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institutional development
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Title : Sectoral Paper on Animal Husbandry

Written and Published by : Farm Sector Policy Department
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Date of Publishing : January 2018
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 Sectoral Paper on
Animal Husbandry

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Foreword
In light of the Government of India’s objective of “Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022” with diversification
as one of the key strategies for achieving the same, Animal Husbandry sector plays a very important role.
NABARD has been making several efforts since its inception for betterment of the livestock farmers not
only through its support of Rural Financial Institutions by way of refinance but also through a host of credit
related promotional services for transferring technologies from Lab to Land through Lending.

The animal husbandry sector provides multiple employment opportunities to small and marginal farmers
and plays a major role in ensuring the food security of the most vulnerable part of our population to climate
change. Therefore, future Animal Husbandry interventions should focus on climate smart livestock farming
that can meet the challenges of climate change and its impacts. There is also a need for understanding the
latest trends in livestock farming, pooling of the knowledge sources and formulating strategic approaches
for development of the sector.

The present initiative in the form of bringing out a booklet on “Sectoral Paper on Animal Husbandry” is
timely intervention.

I hope that the information in the publication will help all stakeholders, especially financial institutions, in
making strategic plans and implementing them with a greater precision.

I am sure, these efforts will undoubtedly help realise the potential of the sector leading to enhancement
of the income from livestock rearing and in meeting the overall objective of “Doubling of Farmers’ Income
by 2022”.

Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

Chairman
NABARD
January 2018
Message
Indian Livestock sector with its number one position in milk production contributes
to the country’s economy in a significant manner by way of providing employment
opportunities to the seasonally employed farming community. Its contribution to
income basket of farmer increases with decrease in his land holding, which highlight
the important role played by various livestock activities in case of small and
marginal farmers.

In recent past dairy sector has transformed into a major activity from its subsidiary
status as the value of milk output has surpassed that of output of cereals and pulses
combined. Meat remains the largest export earner among various agriculture
commodities. As a result, it is important to understand the value chain of various
animal husbandry activities and identify financing opportunities for the banking
community in dairy as well as sheep, goat and piggery farming. It is also very
important to have strategic action dovetailing the macro level infrastructure and
marketing plans with the micro level production activities.

In the light of above, it is necessary to collate data and make available the relevant
information at one place on several aspects of Animal Husbandry development viz.,
animal husbandry resources, livestock products availability, status of infrastructure
available, agencies involved, potentials available for development, initiations required for
harnessing the available potentials with special reference to climate change, doubling of
farmers’ income, scope of value chains, etc. This publication aims to meet this requirement.

I congratulate Technical Advisory Group members for their excellent team work in
preparing this Sectoral Paper on Animal Husbandry.

NABARD would be glad to receive suggestions or views for enriching the endeavour.

H R Dave
Deputy Managing Director
NABARD
January 2018
Contents
Chapter
1 Introduction 01
2 Livestock Products 05
3 Government of India 12
Support for Development
of Livestock sector

4 Infrastructure Facilities 22
5 Role of NABARD in 30
Livestock Development

6 Capital formation 38
in Animal Husbandry

7 Emerging Development 42
Opportunities

8 Livestock Sector - An overview

from Climate Change Perspective

9 Issues and suggestions in 57

Animal Husbandry Sector

TABLES
1 Livestock resources 02
2 Share of Agriculture and 03
Livestock sector in GVA

3 Value of output from 03

agriculture and allied
activities

4 Export of livestock products 04

during last two years

5 Meat production from 09

different species of livestock

6 Scheme wise allocations 18

under White Revolution and
Rashtriya Pashudhan Yojana

7 Category wise deficit in 25

veterinary infrastructure in
different states
8 Status of livestock feed 25
and fodder supply
9 Achievements under 33
DEDS and NLM EDEG
components during
2014-15 and 2016-17
10 Refinance flow to 40
livestock sector during
2012-13 to 2016-17
11 Estimated credit potential 40
under Livestock sector
for 2017-18
12 Different livestock species 51
contribution to Green
House Gas Emissions
13 The livestock commodity 51
wise Green Gas Emissions
14 The subsector wise Green 51
House Gas emissions
under Agriculture sector
CHARTS
1 Share of various products 03
in output value of
livestock (at current prices)
2 Sources of income of 04
farmers of different size
classes
3 Milk production during 06
last 15 years and
growth trends
4 Share of different species 07
in milk production
5 Top ten States share to 07
total milk production &
share of different types
of milch animals in
milk production
6 Egg production during 08
last 15 years and
growth trends
7 Egg production during 08
last 15 years and
growth trends
8 Share of leading States in 08
total egg production and
share of improved fowls
and others in egg production
9 Meat production and its 09
growth rate during last
15 years
10 Meat production from 10
different species of animals
11 Share of selected states in 10
total meat production and
percent share of different
species in states’ meat
production
12 Wool production and 11
growth trends during
last 15 years
13 Share of largest wool 11
producing states in total
wool production of
the country
14 Value Chain for Dairy 45
Development and
Financing Options
15 Value Chain for Poultry 46
Development and
Financing Options
ANNEXURES
I State wise Livestock 62
Population as per 19th
Livestock Census (2012)
II Estimates of State wise 63
milk production during
2012-13 to 2016-017
III Estimates of State wise 64
egg production during
2012-13 to 2016-017
IV Estimates of State wise 65
meat production during
2012-13 to 2016-017
V Estimates of State wise 66
wool production during
2012-13 to 2016-017

VI Components of National 67
Livestock Mission, brief
guidelines and pattern
of assistance

VII State wise livestock 71

breeding infrastructure

VIII State wise Artificial 72

Insemination
infrastructure

IX The other livestock 73

development infrastructure

X State-wise veterinary 74
infrastructure status

XI State wise area under 75

fodder crops, permanent
pastures and grazing lands
during 2006-07 to 2013-14

XII State wise livestock feed 76

and fodder requirement,
availability and gap

XIII State wise Dairy 77

Cooperatives, producer
members and milk
procurement

XIV Abattoirs cum meat 78

processing plants /
standalone abattoirs
registered with APEDA

XV Meat proceeding plants 82

registered with APEDA

XVI State wise and University 84

wise list of veterinary
colleges recognised by
Veterinary Council of India

XVII Components of DEDS,

indicative cost and
pattern of assistance 86
XVIII State wise and Activity 87
wise PLP projections for
Livestock sector for the
year 2017-18
Sectoral Paper on Animal Husbandry
1. Introduction
1.1 Livestock resources

1.2 Contribution of livestock to

agriculture and total economy

1.3 Transformation from subsidiary

to main occupation

1.4  alue of output from different

V
livestock products

1.5 Livestock based Employment

1.6 Role of livestock in farm income

1.7 Livestock exports

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Animal Husbandry and Dairying activities,
along with agriculture, continue to be an
integral part of human life since the process
of civilization started. These activities have
contributed not only to the food basket and
draught animal power but also by maintaining
ecological balance. They play a significant role
in generating gainful employment in the rural
sector, particularly among the landless, small
and marginal farmers and women, besides
providing cheap and nutritious food to millions
of people.

1.1 Livestock resources

India has vast resources of livestock and poultry,
which play a vital role in improving the socio-
economic conditions of rural masses. There are
about 300 million bovines, 65.10 million sheep,
135.2 million goats and about 10.3 million pigs
as per 19th Livestock Census in the country. The
species wise population of animals in Livestock
and Poultry population during the last three
Censuses is given in Table 1.

