
-  Central Herd Registration Scheme

In  addition,  breed  improvement  of  small  ruminants  is  being  taken  under  National  Livestock Mission.  In order to enhance availability of feed and fodder, Department is implementing the submission on Feed and Fodder Development under National Livestock Mission.