Lok Sabha Question No. 1544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Training and Awareness Programmes for Livestock Farmers
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1544

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## TRAINING AND AWARENESS PROGRAMMES FOR LIVESTOCK FARMERS

## 1544. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

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

## मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  specific  action  plan  has  been  prepared  to  organize  training  and  awareness programmes for livestock farmers in the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up awareness camps focusing on the prevention for foot and mouth disease, brucellosis and other infectious diseases in the area;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to provide training on modern dairy management, animal nutrition, drug management and hygiene through local veterinary officers; and (d) whether any proposals is under consideration with the Government to provide financial assistance,  technical  support  and  increase  the  number  of  mobile  veterinary  units  for  these programmes?

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

(a)  to  (c)  Animal  Husbandry  is  a  State  subject;  however,  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  State Governments and Union Territories (UTs) in creating awareness among livestock farmers, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), GoI has made awareness generation an integral part of its schemes -Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme, National Livestock Mission, and National Programme for Dairy Development.

Under the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), implemented as part of the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP), awareness activities are conducted at  the village, block, district, and State levels before each vaccination round to ensure proper understanding  and  participation  from  the  community,  particularly  farmers  and  livestock owners.

As  per  information  received  from  the  State  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  Department, Haryana,  a  total  of  3,581  Health-cum-Infertility  Camps  have  been  organized  at  Veterinary Institutions during 2025 -26, including 149 such camps in the Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency. Through  these  camps,  livestock  farmers  are  informed  and  made  aware  of  Foot  and  Mouth Disease  (FMD),  Brucellosis,  and  other  infectious  animal  diseases.  The  Department  has  also conducted 11-day training programmes on Dairy, Piggery, Sheep, and Goat farming in every district, open to all livestock farmers.

Under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), training is provided to farmers and milk producers on good hygienic and manufacturing practices, clean milk production, milch animal rearing, adoption of cattle feed, green fodder, mineral mixtures, and related aspects.

Further, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established two Krishi Vigyan Kendras  (KVKs)  in  the  Sonipat  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  (Sonipat  and  Jind  districts)  for  the dissemination  of  new  technologies  in  Agriculture  and  Allied  sectors,  including  Animal Husbandry  and  Dairying,  through  technology  assessment,  demonstrations,  and  capacitybuilding among extension personnel and farmers.

Moreover,  the  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  Government  of  India,  has organized two Virtual Awareness Programmes through Common Service Centres (CSCs) for livestock farmers on vaccination, bio-security, clean milk production, new components of the National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM),  In-Vitro  Fertilization  (IVF)  and  Sex-Sorted  Semen  (SSS), Kisan Credit Card (KCC), and the use of Ethno-Veterinary Medicines. These virtual awareness programmes have been organized at 11 centers in the Sonipat district of Haryana.

(d) Under the Establishment and Strengthening of Veterinary Hospitals & Dispensaries - Mobile Veterinary Units (ESVHD-MVU) of Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme scheme, 70 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) have been functional in the State of Haryana.

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