Table 1: Livestock resources

S. Species 17th Livestock 18th Livestock 19th Livestock Growth Rate (%)
No. Census 2003 Census 2007 Census 2012 2007-2012
(no. in millions) (no. in millions) (no. in millions)
1 Indigenous Cattle 160.5 166.0 151.2 (-) 8.9
2 Cross Bred Cattle 24.7 33.1 39.7 19.9
3 Buffalo 97.9 105.3 108.7 3.2
Total Cattle & Buffaloes 283.1 304.4 299.6 (-)1.6
4 Sheep 61.5 71.6 65.1 (-)9.1
5 Goat 124.4 140.5 135.2 (-)3.8
6 Pigs 13.5 11.1 10.3 (-)7.2
7 Other animals 2.6 2.1 1.9 (-)9.5
Total Livestock 485.1 529.7 512.1 (-)3.3
8 Poultry 489.0 648.8 729.2 12.4
Source: Livestock Census data, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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1.2 Contribution of livestock to Table 2: Share of Agriculture and Livestock sector in GVA
agriculture and total economy (` in billion)
Livestock contribution to total GVA of country Particular Constant Prices Current Prices
at constant prices was 4.0% from 2013-14 to 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
2015-16. The contribution of livestock to agriculture Total GVA 90,636 97,190 1,04,905 1,03,632 1,14,818 1,24,586
GVA increased from 22.6% in 2013-14 to 25.7% in Agriculture 16092 16061 16172 19264 20690 21755
2015-16. This growth trends demonstrates growing Livestock 3,636 3,904 4,159 4,227 5,100 5,606
importance of livestock in rural economy and its Livestock % to total 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.5
role in sustainable rural livelihood generation.
Livestock % to 22.6 24.3 25.7 21.9 24.7 25.8
The share of livestock in total and agriculture
Agriculture
GVA during last three years at current as well as
constant prices is given in Table 2. Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

1.3 Transformation from

subsidiary to main occupation Table 3: Value of output from agriculture and allied activities
The value of output of two major product groups (` in billion)
viz., milk and meat during 2014-15 at current S. No. Particulars 2014 - 2015 1999 - 2000
prices were ` 4,95,840 crore and ` 1,54,148 1 Milk 4,95,840.52 88,092.23
crore respectively. The value of output from silk 2 Fruits and Vegetables 4,51,902.9 86,334.96
and honey subsectors is not reckoned under 3 Cereals 4,13,903.11 1,34,096.44
livestock sector as these sub-sectors would not 4 Meat 1,54,148.02 21,938.87
be discussed in this paper. The details of various 5 Fish 1,36,253.29 22,292.85
items’ output value is given in Table 3.
6 Oilseeds 1,26,752.66 28,625.44
7 Sugarcane and Gur 96,671.82 24,493.68
In 2014-15, first time the value of milk output
8 Spices and Condiments 73,256.49 15,446.86
surpassed the value of combined output of
9 Pulses 72,942.76 18,153.27
cereals and pulses. In 1999-2000, the value of
10 Cotton 70,713.63 11,752.06
milk production, at ` 88,092 crore, was not
Total * 24,62,459.31 5,34,689.2
even two-thirds of cereals at ` 1,34,096 crore,
although it was more than that of paddy at *Includes all crops, livestock and fisheries but excludes forestry
` 70,416 crore and wheat at ` 46,224 crore. Source: Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,
GoI
The value of all livestock products at current
prices during 2014-15 was ` 7,35,868 crore Chart 1: Share of various products in output value of livestock (at current prices)
constituting 27.7% of value of output from all
agriculture and allied activities.
2014-15 ` crore
1.4 Value of output from different Milk and milk products 495840,67%
livestock products
Different livestock products share in value of Poultry meat 65243,9%
output during 2014-15 is give in Chart 1. Milk and
Other meat 76896,11%
milk products value commands major share.
The value of manure surpasses the value of eggs, Eggs 24404,3%
beef and pork.
Dung 45552,6%

The other products include meat products, meat Increment in stock 15346,2%
by-products which are part of meat group. It also
include value of wool and hair. The above facts states Other products 12587,2%
that dung is emerging as major valued product and
has got further potential due to growing demand Source: Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,
for organic farming. However, being contributor to GoI
methane emissions requires special attention. Thus
there is need to evolve a special policy frame work
for giving a push for proper utilization of dung.

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 The details of share of livestock income in total
farm income belonging to different farm size of
classes is given in Chart 2.

The conclusion drawn from the previous paragraph

if read with the share of livestock income in total
income, one can say emphatically that there is a
need for supporting allied activities to improve
cash flow of small and marginal farmers and such
measure can play a major role in our efforts for
doubling of the farmers income by 2022.

1.7 Livestock exports

The major livestock commodity exported is
buffalo meat and constitutes 16.6% of agri and
allied exports (2015-16). Dairy constitutes 1.53%
of exports from agri and allied sectors. The value
of different commodities of livestock sector
exports during last two years is given in Table 4.
1.5 Livestock based Employment
As per estimate of NSSO 68th Round (July The major export destinations for buffalo meat
2011-June 2012) survey on Employment and are Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Saudi Arab and Iraq.
Unemployment, 16.44 million workers as per The dairy products are exported to countries like
usual status (Principal status plus subsidiary UAE, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Nepal, etc.
status) were engaged in the activities of
Chart 2: Sources of income of farmers of different size classes
farming of animals, mixed farming, fishing and
aquaculture. If compare the same with NSSO 66th
9.8 11.1 8.8 9.9 8.1 5.2 4.4 4.3 8
Round Survey (July 2009 – June 2010), there was
sources of income (share in %)

7.6 6.3
a net addition of 0.84 million to workers. Thus 12 11.1 10.8
11.9
15 13.9
increasing number of workers are looking at 25.9

various Animal Husbandry activities as livelihood 0.7 16.5

28.2
40.9 47.9
option. Therefore, Animal Husbandry based 57.3 68.6 77.6 86.2
livelihoods offer vast scope for rural employment
63.6
generation, if right kind of eco system is built with 57.5
48.1
creation of adequate infrastructure support. 38.3
23.5 32.2
15.4 10.3 3.2
Further, it is interesting to note that livestock < 0.01 0.01 --0.4 0.41 - 1 UP TO 1 1.01 - 2 2.01 - 4 4.01 - 10 10+ ALL
 SIZES
resources distribution is more equitable with 48% Farm size in ha.
marginal farmers have more than half of the cattle
Wages/salaries Cultivation Livestock Non-farm business
population and two thirds of small ruminants
against their share of 24% in land.
Table 4: Export of livestock products during last two years
1.6 Role of livestock in farm ` Crore
income Broad Groups 2015-16 2016-17*
According to NSSO data the contribution of
Livestock 466 527
livestock to farmer income is significantly
Meat and Edible Meat Offal 27,604 27,209
increasing with the decline in farm size. The
Dairy and Poultry products and Honey 2,146 1,975
average income from livestock for all farm size
Animal Fodder and Feed 5,237 7,478
classes has been estimated as 11.9%. Farmers
Raw hide and skins & Leather 6,853 5,964
having farm size of 1 ha or less derives 12 to
Raw wool and Animal Hair 1,165 1,084
26% of their income from livestock rearing and
stands next to wage income. Farmers having All Groups (Total) 43,471 44,237
higher farm size of 1 ha or more also obtain * Figures of 2016 -17 are provisional
substantial share ranging from 6.3% to 11.1%. Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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2. Livestock Products
2.1 Milk Production

