Lok Sabha Question No. 3833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Milk Production through Milk Cooperatives
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3833 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015

## MILK PRODUCTION THROUGH MILK COOPERATIVES

## 3833. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a)  whether production of milk in the country is not taking place in proportion to the population increase;
- (b) if so, the current status of demand and supply of milk;
- (c)  the  quantitative  success  achieved  in  the  production  of  milk  through  cooperatives  and  milk producing  companies  during  the  last  decade  and  the  current  year,  State/UTwise  along  with  the expenditure incurred by the Government thereon during the said period;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  repeat  the  success  story  of  Anand  Milk  Union  Limited (AMUL), Gujarat in other States also; and
- (e) if so, the details of the efforts to be made by the Government to promote the milk producing companies and cooperatives?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The growth in production of milk in the country, at the rate of more than 4%, is in fact exceeding  the  proportion  at  which  the  population  is  increasing  over  the  years.  The  per  capita availability of milk has increased from 130 grams per person per day in 1950-51, to 176 grams per person per day in 1990-91 to 233 grams per person per day in 2004-05 and 322 grams per person per day in 2014-15.
- (c) The milk cooperatives are involved mainly in procurement, processing and marketing of milk. However,  the  State-Wise  milk  production  during  2005-06  and  2014-15  is annexed. The  total releases  made  by  the  Department  to  cooperatives  and  milk  producing  companies  under  National Dairy Plan (Phase-I) and to cooperatives under National Programme for Dairy Development during the  last  decade  (2005-06  to  2014-15)  and  current  year  (till  16.12.2015)  is  Rs.1147.04  crore  and Rs.314.45 crore respectively.
- (d) & (e) Yes Madam.  The Department is implementing the following schemes to promote milk cooperatives in the country:
- i. National Dairy Plan (Phase-I)
- ii. National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development

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## Annexure referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3833 for answer on 22.12.2015

## State-wise Milk Production during 2005-06 and 2014-15

| S. No.   | States/UTs        | 2005-06   |   (000 tonnes) 2014-15 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 7624      |                   9656 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 48        |                     46 |
| 3        | Assam             | 747       |                    829 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 5060      |                   7775 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 839       |                   1232 |
| 6        | Goa               | 56        |                     67 |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 6960      |                  11691 |
| 8        | Haryana           | 5299      |                   7901 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 869       |                   1172 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1400      |                   1951 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 1335      |                   1734 |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 4022      |                   6121 |
| 13       | Kerala            | 2063      |                   2711 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 6283      |                  10779 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 6769      |                   9542 |
| 16       | Manipur           | 77        |                     82 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 73        |                     83 |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 15        |                     20 |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 74        |                     76 |
| 20       | Odisha            | 1342      |                   1903 |
| 21       | Punjab            | 8909      |                  10351 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 8713      |                  16934 |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 48        |                     50 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 5474      |                   7132 |
| 25       | Telangana         |           |                   4207 |
| 26       | Tripura           | 87        |                    141 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 17356     |                  25198 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 1206      |                   1565 |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 3891      |                   4961 |
| 30       | A&N Islands       | 20        |                     16 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 46        |                     44 |
| 32       | D.& N. Haveli     | 5         |                      9 |
| 33       | Daman &Diu        | 1         |                      1 |
| 34       | Delhi             | 310       |                    280 |
| 35 36    | Lakshadweep       | 2         |                      4 |
|          | Puducherry        | 43        |                     48 |
|          | All India         | 97066     |                 146314 |