Lok Sabha Question No. 1768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: Animal Welfare Board in Rajasthan
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Shri Rahul Kaswan

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1768

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD IN RAJASTHAN

1768 SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SMT. SANJNA JATAV:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of jurisdiction of the Animal Welfare Board of India in Rajasthan;
- (b) the number of cow shelters recognised by the said Board during the last five years and the amount of funds provided to them, year/State/district- wise;
- (c) whether applications for granting recognition and assistance to cow shelters in Rajasthan are pending with the Board; and
- (d) if so, the date from which the said applications are pending and the reasons for the same along with the details of cow shelters in the Churu district and the districts under Bharatpur Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is a statutory advisory body constituted under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and its jurisdiction extends to the entire territory of India, including the State of Rajasthan.
- (b) The  Animal  Welfare  Board  of  India  provides  recognition  to  the  Animal  Welfare Organisations  including  Gaushalas  who  are  sheltering  the  stray/injured  /sick  animals  in  their shelter. The AWBI has recognised 204 numbers of Animal Welfare Organization or Gaushalas during last five year across the Country. A total of 3,607 Animal Welfare Organizations, including Gaushalas, have been recognized by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) till date.

The Animal Welfare Board of India provides financial assistance to the recognized animal welfare organizations / Gaushalas who are sheltering the stray/injured /sick animals in their shelter under the following schemes:

- (i). Regular and Rescue Cattle Grant
- (ii). Scheme for Shelter House for looking after the animals
- (iii). Scheme for Provision of Ambulance Services to Animals in Distress
- (iv). Scheme for Relief to Animals during Natural Calamities

The Year-wise amount of fund released under the above schemes implemented by AWBI during last five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25) are as below:

| S. No.   |                        | 2020-21    | 2020-21     | 2021-22    | 2021-22     | 2022-23    | 2022-23     |
|----------|------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | Scheme                 | Total AWOs | Total Grant | Total AWOs | Total Grant | Total AWOs | Total Grant |
| 1        | Shelter Grant          | 4          | 3855954     | 4          | 3656903     | 2          | 1504233     |
| 2        | Regular Grant          | 73         | 3622600     | 108        | 7119475     | 87         | 10666000    |
| 3        | Ambulance Grant        | 3          | 1350000     | 3          | 1324000     | 5          | 2205000     |
| 4        | Natural Calamity Grant | 1          | 50000       | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0           |
|          | Total                  | 81         | 8878554     | 115        | 12100378    | 94         | 14375233    |

| S. No.   |                        | 2023-24    | 2023-24     | 2024-25    | 2024-25     |
|----------|------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|          | Scheme                 | Total AWOs | Total Grant | Total AWOs | Total Grant |
| 1        | Shelter Grant          | 1          | 1068750     | 1          | 888356      |
| 2        | Regular Grant          | 117        | 17178000    | 10         | 1245000     |
| 3        | Ambulance Grant        | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0           |
| 4        | Natural Calamity Grant | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0           |
|          | Total                  | 118        | 18246750    | 11         | 2133356     |

The State-wise amount of fund released during last five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25) are as below:

| SL No   | State               | Shelter House Grant   | Shelter House Grant   | Ambulance Grant   | Ambulance Grant   | Natural Calamity Grant   | Natural Calamity Grant   | Regular Grant& Rescue Cattle Grant   | Regular Grant& Rescue Cattle Grant   |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         |                     | Total AWOs            | Total Grant           | Total AWOs        | Total Grant       | Total AWOs               | Total Grant              | Total AWOs                           | Total Grant                          |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 5                                    | 478800                               |
| 2       | ANDAMAN& NICOBAR    | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 4       | ASSAM               | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 5       | BIHAR               | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 6       | CHATTISGARH         | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 3                                    | 188000                               |
| 7       | DELHI               | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 2                                    | 651800                               |
| 8       | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 9       | GUJARAT             | 1                     | 1125000               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 14                                   | 2809450                              |
| 10      | GOA                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                    |