2.2 Egg Production

2.3 Meat Production

2.4 Wool Production

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The products from livestock farming comprises
of milk, meat, egg, meat products, manure,
hides, skins, other by-products and wool as
discussed in the earlier chapter. Livestock
farming gaining popularity not only because
of its direct contribution to nutritional security
but also for its manure as it paves way for
organic farming and sustainable agriculture
operations. The production scenario of major
livestock products viz., milk, egg, meat and wool
during last 15 years is captured and discussed in
this chapter.
(2012-13 to 2016-17) is given in Annexure II. The
CAGR during 2002-03 to 2016-17 is 4.64% with an
annual growth rate range of 2.1% to 6.3%. The
per capita availability of milk is around 352 grams
per day in 2016-17. The per capita availability
among states ranges from 7 gm (Daman & Diu)
to 1075 gm (Punjab) during 2016-17. Inspite of
increase in milk production by several times the
per capita availability increase is not of same
magnitude due to increase in population.
Chart 3: Milk production during last 15 years and growth trends

2.1 Milk Production 180

6.3 6.3
7.0
India continues to be the largest producer of 160 5.7 6.0
140 5.0 5.2
milk in the world. Several measures have been 5.0
4.6 5.3 5.0
137.7

120 5.0 4.0

initiated by the Government to increase the 3.5 4.0
100 4.0 3.7
productivity of livestock, which has resulted in
80 3.0
increasing the milk production significantly from 60 2.1 2.2
the level of 102.6 million tonnes at the end of the 2.0
102.6

107.9

112.2

116.4

121.8

127.9

132.4

137.7

146.3

155.5

163.7

40
86.2

88.1

92.5

97.1

Tenth Plan (2006-07) to 127.9 million tonnes at 20 1.0

the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). Further, 0 0.0
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17

milk production reached a level of 146.3 million

tonnes by 2014-15. Milk production during 2015-
16 and 2016-17 is 155.5 million tonnes and 163.7
million tonnes respectively showing an annual Milk production in million tonns Growth rate %
growth of 5.3% during 2016-17 (Chart 3). The
state wise milk production during last five years Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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The average yield of milk per day per animal in Chart 4: Share of different species in milk production
milk at National level is very low in comparison to
best yields of about 20-30 litres per milch animal
per day in countries like Israel, US, Netherlands
etc. The average per day yield of milk during Exotic & CB cows 27%
2016-17 was 10.81, 7.43, 3.54, 2.28, 5.94, 4.04
Ind Cows 11%
and 0.46 kg from exotic cows, crossbred cows,
indigenous cows, non-descript cows, indigenous ND cows 10%
buffaloes, non-descript buffaloes and goats in
milk respectively. Ind Buff 35%

The Chart 4 shows milk production by different ND Buff 14%

groups of milch animals and their share.
Goat 3%
Buffaloes continue to be leading milk producing
animals.

The analysis shows nearly 35% of the milk Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
production is contributed by Indigenous
Buffaloes followed by 27% by crossbred cattle. Chart 5: Top ten States share to total milk production & share of different types
The Indigenous cattle contribute 11% of the total of milch animals in milk production
milk production in the country whereas non-
descript cattle contribute 10% milk production 16.8 % Share CB Cows
5
and non-descript buffaloes contribute 14% Ind & ND cows
milk production. Goat contribute 3% of milk 11.8 Ind & ND buffaloes
production. 64 10
Goat
8.2 7.8 7.5
53 5 6.9
Spatial distribution of milk production 2
1 6.4
5.5
47 2 5.4
The top milk producing states as shown in 52
68 39 2 4.3 1
71 39 5
19 8
Chart 5 are Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, 27 37 23
14 81
27
7 2 45 86
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, 12 10 11 23 25 26 15 4 32
Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.
Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Andhra Pradesh

Punjab

Maharashtra

Haryana

Bihar

Tamil Nadu

These states account for 81% of total milk

production of the country.

According to Basic animal Husbandry and

Fisheries Statistics 2017, apart from MP, AP and
Haryana (the top milk producers), states like
Mizoram, Chhattisgarh and Telangana states
witnessed growth rate more than the national
average of 5.3%.
Among the top milk producing states UP,
Maharashtra, Bihar and Tamil Nadu have
less per-capita availability than the national
average. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
and Uttarakhand are the states where per-capita
availability is more than the national average
even though they are not leading milk producers.
The buffaloes account for major share of milk
production except in Maharashtra and Tamil
Nadu. Indigenous cows play major role after
buffaloes in UP, Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat which
are known for popular indigenous milch breeds
Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
like Sahiwal, Redsindhi and Gir and milk from
these distinct breeds are surpassing the milk
production from non descript cows.
Goat milk production is confined to few top milk
producing states viz., UP, Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat,
Maharashtra and Bihar.
The above data analysis reveals that state
specific strategies with regard to input supply,
milk production, procurement, processing and
supply of milk and milk products to deficit states
or their export have to be evolved in future. Such
strategies may answer the specific needs of
states for further development of dairy sector in
a selective manner.

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2.2 Egg Production Chart 6: Egg production during last 15 years and growth trends
Egg production at the end of the Tenth Plan
(2006-07) was 50.70 billion as compared to 66.45 100000 14.0
billion at the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). 90000
12.0
It has reached to a level of 82.93 billion by 2015- 80000 6.3
5.7 10.0
70000 5.0
16. Currently the total Poultry population in our 7.2
60000 5.4 4.9 8.0
country is 729.21 million (as per 19th Livestock 50000 8.5 4.6
3.7 6.0
Census) and egg production is around 88.14 billion 40000 9.6 5.8
2.3 5.8
during 2016-17. The state wise egg production 30000 2.8 1.5 4.0
during 2012-13 to 2016-17 data is given in Annexure 20000

2002-03 39823
2003-04 40403
2004-05 45201
2005-06 46235
2006-07 50663
2007-08 53583
2008-09 55562
2009-10 60267
2010-11 63024
2011-12 66450
2012-13 69731
2013-14 74752
2014-15 78484
2015-16 82929
2016-17 88139
2.0
10000
III. Egg production and the corresponding growth
0 0.0
rate (%) per year from 2002-03 to 2016-17 is shown
at Chart 6. The CAGR during 2002-03 to 2016-17
was 5.84% with an annual growth rate range of
1.5% to 11.9%. Egg production in million no. Growth rate %

The per capita availability (2015-16) is around 69 Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
eggs per annum. The per-capita availability of
eggs ranges from 8 (Daman & Diu) to 302 (Andhra Chart 7: Egg production by different types of birds
Pradesh).

Average Yield Rate for Egg: The average yield of Per cent share
eggs per year from Desi Fowls, Improved Fowls,
Desi Ducks and Improved Ducks was 128, 268,
147 and 191 respectively during 2016-17. Improved fowls 86.80

Share of different species in egg production Desi fowls 11.96

Egg production from improved fowls has
been major contributing factor for poultry Improved ducks 0.96
development in India with its share of 86.8%
(Chart 7) and will continue in future also.
Desi ducks 0.28

However, desi fowls also playing a good role

in poultry production as there is a demand for
its taste and producing nearly 12% of total egg
production. Desi and improved ducks together
play marginal role with egg production level of
little over 1% of total egg production.
Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
Chart 8: Share of leading States in total egg production and share of improved
fowls and others in egg production

Spatial distribution of egg production 18.9 % Share Improved fowls

3.6 18.0
Egg production in our country involves 4.7 Others
improved and desi varities of fowls as well as 13.4
5.2
ducks. Further, production of eggs are carried
out either in commercial farms or in back yard.
7.4
On examination of egg production pattern it 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.4
96.4

95.3

94.8

54.5 17.9 0.2

is observed that 93.7% of it is from improved 6.4 1.1

fowls reared in commercial farms. The rearing

West Bengal 45.5

Maharashtra 82.1

Haryana 99.8

Karnataka 93.6

Punjab 98.9

of desi fowls and either desi or improved ducks

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

in commercial farms is almost negligible.

