Lok Sabha Question No. 3765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING & FISHERIES

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3765

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND   DECEMBER, 2015

## DAIRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

## 3765. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) the objectives and salient features of the Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS);
- (b) the number of beneficiaries of the scheme, State-wise;
- (c) whether the scheme has been effective in increasing the milk production and reducing poverty in rural areas of the country; and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the amount of funds sanctioned by the Government for DEDS during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIYA)

- (a) The objectives and salient features of the Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) is as under:
- i) To generate self-employment and provide infrastructure for dairy sector;
- ii) To set up modern dairy farms and infrastructure for production of clean milk;
- iii) To encourage heifer calf rearing for conservation and development of good breeding stock;
- iv) To bring structural changes in the unorganized sector, so that initial processing of milk can be taken up at the village level;
- v) To upgrade traditional technology to handle milk on a commercial scale, and
- vi) To provide value addition to milk through processing and production of milk products.
- (b) The number of dairy units established/ beneficiaries benefited under DEDS is given at Annexure.
- (c) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  and  Fisheries  has  conducted  evaluation  and  impact study of DEDS through National Productivity Council (NPC), New Delhi during 2014. NPC in it's Evaluation and Impact Study report has stated, amongst others, that
1. There has been an increase of around 123 percent in overall average milk production per beneficiary entrepreneur.
2. Around  82%  of  beneficiaries  reported  to  have  less  dependence  on  borrowed  money  now specially in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
3. More than 2.0 lakh persons have got additional employment.
- (d) The funds released  by the Department under DEDS  during last three years and the current year are as under:

( Rs in Crore)

| Year          |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (as on 17.12.2015) |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| Fund Released |       310 |     284.3 |    154.59 |                          112 |

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State wise details of dairy units established/ beneficiaries benefited under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme.

| S.No   | State                | No. of Dairy Units/ Beneficiaries benefited (Cumulative, as on 30.11.2015)   |
|--------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar  | 21                                                                           |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh       | 65289                                                                        |
| 3      | Bihar                | 10350                                                                        |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh         | 1094                                                                         |
| 5      | Delhi                | 0                                                                            |
| 6      | Goa                  | 7                                                                            |
| 7      | Gujarat              | 20567                                                                        |
| 8      | Haryana              | 4395                                                                         |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh     | 5914                                                                         |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir       | 6717                                                                         |
| 11     | Jharkhand            | 130                                                                          |
| 12     | Karnataka            | 12743                                                                        |
| 13     | Kerala               | 9667                                                                         |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh       | 3044                                                                         |
| 15     | Maharashtra          | 14219                                                                        |
| 16     | Odisha               | 4872                                                                         |
| 17     | Punjab               | 4031                                                                         |
| 18     | Rajasthan            | 9603                                                                         |
| 19     | Tamil Nadu           | 44840                                                                        |
| 20     | Telangana            | 547                                                                          |
| 21     | Uttar Pradesh        | 4207                                                                         |
| 22     | Uttarakhand          | 7993                                                                         |
| 23     | West Bengal          | 1694                                                                         |
|        | Total (A)            | 2,31,944                                                                     |
|        | North Eastern States | 0                                                                            |
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 88                                                                           |
| 2      | Assam                | 5462                                                                         |
| 3      | Manipur              | 48                                                                           |
| 4      | Meghalaya            | 44                                                                           |
| 5      | Mizoram              | 372                                                                          |
| 6      | Nagaland             | 113                                                                          |
| 7      | Sikkim               | 155                                                                          |
| 8      | Tripura              | 596                                                                          |
|        | Total (B)            | 6878                                                                         |
|        | G.Total (Total A+B)  | 2,38,822                                                                     |