Lok Sabha Question No. 2829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Baijayant Panda

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

LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 2829

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  MARCH, 2026

## LIVESTOCK HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME

## 2829. SHRI BAIJAYANT PANDA:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any post-vaccination impact assessment or disease-incidence review has been undertaken by the Government for livestock vaccinated under the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programmes and if so, the key findings thereof; and
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  last-mile  vaccination  coverage  and monitoring?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) and (b) Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India assess the post-vaccination impact through the sampling plan formulated by Indian Council of  Agricultural  Research,  National  Institute  of  Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease Informatics (ICAR-NIVEDI). As per the plan, the latest available report in respect to Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) shows that average sero-conversion is 70% and average NonStructural Protein (NSP) antibody prevalence has reduced to 7.8% from 16% during 202123. Presently, the number of outbreaks of FMD has reduced from 132 in 2019 to 32 during 2025. Similarly, the outbreaks of Brucellosis and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) also decreased from 22 in 2019 to 6 in 2025 and from 98 in 2019 to 29 during 2025 respectively.

The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  last-mile  vaccination  coverage  and monitoring are outlined as under:

- i. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Vaccination against FMD, Brucellosis, PPR and CSF  has  been  formulated  for  adoption  by  the  States/UTs  which  include  demand assessment, accessories/consumables, human resource and microplanning, seromonitoring and outbreak management.
- ii. Standard  Operating  Procedure  (SOP)  for  registration  and  ear  tagging  of  animals, administration of vaccine and uploading of data on NDLM are circulated to State/UTs for adoption.
- iii. Procurement and supply of the quality ensured FMD, Brucella, PPR and CSF vaccine to the State and Union Territory is done centrally.
- iv. The vaccination programs has been streamlined against FMD with regular quality testing, sero-surveillance, sero-monitoring and sampling plans.
- v. Financial  support  is  provided  to  States  and  Union  Territories  for  procurement  of vaccination  accessories,  strengthening  of  cold  chain  infrastructure  and  for  awareness generation amongst stakeholders.
- vi. Standard sampling plan has been developed in consultation with ICAR-NIVEDI on serosurveillance and sero-monitoring.
- vii. Guidelines for minimum standards of Veterinary Infrastructure in India has been framed and communicated to States/UT with the request for adoption and necessary action.