Further, egg production from ducks to total
egg production is also very small. Therefore,
spatial distribution analysis is restricted to egg
production from improved fowls and others and
presented in Chart 8. Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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Tamil Nadu leads the pack of 8 states which
account for more than 81% of total egg
production. In West Bengal and Maharashtra,
other species like desi fowl, desi ducks and
improved ducks contribute to 54.5% and 17.9%
of total egg production respectively. Other than
improved fowls produce substantial number of
eggs in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, even
though in percentage terms it appears to be low.
Substantial number of eggs are produced from
improved fowls reared in backyard in states
of Kerala, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. The
per-capita availability of eggs in Maharashtra
and West Bengal is less than the national
average of 68 per year. Andaman & Nicobar and
Lakshadweep has per-capita availability of eggs
at 209 and 181 per year respectively.
meat in 2006-07 was 1.8 kg per year and increased
to 2kg, 4.5 kg and 5.8 kg in 2006-07, 2007-12 and
2012-17 respectively. Surveys conducted by FAO
and USDA estimates that 20 to 42% of Indians are
vegetarian1. If we exclude vegetarian people for
working out the per capita availability of meat the
situation appears to be good, however, it would
be far from the recommended levels of 18 kg meat
per person per year.
Meat production from different species
Poultry, cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep and pig are
main meat producing animals in the country.
The meat production from different species
during 2016-17 is given in Table 5.
Chart 9: Meat production and its growth rate during last 15 years

2.3 Meat Production 8 73.9 7.4

80.0
7.0
The Meat production has registered a healthy 7 6.7 70.0
growth from 2.3 million tonnes at the end of Tenth 6 5.9 6.2 60.0
5.5
Five Year Plan (2006-07) to 5.5 million tonnes at 5 4.5
4.9 50.0
the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2011-12). 4.0 4.2
4 40.0
Meat production in the beginning of Twelth Plan 3 30.0
was 5.5 million tonnes which has further increased 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3
2 20.0
10.5 12.2
to 7.4 million tonnes in 2016-17. The state wise 1 7.1 8.9 7.3 5.1 8.1 10.0
4.8 4.5 4.5 5.7
meat production during 2012-13 to 2016-17 is 0.0 0.0 5.0
0 0.0
given in Annexure IV. The production of meat and
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17

the corresponding growth rate (%) per year of the

country from 2002-03 to 2015-16 is given in Chart 9.
Meat production in million ton Growth rate %
The CAGR in respect of meat production during
2002-03 to 2016-17 was 9.41%. However, the Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
growth rate during 2007-08 found to be abnormally
very high. Probably due to change in methodology Table 5: Meat production from different species of livestock (2016-17)
of estimation and inclusion of poultry meat in total
Poultry Cattle Buffalo Goat Sheep Pig Total
meat production. Therefore on considering data
3474.9 1462.4 348.6 1052.4 567.2 480.1 7385.61
from 2007-08 onwards the CAGR is estimated and
it workout to 5.60%. The per-capita availability of Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

1. An Outline of Meat Consumption in the Indian Population - A Pilot Review, Subramaniam Mohana Devi, Vellingiri Balachandar, Sang In Lee,
and In Ho Kim, Korean J Food Sci Anim Resour. 2014; 34(4): 507–5

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The Chart 10 shows the contribution of meat Chart 10: Meat production from different species of animals
production from different species of livestock
during 2016-17. Thus poultry has emerged as
major meat provider to growing population. Percent share
This has been possible because of efficient
feed conversion ratio with broiler birds. The Poultry 47.05%
declining population of sheep and goat as per
the 19th livestock census report is a major cause Buffalo 19.80%
of concern in sustaining the increasing trends in
Cattle 4.72%
meat consumption.
Goat 14.25%
Meat production by select states
Sheep 7.68%
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala Pig 6.50%
and Haryana are major states producing more
than 75% of country’s total meat production.
Percent share of top 8 states in total meat Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
production and contribution of different species
Chart 11: Share of selected states in total meat production and percent share of
to meat production in these states is given
different species in states’ meat production
in Chart 11. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
produces about 30% of total meat production. % Share
18.2 Poultry
West Bengal is the third largest meat producer
10.2
state in the country that produces 9.56% of the Cattle & Buff
12.0
total meat production. Sheep & Goat
11.4
5.3
13.9 9.6 Pig
Among the states excluding Uttar Pradesh, West 51.6 8.6
19.6
4.4 0.3 8.0 7.8
Bengal and Kerala five top meat producing states 35.4 0.5
35.7 34.5 17.0 0.4 6.4 1.5 5.8
8.0 1.6
along with Daman & Diu, Chhattisgarh, Jammu 4.0 4.5 3.0
13.8 16.2 53.8
& Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, 26.3
61.2 56.3
48.7
74.6 95.4
50.2
Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura and Arunachal 40.3

Pradesh have shown growth rate more than

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

West Bengal

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Haryana

the national average of 5.2% during 2016-17.

Uttar Pradesh, the major meat producing State
registered a negative growth of (-) 5.06 % during
2016-17 (Basic Statistics of Animal Husbandry
and Fisheries Report 2017). Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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Analysis of species wise contribution to meat Chart 12: Wool production and growth trends during last 15 years
production of top 8 states envisages cattle
and buffalo meat has more than 50% share in 52 6.0
4.0 3.9
Uttar Pradesh and Kerala states. In total meat 50 4.0

50.5
3.1 2.0
production, poultry meat share is 95.4%, 74.6%, 0.7 0.4 0.7
48 -0.2

48.5
2.0 0.4 0.0
61.2%, 56.3%, 50.2%, and 48.7% in Haryana,

47.9
46 -0.2
-2.0

48.1
Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra

46.1
-2.6 -2.5 -4.0

45.1
44

44.9
Pradesh and Telangana respectively. Sheep

44.7
44.6
-4.0

43.9
-6.0

43.6

43.5
42

43.1
and Goat contribute to about 35% of total meat

43.0
42.8
-8.0
production in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and 40 -8.0
-9.4 -10.0
Telangana. 38 -12.0
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2.4 Wool Production
Sheep apart from contributing to meat
production also produces wool. However, the Wool production in million kgs Growth rate %
contribution of wool to national economy is (CSO
report of “State wise and item wise Estimates Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
of Value of Output for Agriculture and Allied
Sector - 2017”) small. Unlike other livestock
products, the wool production is subjected to Chart 13: Share of largest wool producing states in total wool production of the
large variations over last 15 years period and has country
declined from 50.5 million kg in 2002-03 to 43.0
million kg in 2010-11 with an exception of small
growth during 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2009-10 % Share
32.9
(Chart 12). Then the wool production increased
to 48.1 million kg by 2014-15. In next two years
it is declined reaching a level of 43.5 million
kg in 2016-17. The state wise Wool production 16.7
15.1
during last five years (2012-13 to 2016-17) is
10.7
given in Annexure V. The Chart 13 below depicts,
percentage share of wool production in selected 5.2

major wool producing States. Rajasthan is the

largest producer of wool in the country that
Rajasthan Jammu & Karnataka Telangana Gujarat
produces 32.9% of the total wool production Kashmir
followed by Jammu & Kashmir with a share
of 16.7%. Karnataka is the third largest wool
producer that has share of 15.1% of the total Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI
production in the year 2016-17.