| 11   | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
|------|--------------------|-----|----------|-----|----------|-----|--------|------|-----------|
| 12   | HARYANA            |  11 | 10411095 |  10 |  4492150 |   1 | 500000 |  154 |  26947050 |
| 13   | JAMMU& KASHMIR     |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 14   | JHARKHAND          |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    1 |     12000 |
| 15   | KARNATAKA          |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 16   | KERALA             |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 17   | MAHARASHTRA        |   1 |  1068750 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |   18 |   2212625 |
| 18   | MADHYA PRADESH     |  11 | 10722926 |   3 |  1302394 |   0 |      0 |   91 |  10130750 |
| 19   | MANIPUR            |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 20   | MEGHALAYA          |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 21   | MIZORAM            |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 22   | NAGALAND           |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 23   | ODISHA             |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   2 | 150000 |    0 |         0 |
| 24   | PUNJAB             |   2 |  2230711 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    1 |    150000 |
| 25   | PONDICHERRY        |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 26   | RAJASTHAN          |  12 | 10974196 |  11 |  4879000 |   1 |  50000 |  395 |  39831075 |
| 27   | SIKKIM             |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 28   | TAMILNADU          |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    3 |     75700 |
| 29   | TELANGANA          |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 30   | TRIPURA            |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    0 |         0 |
| 31   | UTTARAKHAND        |   0 |        0 |   0 |        0 |   0 |      0 |    4 |   1245000 |
| 32   | UTTAR PRADESH      |   7 |  7717731 |   8 |  3540500 |   0 |      0 |  325 |  37154475 |
| 33   | WESTBENGAL         |   0 |        0 |   0 |   450000 |   0 |      0 |    6 |    332300 |
|      |                    |  45 | 44250409 |  32 | 14664044 |   4 | 700000 | 1022 | 122219025 |

(c) & (d) There are 15 applications received from Animal Welfare Organizations/ Gaushalas pending for grant of recognition by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) in the State of Rajasthan.  Out  of  these,  12  applications  are  pending  due  to  non-submission  of  complete documents, for which queries have already been raised through the online portal. In two cases, inspection reports are awaited from the Director, Animal Husbandry Department of the concerned State/UT. One application pertaining to Bikaner District is pending consequent upon issuance of a show-cause notice on account of submission of a forged recognition certificate. These applications are received during the period from 20.02.2024 to 26.12.2025.

Applications for financial assistance under various schemes of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) are received from recognized Animal Welfare Organizations/ Gaushalas from time to time and are processed in accordance with the prescribed scheme guidelines.

Financial assistance is released only in respect of proposals which are found eligible as per the scheme guidelines and in respect of which a favourable inspection report recommending release of funds is received from the concerned Animal Husbandry Department.

Non-release  of  financial  assistance  to  any  State/UT,  including  Rajasthan,  is  primarily  due  to reasons such as non-submission of proposals by the organizations, non-submission of mandatory documents  including  utilization  certificates  of  previous  grants,  non-compliance  with  scheme guidelines, ineligibility of proposals, non-availability of favourable inspection reports from the inspecting agency, and constraints of availability of funds.

The details of applications received from recognized Animal Welfare Organizations / Gaushalas in the State of Rajasthan, under the Schemes of Regular Grant, Shelter Grant, Ambulance Grant and Natural Calamity, to whom financial assistance could not be released, are placed below:

|   S. No. | Name of the Scheme              |   No. of Proposals pending | Received during the period from 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Reason                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Shelter House                   |                          7 | 21.05.2020 to 15.09.2022                             | 6 applications were pending due to non-submission of required documents as per scheme guidelines and one application is under consideration for release of grant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        2 | Ambulance Grant                 |                          1 | 14.07.2020                                           | Application is under consideration for release of grant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        3 | Natural Calamity Grant          |                          0 | -                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        4 | Regular and Rescue Cattle Grant |                         27 | 22.02.2021 to 28.10.2024                             | The applications were pending due to following reason:- a) 7 applications, due to non- availability of Niti Aayog ID, b) 2 applications, due to non- submission of application fees, c) 1 application, due to non- submission of required Bond, d) 3 applications received after closing date. e) 1 application, due to non- submission of Utilization Certificate of previous grant. f) 13 applications, under consideration for release of grant. |

The AWBI had not received any application for grant of recognition or financial assistance from any Animal Welfare Organization located in Churu District and the Districts under Bharatpur Lok Sabha Constituency.