Lok Sabha Question No. 3912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Vaccination Coverage under LHDCP
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri P C Mohan, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Godam Nagesh, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Janardan Mishra, Smt. Sanjna Jatav, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Vijay Baghel

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3912 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2026

## VACCINATION COVERAGE UNDER LHDCP

3912. Shri Lumbaram Choudhary:

Dr. Manna Lal Rawat:

Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:

Shri P C Mohan:

Shri Dineshbhal Makwana:

Shri Dilip Saikia:

Smt. Sanjna Jatav:

Shri Vijay Baghel:

Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Smt. Kamlesh Jangde: Dr. K Sudhakar:

Shri Janardan Mishra:

Shri Godam Nagesh:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  vaccination  coverage  under  Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control  Programme (LHDCP) for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminant (PPR) and Classical Swine  Fever  (CSF)  during  the  last  three  years,  State/district-wise  including  Rajasthan,  Chhattisgarh, Karnataka including Durg and Bemetara districts in Durg Lok Sabha Constituency in Chhattisgarh, Palghar in Maharashtra;
- (b) the manner in which the reduction in the outbreak of FMD and Brucellosis has been assessed under the said programme and data on reported cases during the said period, State/district-wise including Karnataka;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilised under the said programmes during the last three financial years, State/district-wise including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether the current livestock-to-veterinarian ratio is in accordance with the prescribed norms in the
- country, State-wise including Karnataka, Maharashtra and also in Palghar district in Maharashtra; and (e) if not, the measures taken/to be taken by the Government to bridge the existing gap and strengthen veterinary infrastructure in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of the vaccination coverage under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) as per  information  uploaded  by  the  respective  State  on  National  Digital  Livestock  Mission (NDLM) Portal for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminant (PPR) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) during the last three years, State wise including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and in respect of Durg and Bemetara districts in Durg Lok Sabha Constituency in Chhattigarh, Palghar in Maharashtra is placed as Annexure I
- (b) The samples of suspected FMD outbreaks are confirmed by identified 32 laboratories including National Institute on Foot & Mouth Disease (ICAR - NIFMD) as per the sampling plan. Similarly, in respect of Brucellosis outbreaks, samples are tested and laboratory confirmed through 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 Non-Structural  Protein  (NSP)  antibody  prevalence  has  reduced  to  7.8%  from  16%  during  2021-23. Accordingly, 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 outbreaks of FMD has reduced from 08 during  2023  reported  from  06  districts  namely  Bangaluru  Rural  (1),  Bangaluru  Urban  (2),  Bangaluru South/Ramnagara (2), Chickkaballapur (1), Mandya (1), Chikkamagaluru (1) to 01 during 2025 reported from Ramnagara district of Karnataka. The details of outbreaks during the last three years are placed as Annexure-II.

(c) The details of funds released and utilised under LHDCP during the last three financial years, State wise is placed as Annexure-III.

(d) and (e) Animal Husbandry is State subject and establishment/strengthening of Veterinary services including staffing is done by the respective State depending on their requirement based on the parameters like geographical status, disease epidemiology, animal profile etc. The number of Veterinarians as per the Indian Ve terinary Practioners' Register as on 31.03.2025 is 92459. The livestock population in country is around  53.7  crore  as  per  last  census  (20 th Livestock  Census).  Therefore,  the  ratio  of  livestock-toveterinarian comes to around 5808:1. A 1976 report of National Commission on Agriculture (NCA), 1976 states that one veterinary doctor/ institution is required for every 5000 animals.

The steps taken by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India to support the State to strengthen Veterinary services, and shortages are outlined as under:

- i. 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.
- ii. Under Establishment and Strengthening of Veterinary Hospital & Dispensary (ESVHD-MVU) of LHDCP, the recurring financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for ground operation of MVUs on sharing basis. Till now, total 4019 numbers of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) have been made operational  in  the  Country  in  29  States/UTs.  There  is  provision  of  one  veterinarian,  one  paraveterinarian and one driver-cum-attendant for each MVU.
- iii. 85 veterinary colleges have been recognized as per the section 2(e) and section 15 read with First Schedule of the Indian Veterinary Council Act,1984. The total intake capacity has increased to 9000 Veterinary Doctors.