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 3. Government of India
Support for Development
of Livestock sector
3.1 National Livestock Policy

3.2 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs)

3.3 White Revolution - Rashtriya Pashudhan

Vikas Yojana

3.4 Diary Processing and Infrastructure

Development Fund (DIDF)

3.5 Convergence for livestock development

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The Government of India has taken several
initiatives for the overall growth and
development of animal husbandry and dairy
sector in the country. As Agriculture, including
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries is a
State subject; the emphasis of the Department
of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries,
GOI has been on supplementing efforts of the
State Governments in development of these
sectors.
3.1 National Livestock Policy
The National Livestock Policy, 2013 was
notified on 18 April 2013 in order to have a
policy framework for improving productivity of
livestock sector in a sustainable manner, while
protecting and preserving the environment,
animal biodiversity and livelihood of farmers.
The objectives of policy are as under:
i) Support R&D initiatives for improving
production, productivity, bio-security and
profitability, disseminating technologies
etc.
ii) Improving existing low input production
system by enhancing productivity and
income and improve socio-economic status
of small and marginal livestock producers/
farmers/ women livestock producers etc.
iii) Establishment of self-supporting financially
viable, technology friendly, medium and
large commercial units and linking with
processing and value chain system.
iv) Ensuring availability of feed and fodder.
v) Conservation and genetic improvement of
indigenous breeds of livestock and poultry
and conservation of animal biodiversity.
vi) Strengthening of overall animal health
cover through prevention, control and
eradication of various disease conditions
and encourage dairy cooperatives to
provide veterinary services to farmers.
vii) Production of quality livestock products
as per the international standard and
complying food safety standards.
viii) Encourage value addition of milk and milk
products, egg, meat and meat product,
animal skin, wool and other animal bye
products.
ix) Enhance milk handling capacity of
organized dairy sector particularly for dairy
cooperatives.
x) Adoption of latest /improved technology
and management practices for livestock
production and productivity and ensure
transmission of technology at the door
step of all livestock farmers.
xi) Creation of environment for investment in
livestock production and value chain system.
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3.2 Centrally Sponsored Schemes
(CSSs)
Over different plan periods, GoI had introduced
several central sector schemes for the
development of the livestock sector as a whole.
The schemes launched earlier were restructured
during Twelfth Five Year Plan for prudent
allocation of funds from the available resources
to achieve the growth targets at faster rate. The
major restructured programmes are as under:
i. National Programme for Bovine Breeding
and Dairy Development (NPBB&DD): This
scheme was launched during 2013-14, by
merging the four existing schemes of the
department: Intensive Dairy Development
Programme, Strengthening Infrastructure
for Quality & Clean Milk production,
Assistance to Cooperative and National
Project for Cattle and Buffalo breeding.
The main aim was to improve and upgrade
the genetic makeup of bovine to enhance
their production and productivity as well
as development of dairy infrastructure
in respect of procurement, processing
and marketing: NPBB&DD have two
components.
A. National Programme for Bovine
Breeding (NPBB)
The objectives of NPBB are a) To ensure
quality Artificial Insemination services at
farmers’ doorstep; b) To bring all breedable
females under organised breeding through
Artificial Insemination or natural service
using germplasm of high genetic merits;
c) To conserve, develop and proliferate
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selected indigenous bovine breeds of high
socio- economic importance; and d) To
provide quality breeding inputs in breeding
tracts of important indigenous breeds so as
to prevent the breeds from deterioration
and extinction.
Establishment of MAITRIs (Multi-Purpose
AI Technician in Rural India), launching
of Rashtriya Gokul Mission and National
Mission on Bovine Productivity are major
initiatives undertaken by GoI apart from
skill development of manpower and stream
lining of LN2 transport and distribution for
achieving the above objectives.
Rashtriya Gokul Mission:
Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been initiated
by the Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying & Fisheries as a part of National
Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) in
December 2014 with the aim to conserve
and develop indigenous breeds in a
scientific and holistic manner by setting
aside ` 500 crores out of ` 1,200 crores
allocated under NPBB.
The scheme is crucial for development
and conservation of indigenous breed
and uplifment of rural poor, as more than
80% low producing indigenous breeds
are with small and marginal farmers and
landless laborers. The aim of the scheme is
genetic upgradation of bovine population
through delivery of quality breeding inputs
at farmer’s doorstep. Implementation of
scheme crucial to enhance milk production
and productivity of bovine, thereby making
dairying more remunerative to poor
farmers of the country. The scheme will
lead to multiplication of elite animals in an
exponential manner and play important
role in checking spread of animal diseases
and enhancing trade of milk
Funds under the scheme are allocated for:
a) Strengthening of bull mother farms
to conserve high genetic merit
Indigenous Breeds
b) Establishment of Field Performance
Recording (FPR) in the breeding tract
c) Assistance to Institutions/Institutes
which are repositories of best
germplasm
 d) Implementation of Pedigree Selection
Programme for the Indigenous Breeds
with large population
e) Establishment of Integrated
Indigenous Cattle Centers viz “Gokul
Gram”
f) Establishment of Breeder’s Societies:
Gopalan Sangh
g) Distribution of disease free high
genetic merit bulls for natural service
h) Incentive to farmers maintaining elite
animals of indigenous breed
i) Heifer rearing programme
j) Award to Farmers (“Gopal Ratna”) and
Breeders’ Societies (“Kamdhenu”)
k) Organization of Milk Yield
Competitions for indigenous breeds
and
l) Organization of Training Programme
for technical and non-technical
personnel working at the Institute/
Institutions engaged in indigenous
cattle development.
“National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres”
for development, conservation and
preservation of Indigenous Breeds are
being set up in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra
Pradesh as party of Gokul Mission. The
project cost of sub scheme is ` 1,929.20 cr
for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20.
“National Mission on Bovine Productivity”
was launched in November 2016 with an
allocation of ` 825 crore (` 575.80 crore as
Central Share and ` 249.20 crore as State
Share) over a period of three years. The
National Mission on Bovine Productivity
(NMBP) has been implemented as a part
of Rashtriya Gokul Mission under Umbrella
Scheme White Revolution-Rashtriya
Pashudhan Vikas Yojna.
The scheme NMBP will be implemented
with the following major objectives: (i) To
enhance milk production and productivity
of bovine population by increasing
population of disease free high genetic
merit female population and check on
spread of diseases. (ii) To improve quality of
dairy animals, milk and milk products. (iii)
To increase trade of livestock and livestock
products by meeting out sanitary and
phytosanitory (SPS) issues. (iv) To create
e-market portal for bovine germplasm
for connecting breeders and farmers,
especially from socioeconomically weaker
sections. (v) To increase farmers income as
a part of goal set by Hon’ble Prime Minister
for doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
The NMBP will be implemented
with following four
components: (i) Pashu
Sanjivni: an Animal
Wellness Programme
encompassing
provision of Animal
Health cards (Nakul
Swasthya Patra)
along with UID
identification and
uploading data on
National Data Base;
(ii) Advanced breeding
Technology: including
Assisted Reproductive
Techniques- IVF/MOET and sex
sorted semen technique to improve
availability of disease free high genetic
merit female bovines; (iii) Creation of
“E-Pashu Haat” an e-market portal for
bovine germplasm for connecting breeders
and farmers and (iv) National Bovine
Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds
(NBGC-IB).
B. National Programme for Dairy
Development (NPDD)
The NPDD focuses on creating/
strengthening of infrastructure for
Production of quality milk, Procurement,
Processing and Marketing of Milk & Milk
Products by the State Implementing
Agency (SIA) i.e. State Cooperative Dairy
Federations/ District Cooperative Milk
Producers’ Union.
ii. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development
Scheme (DEDS)
The Dairy Entrepreneurship Development
Scheme was launched in 2010-11 to
encourage enterprises such as modern
