Lok Sabha Question No. 500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Mobile Veterinary Units
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 500

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2026

## MOBILE VETERINARY UNITS

500: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to State:

- (a) the details of the 4,019 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) made operational across 29 States and Union Territories since 2021-22, including the total number of farmers and animals benefited, State-wise;
- (b) the measures being taken by the Government to ensure effective delivery of veterinary services, timely maintenance of MVUs, and operational efficiency;
- (c) the  proposals  of  the  Government  to  expand  coverage,  enhance  outreach,  and  reach underserved or remote regions;
- (d) the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place to assess the impact of MVUs on livestock health, productivity, and farmer livelihoods; and
- (e) the  long-term  strategies  to  integrate  MVUs  with  broader  livestock  development, veterinary education, and rural employment initiatives?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

## (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) The details of the 4019 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) made operational across States and Union Territories 2021-25022 are placed as Annexure I.
- (b) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying  (DAHD),  Government  of  India, under Livestock Health and Disease Control Program (LHDCP) Scheme, provides budgetary support to States and UTs for recurring expenditures on sharing basis. For enhanced outreach and coverage in remote regions, Mobile Veterinary Unit (MVU) operation is supported through the call centre where executive as well as Veterinary Doctors are stationed to help the farmers through toll free no 1962.
- (c) Presently, there is no proposal to increase the number of MVUs.
- (d) Apart from review meetings, state visits, and assessment of the State Action Plan, the  evaluation  is  also  done  through  National  Level  Monitors  and  Third  Party Evaluation based on parameters such as funds utilized, farmers benefitted, animals treated.
- (e) MVUs  are  used  for Veterinary  care  at  farmer's  doorstep  in  far  flung  areas. Operationalization of MVU in the State is relatively new and at present there is no such strategy to integrate other works to it.

## Annexure-I

The details of the 4,019 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) made operational across 29 States and Union Territories along with farmers benefitted and animals treated since 2021-22.

| SI. No.   | States            |   No. of MVUs |   Cumulative number of Farmers benefitted |   Cumulative number of Animals treated at the Cumulative |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |           340 |                                   2732530 |                                                  2852505 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |            25 |                                     47257 |                                                    53089 |
| 3         | Assam             |           159 |                                    228296 |                                                   909039 |
| 4         | Bihar             |           307 |                                    568096 |                                                  1367823 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |           163 |                                   1225925 |                                                  3739380 |
| 6         | Delhi             |             3 |                                       214 |                                                      264 |
| 7         | Goa               |             2 |                                       818 |                                                     1473 |
| 8         | Gujarat           |           127 |                                    433377 |                                                   668103 |
| 9         | Haryana           |            70 |                                     54011 |                                                   265406 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  |            44 |                                     30445 |                                                    30943 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    |            50 |                                     31919 |                                                    61296 |
| 12        | Jharkhand         |           236 |                                    149579 |                                                   315734 |
| 13        | Karnataka         |           275 |                                    464384 |                                                   713054 |
| 14        | Kerala            |            29 |                                     26229 |                                                    29122 |
| 15        | Ladakh            |             9 |                                      2623 |                                                     2425 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    |           406 |                                   1070891 |                                                  1314261 |
| 17        | Maharashtra       |            80 |                                    145060 |                                                   250546 |
| 18        | Manipur           |            33 |                                     13921 |                                                    13921 |
| 19        | Meghalaya         |            17 |                                       945 |                                                     7946 |
| 20        | Mizoram           |            26 |                                     57038 |                                                    90862 |
| 21        | Nagaland          |            16 |                                     23902 |                                                    61600 |
| 22        | Puducherry        |             4 |                                      7799 |                                                    31833 |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |           536 |                                    962491 |                                                  3701865 |
| 24        | Sikkim            |             6 |                                      4380 |                                                     6515 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |           245 |                                    443239 |                                                  1703178 |
| 26        | Tripura           |            13 |                                      5942 |                                                    40280 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |           520 |                                   3578836 |                                                  6749783 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |            60 |                                    162956 |                                                   341068 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |           218 |                                     15991 |                                                   170273 |
|           | Total             |          4019 |                                  12489094 |                                                 25493587 |