The State-wise details of vaccination coverage achieved under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) during the last three years (Year 2022-23 to 2024-25) .

|   S. No. | STATE                                       |      FMD | Brucellosis   | CSF    | PPR      |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|----------|---------------|--------|----------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                 |    21635 | -             | -      | -        |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                              | 25970677 | 1409200       | 93856  | 35719342 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                           |   515199 | 60            | 25131  | 9718     |
|        4 | ASSAM                                       |  7295726 | 44518         | 411722 | 1018665  |
|        5 | BIHAR                                       | 35712963 | 759371        | 146213 | 17602228 |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                                  |    37862 | 3449          | -      | -        |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH                                | 20898413 | 211159        | 252886 | 4853454  |
|        8 | DELHI                                       |   161568 | 1737          | -      | -        |
|        9 | GOA                                         |   105314 | 196           | 20     | 77       |
|       10 | GUJARAT                                     | 38154023 | 547598        | -      | 7471695  |
|       11 | HARYANA                                     |  9486060 | 150144        | 32094  | 103469   |
|       12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                            |  3920236 | 49659         | -      | 963809   |
|       13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                           | 11609562 | 74418         | -      | 1786723  |
|       14 | JHARKHAND                                   |  6310890 | 43969         | 374146 | 2904623  |
|       15 | KARNATAKA                                   | 17797457 | 471649        | 74160  | 2669408  |
|       16 | KERALA                                      |  1261085 | 15267         | 9316   | 91875    |
|       17 | LADAKH                                      |   428579 | 980           | -      | -        |
|       18 | LAKSHADWEEP                                 |       83 | -             | -      | -        |
|       19 | MADHYA PRADESH                              | 61771677 | 199926        | 60     | 3403794  |
|       20 | MAHARASHTRA                                 | 52337000 | 677413        | 97654  | 15895383 |
|       21 | MANIPUR                                     |   264797 | 11            | 34031  | 11388    |
|       22 | MEGHALAYA                                   |   452151 | 196           | 5990   | 1134     |
|       23 | MIZORAM                                     |    18264 | -             | 31337  | 2958     |
|       24 | NAGALAND                                    |   115751 | 1             | 121495 | 21991    |
|       25 | ODISHA                                      | 15803615 | 305628        | 86339  | 4577506  |
|       26 | PUDUCHERRY                                  |   138611 | 81            | -      | 70       |
|       27 | PUNJAB                                      | 17844019 | 186922        | 3722   | 191101   |
|       28 | RAJASTHAN                                   | 28423356 | 1242799       | 48794  | 10384736 |
|       29 | SIKKIM                                      |    43993 | 65            | 475    | 15214    |
|       30 | TAMIL NADU                                  | 25691105 | 1270064       | 59465  | 13803168 |
|       31 | TELANGANA                                   | 13379414 | 7591          | 76655  | 11336307 |
|       32 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMANAND DIU |    21679 | -             | -      | -        |

| 33.   | TRIPURA       |    589761 |       1 |      37 |       924 |
|-------|---------------|-----------|---------|---------|-----------|
| 34.   | UTTAR PRADESH |  46008257 |  437788 |    3077 |    110196 |
| 35.   | UTTARAKHAND   |   7168404 |   75681 |   10451 |   1177831 |
| 36.   | WEST BENGAL   |  33577077 |  331696 |  174799 |   4822180 |
|       | TOTAL         | 483336263 | 8519237 | 2173925 | 140950967 |

|   S. No. | District              |    FMD |   Brucellosis |   CSF |    PPR |
|----------|-----------------------|--------|---------------|-------|--------|
|        1 | Chattisgarh, Durg     | 624743 |          3606 |  1124 |  57798 |
|        2 | Chattisgarh, Bemetara | 848333 |         15019 |  1277 | 146828 |
|        3 | Maharashtra, Palghar  | 873406 |           353 |  1086 | 170848 |

The details of FMD and Brucellosis outbreaks during the last three years

| Sl.No   | State/UT          |   FMD |   FMD |   FMD |   Brucellosis |   Brucellosis | Brucellosis   |
|---------|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl.No   | State/UT          |  2023 |  2024 |  2025 |          2023 |          2024 | 2025          |
| 1.      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |     0 |     0 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 2.      | ASSAM             |     5 |     1 |     1 |             4 |             2 | 1             |
| 3.      | BIHAR             |     1 |     0 |     2 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 4.      | CHHATTISGARH      |     0 |     0 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 5.      | DELHI             |     0 |     0 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 1             |
| 6.      | GOA               |     0 |     1 |     2 |             4 |             0 | 0             |
| 7.      | GUJARAT           |     3 |     9 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 8.      | HARYANA           |     0 |     6 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 9.      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |     0 |     1 |     2 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 10.     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |     0 |     2 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 11.     | KARNATAKA         |     8 |     5 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 12.     | KERALA            |    17 |    32 |     8 |             0 |             3 | 3             |
| 13.     | LADAKH            |     0 |     1 |     0 |             0 |             0 |               |
| 14.     | MAHARASHTRA       |     4 |     7 |     4 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 15.     | MANIPUR           |     0 |     0 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 16.     | ODISHA            |     1 |     2 |     3 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 17.     | PUNJAB            |     0 |    12 |     1 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 18.     | RAJASTHAN         |     1 |     3 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 19.     | SIKKIM            |     0 |     3 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 20.     | TAMIL NADU        |     3 |     1 |     3 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 21.     | TELANGANA         |     3 |     5 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 1             |
| 22.     | TRIPURA           |     0 |     1 |     0 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 23.     | UTTAR PRADESH     |     0 |     1 |     6 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
| 24.     | WEST BENGAL       |     3 |     0 |     2 |             0 |             0 | 0             |
|         | Total             |    49 |    93 |    40 |             8 |             5 | 6             |