dairy farms producing clean milk and
heifer rearing to conserve good breeding
stock. This scheme is implemented
through NABARD to generate self-
employment opportunities for farmers
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 and dairy entrepreneur covering activities
such as enhancement of milk production,
processing and marketing of milk by
providing back ended subsidy for bankable
projects. The subsidy is provided for setting
up of mini dairy, milking parlours, bulk
milk cooling unit, cold chain facilities and
dairy processing infrastructure etc. The
DEDs also aims at technology upgradation
to handle commercial milk production at
village level to effect structural changes
in the sector. NABARD has been acting as
the nodal/pass through agency for release
of subsidy since inception of scheme. The
project cost of the sub scheme is ` 1,190.00
cr for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20.
iii. National Dairy Plan
It is World Bank assisted scientifically
planned multi-state initiative to increase
productivity of milch animals and thereby
increase milk production to meet the rapidly
growing demand for milk through scientific
breeding and feeding and to provide rural
milk producers with greater access to the
organised milk processing sector.
NDP I as a central sector scheme of
Government of India being implemented by
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
through the network of End Implementing
Agencies (EIAs) for the period 2011-12 to
2018- 19, having following Objectives:
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• Increase productivity of milch animals
and thereby increase milk production
to meet the rapidly growing demand
for milk.
• Provide rural milk producers with
greater access to the organized milk
processing sector.
These objectives are being pursued
through adoption of focused scientific and
systematic processes in the provision of
technical inputs supported by appropriate
policy and regulatory measures.
NDP I is being implemented in 18 major
milk producing States, viz. Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
These States account for more than 90
per cent of the country’s milk production.
However, the benefits from the project are
accruing across the country.
It is being implemented in States where
the respective state governments have
committed to undertake the necessary
policy/ regulatory support to prepare an
environment for successful implementation
of the scheme. All the 18 participating
States under NDP I have complied and
 committed to comply with the key policy
and regulatory measures envisaged under
NDP I. The project cost of the scheme is
` 714.87 cr for the year 2017-18 to 2018-19.
iv. National Livestock Mission
In order to boost the growth of the livestock
sector, the National Livestock Mission
(NLM) has been launched during Twelfth
Five Year Plan, with the main objective of
achieving sustainable development of the
sector by providing greater flexibility to
states in formulating and implementing
the schemes as per the local needs for
benefit of the farmers.
Govt. of India has launched several subsidy
oriented schemes to promote various
subsectors of AH sector during 11th Five
Year Plan (FYP). They were extended during
first two years of 12th FYP. NABARD had
implemented such incentive based schemes.
In order to ensure speedy and effective
implementation of various subsidy based
schemes and to integrate them with the
infrastructure development schemes,
GoI by subsuming all those schemes,
announced National Livestock Mission in
May 2014 and the same was implemented
during remaining period of 12th FYP with a
total outlay of ` 2,800 crore. It comprises
of various submissions viz., Sub-Mission on
Livestock Development (other than cattle
and buffalo, however risk management
component covers cattle and buffalo
also), Sub-Mission on Pig Development
in North-eastern Region, Sub-Mission
on Fodder and Feed Development,
Sub-Mission on Skill development,
Technology Transfer and extension. The
brief account of each submission is given in
subsequent paragraphs.
A. Sub-Mission on Livestock Development
The sub-mission on Livestock Development
includes activities to address the concerns
for overall development of livestock
species including poultry, other than cattle
and buffalo, with a holistic approach.
Risk Management component of the
sub-mission will, however, also cover cattle
and buffalo along with other major and
minor livestock.
B. Sub-Mission on Pig Development in
North-Eastern Region
There has been persistent demand from
the North Eastern States seeking support
for all round development of pigs in the
region. Therefore, pig development in the
North Eastern Region is being taken up as
a sub- mission of NLM. The sub-mission
will strive to forge synergies of research
and development organizations through
appropriate interventions, as may be
required for holistic development of pigs in
the North Eastern Region including genetic
improvement, health cover and post-
harvest operations.
C. Sub-Mission on Feed and Fodder
Development
The Sub-Mission is designed to address
the problems of scarcity of animal feed
and fodder resources, to give a push to the
livestock sector making it a competitive
enterprise for India, and also to harness
its export potential. The sub-mission
will especially focus on increasing both
production and productivity of fodder and
feed through adoption of improved and
appropriate technologies best suited to
specific agro-climatic region in both arable
and non-arable areas.
D. Sub-Mission on Skill Development,
Technology Transfer and Extension
The extension machinery at field level
for livestock activities is not adequately
strengthened. As a result, farmers are not
able to adopt the technologies developed
by research institutions. The adoption of
new technologies and practices requires
linkages between stakeholders. The
sub-mission will provide a platform to
develop, adopt or adapt the technologies
including frontline field demonstrations
in collaboration with farmers, researchers
and extension workers, etc. wherever it
is not possible to achieve this through
existing arrangements.
The details of various components of different
submissions are given in Annexure VI.
v. Veterinary Services
Taking into account the importance of
effective control of animal diseases,
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 absence of which adversely impact the
productivity of livestock, the Department
has launched National Control
Programmes for major animal diseases
and also extending assistance to states
In order to effectively tackle the issue
of livestock health. The Department is
supplementing the activities of the State
Governments / Union Territories by way
of providing assistance through ‘Livestock
Health & Disease Control Scheme (LH&DC).
During 2015-16, the scheme has been
categorized under State plan with change
in funding pattern. Now, the scheme has
been clubbed under umbrella scheme “
White Revolution – Rashtriya Pashudhan
Vikas Yojana” as “Veterinary Services” and
funding pattern has been changed to 60:40
between Centre and State (90:10 for the
8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan States
and for UT’s 100%. The scheme is having Table 6: Scheme wise allocations under White Revolution and Rashtriya
following components: Pashudhan Yojana
(a) Assistance to States for Control of (` in Crore)
Animal Diseases (ASCAD) S. No. Broad Groups 2015-16 2016-17*
(b) National Project on Rinderpest 1 National Programme for Dairy 540.00 540.00
Surveillance & Monitoring (NPRSM) Development (NPDD)
(c) Foot and Mouth Disease Control 2 National Dairy Plan I (NDP-I) 714.87 714.87
Programme (FMD-CP) 3 Dairy Entrepreneurship 1190.00 1190.00
(d) Peste des Petits Ruminants Control Development Scheme (DEDS)
Programme (PPR-CP) 4 Supporting State Cooperative 300.00 300.00
Dairy Federations
(e) Brucellosis Control Programme
5 Rashtriya Gokul Mission 1929.20 1680.00
(Brucellosis - CP)
6 Breed Improvement Institute 195.00 195.00
(f) Classical Swine Fever Control
7 Livestock Health and Disease 2839.74 1703.84
(g) Professional Efficiency Development Control(LH & DC)
(PED) 8 Assistance to Animal Health 87.50 87.50
(h) National Animal Disease Reporting Institute
System (NADRS) 9 National Livestock Mission(NLM) 10749.54 6827
(i) Establishment and Strengthening 10 Livestock Census 180.35 180.35
of existing Veterinary Hospitals and 11 Integrated Sample Survey (ISS) 68.95 68.95
Dispensaries (ESVHD). Total 18795.15 13487.51

3.3 White Revolution - Rashtriya

Pashudhan Vikas Yojana
At present an umbrella programme known
as “White Revolution- Rashtriya Pashudhan
Yojana” comprising of 11 schemes is under
operation. These schemes are coterminous
with the period of fourteenth Finance
Commission i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20 and the
projected allocation is ` 18,795.15 crore with
a central share of approximately ` 13,487.51
crore. The scheme wise allocations are given
in Table 6.
i. The measures being introduced in above
11 schemes will however require long term
support. The projected budget allocation
is limited to activities proposed within the
period of Fourteenth Finance Commission,
which shall be executed as per existing
terms and conditions of approval in
schemes like National Programme for Dairy
Development, NDP, DEDS, RGM, Livestock
Health and Disease Control (Veterinary
Services) and NLM.

