Lok Sabha Question No. 325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Milk Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.325

TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2015

## MILK PRODUCTION

## 325. SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA:

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

- (a) the quantum of total milk production and consumption in the country during the current year, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether the Government imports and/or exports milk and milk products to meet the requirement of the country; (c) the steps taken by the Government to encourage milk production and the details of the results thereof during the period 2001 to 2015; (d) the steps taken by the Government to produce milk as per the requirement and to make the country free from the use of adulterated milk; whether the Government proposes to provide milch animals to the poor farmers of the rural areas of the
- (e) country to promote the production of milk; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per latest available survey report, the milk production during 2014-15, State-wise, across the country is  placed  at  Annexure.  Data  regarding  consumption  of  milk  in  the  country  is  not  available  with  the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries.

(b) No Madam.

- (c) &  (d)  The  Department  is  implementing  the  following  schemes  to  increase  milk  production  in  the country:-
- i. National Dairy Plan (Phase-I)
- ii. National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development
- iii. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

The milk production & per capita availability of milk in the country has increased from 80.6 million metric tonnes and 217 gm/day in 2000-01 to 146.3 million metric tonnes and 322 gm/day in 2014-15 respectively.

- (e) & (f) The Department is implementing 'Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme' (DEDS) from 01.09.2010  through  National  Bank  for  Agriculture  &  Rural  Development  (NABARD)  in  which  back ended capital subsidy (25% of the project cost for General Category and 33% for SC/ST beneficiaries) is provided  under  bankable  projects  through  eligible  financial  institutions,  subject  to  the  norms  of  the scheme. One of the component of DEDS is establishment of small dairy unit of 2 to 10 crossbred cows or indigenous cows/graded buffaloes.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.325 for answer on 01.12.2015

State-wise Milk Production during 2014-15

(000 tonnes)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   2014-15 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |   9656.15 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |     46.07 |
| 3        | Assam             |    829.47 |
| 4        | Bihar             |   7774.89 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |   1231.57 |
| 6        | Goa               |     66.6  |
| 7        | Gujarat           |  11690.6  |
| 8        | Haryana           |   7901.35 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |   1172.16 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |   1950.93 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |   1733.72 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |   6120.93 |
| 13       | Kerala            |   2711.13 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |  10779.1  |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |   9542.29 |
| 16       | Manipur           |     82.17 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |     82.96 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |     20.49 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |     75.69 |
| 20       | Odisha            |   1903.14 |
| 21       | Punjab            |  10351.4  |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |  16934.3  |
| 23       | Sikkim            |     49.99 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |   7132.47 |
| 25       | Telangana         |   4207.26 |
| 26       | Tripura           |    141.23 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |  25198.4  |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |   1565.35 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |   4961    |
| 30       | A&N Islands       |     15.56 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |     44    |
| 32       | D.& N. Haveli     |      8.52 |
| 33       | Daman &Diu        |      0.82 |
| 34       | Delhi             |    280.06 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |      4.19 |
| 36       | Puducherry        |     47.64 |
|          | All India         | 146314    |

Source: AHS Unit-Department of AHDF, GoI. OM No. 26(I)-4/2015-Parl-M/AHS dated 26.11..2015