Lok Sabha Question No. 651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Digitisation of Dairy Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2026

## DIGITISATION OF DAIRY SECTOR

## 651. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken any initiatives to digitise India's dairy sector to improve productivity, transparency, traceability and farmers' incomes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the areas covered under these initiatives;
- (c) the  details  of  digital  platforms,  mobile  applications,  databases  and  technology-driven interventions introduced for digital transformation during the last three years;
- (d) the number of dairy farmers, milk cooperatives and private dairies onboarded under such digital initiatives, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to address the challenges relating to digital  literacy, internet connectivity, data security and inclusion of small and marginal dairy farmers in the digital ecosystem?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b) Yes  Sir.  The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  GoI  has launched the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) for creating a digital database of livestock  and  related  services  across  the  country.  Major  objective  of  NDLM  are  to enhance  the  Productivity  and  Breed  Improvement,  strengthen  Disease  Surveillance  and Control,  to  create  a  system  enabling  related  information  to  Livestock  owners  and  the traceability in Livestock products. The system has been implemented in all States/ Union Territories of Union of India.

(c) Two mobile applications, namely 'Bharat Pashudhan' & '1962' as well as web interfaces have been made for the use of workforce. 'Bharat Pashudhan' is an Android based application, available on Google Playstore for the use of field workforce for recording the field activities. In Bharat Pashudhan a unique ID in the form of 12 digit bar coded ear tag is issued to all livestock animals. Utilizing this  Tag ID as a primary key field workers record information from the field in respect of every animal which includes - animal registrations, artificial  inseminations  and  all  breeding  activities,  change  in  ownership,  vaccinations,  eprescriptions,  ration  balancing,  disease  reporting,  milk  recording,  etc.  Similarly,  mobile application '1962' for the Livestock Owners is empowering them with information of their animals, schemes and facilities available to them in Livestock Sector. This app is connected to  NDLM  database  for  providing  information  to  livestock  owner  about  his/her  animals registered and is also connected with Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), GoI website to provide latest information about schemes/programmes of the DAHD.

(d) As on date the number of livestock owners registered in the Bharat Pashudhan portal is 9.54 crore, pashu aadhar registered 36.30 crore, field workforce registered 4 lakhs, vaccination records entered in systems are 148.86 crore and all type of transactional records available in  Bharat  Pashudhan is  250 crore. State wise number  registered animal owners including of small/ marginal dairy farmers, milk cooperatives and private dairy farms on boarded for their animal  management till date are tabulated at Annexure I .

(e) The steps taken by the Government to address the challenges relating to digital literacy, internet connectivity, data security and inclusion of small and marginal dairy farmers in the digital ecosystem are - the mobile application has been designed for on-line as well as off -  line  use  in  the  field.  The  transactions  can  be  recorded  in  off-line  mode  where  the connectivity or internet network is not strong enough to capture the information online and can be synced later from the better connectivity area. Regarding data security both web and mobile application has been audited with certified  auditors against all applicable guidelines, advisories, white papers and vulnerability notes issued by advisory bodies of the Government. The application is hosted on secured cloud environment managed by Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.

ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 651 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2026 ASKED BY SHRI SUDHEER  GUPTA,  SHRI  CHAVAN  RAVINDRA  VASANTRAO  AND  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE  ON  DIGITISATION  OF  DAIRY SECTOR

| Sl. NO.   | States/ UTs name            | Number of registered animal owners including Dairy Farmers   | Number of registered animal owners including Dairy Farmers   | Number of registered animal owners including Dairy Farmers   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. NO.   | States/ UTs name            | Total                                                        | Milk Cooperatives                                            | Private Dairy Farms                                          |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 3,829                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 36,74,223                                                    | 8                                                            | 22                                                           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 50,019                                                       | -                                                            | 1                                                            |
| 4         | Assam                       | 33,85,783                                                    | -                                                            | 33                                                           |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 76,41,104                                                    | 11                                                           | 44                                                           |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  | 2,135                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                | 24,65,695                                                    | 1                                                            | 5                                                            |
| 8         | Delhi                       | 19,767                                                       | -                                                            | 2                                                            |
| 9         | Goa                         | 8,643                                                        | 1                                                            | -                                                            |
| 10        | Gujarat                     | 65,24,689                                                    | 16                                                           | 54                                                           |
| 11        | Haryana                     | 20,01,440                                                    | 5                                                            | 13                                                           |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh            | 13,22,174                                                    | -                                                            | 7                                                            |
| 13        | Jammu and Kashmir           | 19,16,232                                                    | -                                                            | 76                                                           |
| 14        | Jharkhand                   | 22,80,271                                                    | 1                                                            | 6                                                            |
| 15        | Karnataka                   | 70,47,120                                                    | 17                                                           | 6                                                            |
| 16        | Kerala                      | 12,05,035                                                    | 3                                                            | 4                                                            |
| 17        | Ladakh                      | 47,026                                                       | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| 18        | Lakshadweep                 | 1,030                                                        | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh              | 79,55,098                                                    | 8                                                            | 43                                                           |
| 20        | Maharashtra                 | 68,48,034                                                    | 11                                                           | 909                                                          |
| 21        | Manipur                     | 68,010                                                       | 1                                                            | -                                                            |
| 22        | Meghalaya                   | 1,33,665                                                     | 2                                                            | 2                                                            |
| 23        | Mizoram                     | 26,493                                                       | -                                                            | -                                                            |
| 24        | Nagaland                    | 60,598                                                       | -                                                            | -                                                            |

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| 25   | Odisha              | 36,08,841   | 6   | 3     |
|------|---------------------|-------------|-----|-------|
| 26   | Puducherry          | 22,258      | -   | -     |
| 27   | Punjab              | 16,01,711   | 8   | 23    |
| 28   | Rajasthan           | 82,92,629   | 18  | 56    |
| 29   | Sikkim              | 89,094      | -   | -     |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu          | 38,93,818   | 13  | 12    |
| 31   | Telangana           | 21,02,292   | 3   | 6     |
| 32   | Dadra Nagar Haveli& | 8,893       | -   | -     |
| 33   | Tripura             | 3,95,522    | -   | 2     |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh       | 1,19,98,569 | 13  | 69    |
| 35   | Uttarakhand         | 12,98,126   | 5   | 3     |
| 36   | West Bengal         | 74,31,924   | 5   | 5     |
|      | Total               | 9,54,31,790 | 156 | 1,406 |