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ii. Supporting State Cooperative Dairy
Federation
The scheme aims to assist the State Dairy
Cooperative Federation by Providing
subsidy in the form of Working capital, to
tide over the present crisis on account of
global dairy scenario by providing stable
market access to dairy farmers. It will
enable State Cooperative Dairy Federation
to continue to make timely payments to the
farmers and cooperative to procure milk
at a remunerative price from the farmers,
even during the flush season and milk
federations/ unions to maintain quality
supply of milk and products for consumers
in the domestic market at reasonable
price. The project cost of the sub scheme is
` 300.00 cr for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20.
iii. Breed improvement Institute
The project cost of the sub scheme is ` 195
cr for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20
iv. Assistance to Animal Health Institute
The project cost of the sub scheme is
` 87.50 cr for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20.
v. Livestock Census
The main objective of livestock census
is to provide information on livestock
population, species wise and breed
wise along with age, sex- composition
etc. up to house hold level in rural and
urban areas. The project cost of the sub
scheme is ` 180.35 cr for the year2017-18
to 2019-20.
3.4 Diary Processing and
Infrastructure Development Fund
(DIDF)
GoI has setup the fund of ` 8,000 crore titles DISF
in NABARD with an objective to modernize the
milk processing plants and machinery, to create
additional milk processing infrastructure for
processing of more milk and to bring efficiency
in dairy processing plants / producer owned and
controlled dairy institutions. The details of the
fund are discussed under NABARD’s efforts for
livestock development.
3.5 Convergence for livestock
development
Various GoI ministries / departments are focusing
livestock as means of rural employment and
sustainable development. The programmes of
different departments which can be converged
with livestock development are discussed in the
following paragraphs.
i. Ministry Agriculture, Cooperation &
Farmers welfare
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
or National Agriculture Development
Programme (NADP) of Department of
Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers welfare
aims at achieving and sustaining desired

vi. Integrated sample survey

The scheme is implemented throughout
the country to bring out estimates of major
livestock products such as Milk, Wool, Meat,
and Eggs. Under the proposed scheme the
estimates are to be brought out annually
which is used for policy and planning
purposes especially deriving the per-capita
availability of day to day essential food
items such as milk and eggs. The estimates
for other components viz., meat and wool
are also widely used for similar purposes.
The project cost of the sub scheme is
` 68.95 cr for the year 2017-18 to 2019-20.

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 annual growth through State Governments
by providing public investment in
Agriculture and allied sectors. Fund are
released to State Governments on the basis
of projects approved in the State Level
Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) headed by
Chief Secretary of the concerned State.
The scheme provides sufficient flexibility
to concerned states promote allied sector
programme on the basis of their priorities.
ii. Ministry Food Processing Industries
Government of India (GOI) has approved
a new Central Sector Scheme – Pradhan
Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (Scheme for
Agro-Marine Processing and Development
of Agro-Processing Clusters) with an
allocation of ` 6,000 crore for the period
2016-20 coterminous with the 14th
Finance Commission cycle. The scheme
will be implemented by Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI).
PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana is a
comprehensive package which will result
in creation of modern infrastructure with
efficient supply chain management from
farm gate to retail outlet. It will not only
provide a big boost to the growth of food
processing sector in the country but also
help in providing better process to farmers
and is a big step towards doubling of
farmers income, creating huge employment
opportunities especially in the rural
areas, reducing wastage of agricultural
produce, increasing the processing
level and enhancing the export of the
processed foods.
The following schemes will be implemented
under PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana:
a. Mega Food Parks
b. Integrated Cold Chain and Value
Addition Infrastructure
c. Creation / Expansion of Food
Processing & Preservation Capacities
d. Infrastructure for Agro-processing
Clusters
e. Creation of Backward and Forward
Linkages
f. Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Infrastructure
g. Human Resources and Institutions
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PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana is expected
to leverage investment of ` 31,400 crore
for handling of 334 lakh MT agro-produce
valued at ` 1,04,125 crore, benefiting 20
lakh farmers and generating 5,30,500
direct/indirect employment in the country
by the year 2019-20.
iii. Ministry Rural Development
A. Activities of National Rural Livelihood
Mission related to dairying and animal
Husbandry promoted by Ministry of
Rural Development are:
i) Promoting dairying as one of
the livelihood activities among
SHGs, Producers groups etc. and
linking with dairy cooperatives.
ii) Generating awareness through
Community Resource Person
(CRPs) on clean milk production
and supply of good quality milk.
iii) Use of CRPs appointed under
NRLM as livestock resource
person for implementation of
ration balancing programme in
the operational area of the milk
unions.
B. Department also under its Mahila
Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
promoting dairy development
activities at village level.
C. Further, Department under its
Community Investment support on
Livestock and Dairying promoting the
following:
i) Induction of good quality of
milch animal.
ii) Promotion of good animal/dairy
management practices through
extension.
iii) Promotion of animal health care
services by developing network
of para vets, conduct of animal
health checkup and vaccination
camp and supply of medicine.
iv) Distribution of fodder seed and
promotion of community based
fodder cultivation through milk
union by using delivery channel
of NRLM.
iv. Ministry of Women & Child Development v. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
i) Support to training & Employment Special Central assistance to Tribal Sub
Programme for Women (STEP): STEP plan and scheme of Grant-in- Aid to State
is for developing organization of Governments under Article 275(1) of the
women dairy and poultry cooperative Indian constitution. State may avail funds
societies. to promote dairying as livelihood in tribal
ii) Grant-in –Aid scheme for assistance dominated areas.
to voluntary organization in the field
of women and child development
for induction of cattle for women
beneficiaries, organization of women
dairy cooperative societies etc.