Annexure III

Funds  released  and  utilized  State/UT  wise  under  Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control Programme (LHDCP), during the last three years (Financial year 2022-23 to 2024-25)

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1376.05   | 1376.05   | 8534.26   | 8534.26   | 7605.85   | 7605.85   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | 621.28    | 621.28    | 654.25    | 654.25    |
| 3         | Assam             | 558.47    | 558.47    | 2299.69   | 2299.69   | 4696.50   | 4696.50   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 895.66    | 895.66    | 266.48    | 266.48    | 5481.63   | 5481.63   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 158.80    | 158.80    | 621.51    | 621.51    | 3488.98   | 3488.98   |
| 6         | Goa               | -         | -         | 80.15     | 80.15     | 85.51     | 85.51     |
| 7         | Gujarat           | -         | -         | 1087.97   | 1087.97   | 5243.59   | 5243.59   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 2754.15   | 2754.15   | 1352.28   | 1352.28   | 2734.67   | 2734.67   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | -         | 64.75     | 64.75     | 785.75    | 785.75    |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 240.00    | 240.00    | 1885.42   | 1885.42   | 2036.97   | 2036.97   |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 460.00    | 460.00    |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 998.19    | 998.19    | 7066.94   | 7066.94   | 6157.62   | 6157.62   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 86.97     | 86.97     | 596.51    | 596.51    | 1224.04   | 1224.04   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 352.73    | 352.73    | 4889.02   | 4889.02   | 7613.47   | 7613.47   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | -         | -         | 7232.82   | 7232.82   | 6464.19   | 6464.19   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 314.01    | 314.01    | 271.32    | 271.32    | 464.39    | 464.39    |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | -         | -         | 129.49    | 129.49    | 707.03    | 707.03    |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 116.66    | 116.66    | 262.78    | 262.78    | 359.15    | 359.15    |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 18.68     | 18.68     | 115.48    | 115.48    | 126.51    | 126.51    |
| 20        | Odisha            | -         | -         | 318.10    | 318.10    | 1240.09   | 1240.09   |
| 21        | Punjab            | -         | -         | -         | -         | 397.93    | 397.93    |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | -         | -         | 635.11    | 635.11    | 5968.58   | 5968.58   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 232.57    | 232.57    | 251.07    | 251.07    | 312.61    | 312.61    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | -         | -         | 644.51    | 644.51    | 2259.60   | 2259.60   |
| 25        | Telangana         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 400.00    | 400.00    |
| 26        | Tripura           | -         | -         | 59.76     | 59.76     | 573.37    | 573.37    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 7339.84   | 7339.84   | 19259.84  | 19259.84  | 15076.02  | 15076.02  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 535.10    | 535.10    | 1998.68   | 1998.68   | 1957.16   | 1957.16   |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 670.00    | 670.00    | 3639.00   | 3639.00   | 4034.63   | 4034.63   |
| 30        | A&N Islands       | 80.00     | 80.00     | -         | -         | 84.50     | 84.50     |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | -         | -         | 2.77      | 2.77      | 7.82      | 7.82      |

| Sl. No.   | States      | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States      | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  |
| 32        | DD&DNH      | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 33        | Delhi       | -         | -         | 3.76      | 3.76      | 9.05      | 9.05      |
| 34        | Ladakh      | -         | -         | 60.27     | 60.27     | 245.16    | 245.16    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 36        | Puducherry  | 48.00     | 48.00     | 11.48     | 11.48     | 48.52     | 48.52     |
|           | Total       | 16775.88  | 16775.88  | 64262.50  | 64262.50  | 89005.14  | 89005.14  |

(Note: Mother sanction/assignment/released depends upon the utilization of the first instalment)