Lok Sabha Question No. 1629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: National Livestock Mission
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Shri Tapir Gao, Shri P P Chaudhary, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY 2026

## NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION

## 1629 Shri P P Chaudhary:

Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah:

Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary:

Shri Tapir Gao:

Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Jugal Kishore:

Shri Naba Charan Majhi:

Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai:

Will the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  manner  by  which  the  National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM)  create  new  livelihood opportunities  in  arid  and  hilly  regions  of  Rajasthan  and  particularly  in  Pali  Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) the objective of including camels, horses and donkeys first time under the NLM;
- (c) the number of women-led Self Help Groups (SHGs) out of the existing beneficiaries;
- (d) the average time taken for entrepreneurs to receive the central subsidy;
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure banks provide the credit without collateral-related issues;
- (f) the total number of farmers, particularly small  and marginal farmers, who have benefited under the NLM during the last three years, particularly in Rajasthan; and
- (g) the steps being taken by the Government to increase livestock insurance coverage from the current level of about 0.98% towards the target of 5%?

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

- (a) Under the National Livestock Mission (NLM) Scheme, NLM-Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NLM-EDP) is a key component which helps to generate new livelihood  opportunity  across  the  country  including  arid  and  hilly  regions  of  Rajasthan. Under NLM-EDP, 50% capital subsidy up to Rs.50.00 lakh is provided to individuals, Farmer

Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Joint Liability Groups(JLGs), Farmer Cooperative Organizations (FCOs) and Section 8 companies to support establishment of rural poultry breeding farms, sheep/goat, pig, camel, horse, donkey breeding farms, as well as fodder value-addition units such as hay, silage, Total Mixed Ration (TMR),fodder blocks and fodder seed processing, grading and storage units. The entire scheme is fully end to end digitized through nlm.udyamimitra.in. For Rajasthan State and Pali district, following projects have been approved.

## Rajasthan State Profile

|   Sl No |   Approved Projects |   Total Project Cost (Rs. in Cr) |   Approved subsidy (Rs. In Cr) |   No. of applicants received 1st instalment |   1st Instalment Amount released (Rs. In Cr) |   No. of applicants received 2nd instalment |   2nd Instalment Amount released (Rs. In Cr) |   Total released Subsidy (Rs. In Cr) |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       1 |                 170 |                            89.65 |                          38.73 |                                         136 |                                        16.56 |                                          23 |                                          2.9 |                                19.46 |

## Pali District Profile

|   S. No. |   No. of approved Projects | Category   |   Project Cost (Cr) |   Approved Subsidy (Cr) |   No. of 1 st Installment Released |   Amount of 1 st Installment released (Cr) |   No. of 2 nd Installment Released |   Amount of 2 nd Installment released (Cr) |   Total Subsidy Released |
|----------|----------------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 |                          1 | Goat       |                 0.2 |                     0.1 |                                  1 |                                       0.05 |                                  0 |                                          0 |                     0.05 |

- (b) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), GoI has included the camel, horse  and  donkey  under  the  NLM  scheme  in  order  to  bring  these  animals  from  unorganized farming sector into the organized sector, while promoting entrepreneurship in the fields of equine, donkey and camel rearing for sustainable breed improvement and popularizing various indigenous breeds.
- (c) A total of 858 projects led by women have been approved under the NLM-EDP. Out of these, 2 projects are from  Joint Liability Groups and 1 project is women led Self Help Group (SHG) in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, while the remaining projects are attributed to individual women entrepreneurs.
- (d) The NLM-EDP subsidy disbursement process involves multiple stages of scrutiny at the State Government, banks and Central levels. The beneficiary is eligible to get the first and the second installment of subsidy when the beneficiary comply all the norms and submit requisite documents as per guidelines.
- (e) Under NLM-Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NLM-EDP) sanction and disbursal of loans is undertaken by banks and other lending institutions as per their internal guidelines. It is the prerogative of the bank to evaluate each loan application based on parameters such as the applicant's CIBIL score, creditworthiness, collateral security, repayment capacity, and other due diligence measures.

(f) Total No of farmers benefited under NLM-Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NLMEDP) in last three year is 60872, while in Rajasthan the total farmer benefitted is 1158.

(g)  The  DAHD,  GoI  is  implementing  the  Livestock  Insurance  initiative  under  the  Centrally Sponsored  National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM)  across  all  districts  of  the  country.  In  order  to increase coverage, the DAHD, GoI has increased subsidy benefits from 5 cattle unit to 10 cattle units per household for all animals except pigs and rabbits, where the limit is 5 cattle units (with 1 cattle unit equaling 10 small animals). To improve affordability, the farmer's share of the insurance premium has been simplified and reduced from the earlier 20 to 50% range to a uniform 15%. The remaining 85% of the premium is jointly funded by the Centre and States in a 60:40 ratio for most states,  and  90:10  for  the  Himalayan  and  North-Eastern  regions.  Over  the  past  five  years, Rs.161.07Cr.has been released under the scheme, insuring a total of 60.80 lakh animals.

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