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 4. Infrastructure
Facilities
4.1 Breeding infrastructure

4.2 Veterinary Institutes

4.3 Feed and Fodder supply

4.4 Milk procurement and processing

infrastructure

4.5 Meat processing infrastructure

4.6 Livestock Markets

4.7 Livestock Insurance

4.8 Veterinary education and research

4.9 Export promotion

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Availability of Infrastructure facilities like
breeding farms, Semen production centres,
AI delivery centres, feed and fodder seed
farms and veterinary institutions play a very
important role in development and the growth
in Animal Husbandry sector. A brief discussion
on existing Infrastructure facilities and need
for strengthening of the same is made in the
following paragraphs.
4.1 Breeding infrastructure
A. Cattle and Buffaloes
Breeding farm network across the country
is key for development indigenous breeds,
undertaking cross breeding programme.
Such breeding farms ensure supply of good
quality milch animals or other livestock
for producing milk, meat and wool in a
profitable manner. GoI India launched
several schemes like Gokul Mission /
National Mission on Bovine Productivity,
National Livestock Mission etc. for
supporting livestock breeding. As on 31
March 2017, 169 Cattle and 36 Buffaloe
breeding farms are managed by GOI, State
Governments, National or State Level
Institutions and Agriculture/Veterinary
Universities. State wise number of breeding
farms, ICDPs and other development
infrastructure is given in given in
Annexure VII.
Further, 390 Intensive Cattle Development
Projects (ICDPs) are being implemented
across the country for giving a boost to
milk production in potential pockets of
various states. For promoting indigenous
breeds 6183 Gaushalas are working in the
country (Annexure IX).
By adoption of artificial insemination,
there would be considerable reduction in
both genital and non-genital diseases in
the farm stock. Further, it curtails cost of
maintaining bulls by individual farmers. In
case of cattle and buffalo, AI services have
become very popular and well accepted by
our farming community. For supporting AI
programme there are 60 semen production
centres and 179 frozen semen banks in
different states operated either by AH
department or other agencies. For ensuring
quality of semen across the AI supply chain,
88 Liquid Nitrogen plants are established in
potential states.
AI services are being provided through
1,00,368 AI centres. The AI services
provided not only by Govt. agencies but
also by NGOs and milk cooperatives.
According to latest census, there are
around 1,332.71 lakh breedable female
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 crossbred, indigenous cattle and buffalos
in the country which require about
1,33,270 AI centres as per the NCA norm
of 1 AI centre for every 1000 female
breedable animals. Breeding facilities
are being provided by 1,00,368 AI centres
as on 31 March 2017. At the outset it may
give an impression that the AI centres are
inadequate. However, on considering
continuation of natural services in difficult
and inaccessible areas, the existing AI
infrastructure may be considered more or
less reasonable, unless we lay emphasis on
coverage of 100% breedable population. In
such case a shortfall has been estimated
as 32,902 AI centres. If the same analysis
is carried out state wise in some states the
current number of AI centres are found to
be inadequate. The State wise status of
AI infrastructure is given in Annexure VIII.
The AI infrastructure gap of more than 35%
was observed with 11 states viz., Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Tripura and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The number of artificial inseminations
performed in the country has increased
from 65.57 million in 2015-16 to 70.10 million
in 2016-17. Thus the average number of AI
performed per AI centre comes to 700 per
year against the standard requirement of
2500 AIs per year. Considering even 1/3rd of
breedable population and conception rate
of 40%, the AI doses requirement comes to
220 million doses. From the above analysis
it can be observed that there is a limitation
of AI doses supply. Thus operational
efficiency of AI centres mainly depends on
the AI doses supply. For augmenting the
supply of AI doses by 3 fold, there is a need
to expand the breeding farms number or
their capacity or both along with upgrading
production capacities of semen processing
labs. Another challenge for AI operations is
supply of adequate LN2 at regular intervals
for maintaining quality of semen along the
supply chain of AI services.
Therefore, two pronged strategy is
necessary for improving performance
of dairy sector. The first strategy is for
enhancing the Pan India breading farm
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and AI infrastructure for improving the
operational efficiency of AI centres and
coverage of 1/3rd breedable population.
The second strategy is establishing
additional number of AI centres as required
in next three years by concerned State
Governments, where AI infrastructure is
inadequate. These interventions can be
either through Govt. budgetary support
or through RIDF assistance from NABARD.
Alternatively private investment may be
attracted by promoting Door Delivery
Mobile AI units. Banks may have to take
the opportunity in creating AI/breeding
infrastructure through private investment.
B. Other livestock
There are 83 Sheep, 100 Goat, 154 Pig,
1879 Poultry breeding farms and 662
hatcheries spread across the country for
supporting and promoting concerned
livestock activities by way of supplying
good quality animals for commercial
rearing. The other livestock development
infrastructure comprises of 39 Intensive
Sheep Development Projects, 1583 Sheep
and Wool Extension centres, 15 Wool
grading centres. State wise details of the
above infrastructure is given in Annexure
VII and IX.
4.2 Veterinary Institutes
The total number of veterinary institutions as on
31 March 2017 in the country were 65,242
comprising of 12,235 Veterinary
Hospitals/polyclinics, 27,140
veterinary dispensaries
and 25,867 Veterinary Aid
centres. Considering
one cattle / buffaloe,
10 Sheep or Goat, 5 Pig
and 100 birds equal
to one Livestock Unit
(LU), the requirement of
country comes to 66,179
veterinary institutions
based on Livestock Censes
2012. Thus, each veterinary
institutions is serving 5071
livestock units and it appears to
be reasonable. However, if qualitative
aspects are taken into account according to
National Commission on Agriculture (NCA)
recommendations, one graduate veterinary
institute is required for every 5000 LUs. Thus Table 7: Category wise deficit in veterinary infrastructure in different states
there is a scope for improving the veterinary
S. No. Deficit category States
infrastructure qualitatively by upgrading all
1 Upto 30% West Bengal, Telangana
the exiting institutions to graduate level. For
2 30% to 50% Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam
having more state specific rational approach,
3 More than 50% Jharkhand, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Dadra Nagar & Haveli
state wise assessment is necessary. State-wise
veterinary infrastructure status as on March
2017 along with deficit number of institutions Table 8: Status of livestock feed and fodder supply
are given in Annexure X. The deficit in veterinary Dry matter in million tons
infrastructure varies widely across the states as
Feed source Requirement Availability Gap % gap to demand
given in Table 7.
Concentrates 416 253 163 39
Dry Fodder 222 143 79 36
The deficit in case of Gujarat appears to be
Green fodder 53 23 30 57
on higher side, but the mobile veterinary
infrastructure available with the strong milk
unions is taking care of large part of deficit.
fodder supply in terms of dry matter envisages
The physical infrastructure in terms of that Mizoram and Punjab are surplus in respect
buildings and equipment have to be provided of dry fodder while the gap as a percentage
in an adequate manner for upgrading of requirement is high in Jharkhand, J&K,
veterinary institutions. The concerned State Uttarakhand, Tamilnadu, West Bengal, etc.
Governments, where adequate number of
veterinary institutions are existing according to With regard to green fodder Gujarat, Rajasthan,
above analysis, can consider strengthening of Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana are seasonally
veterinary institutional infrastructure by way of surplus while in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand,
upgrading all existing non-graduate veterinary Assam and Orissa, the deficit percentage is
institutions into graduate veterinary institutions higher. In respect of concentrates, Madhya
in the next five years either by Govt. budgetary Pradesh is surplus probably due to larger area
support or by availing Rural Infrastructure under soybean while in Kerala, Tamilnadu, A.P
Development Fund (RIDF) assistance. The and Jharkhand the deficit is higher. The state
States where adequate number of veterinary wise status of feed and fodder availability,
institutions are not available have to consider requirement and gap is given in Annexure XII.
establishment of additional number and also
strengthening of existing VIs by way of upgrading
them to Veterinary Graduate Institutes (VGI).

4.3 Feed and Fodder supply

The feed and fodder resources play prominent
role in profitable livestock farming as it
constitutes the major share of rearing expenses.
In view of its important role for supporting
livestock farming, GoI and Private Sector
established 76 and 56 fodder seed production
farms respectively. The area under fodder crops
is 9.8 million ha and under pastures & grazing
lands is 10.2 million ha (2013-14). The state wise
data is given in Annexure XI.

According to Nabcons Report (2009) supply

of different types of livestock feeds viz.,
concentrates, dry fodders and green fodders are
deficient. The summary of the feed and fodder
supply for the country as a whole is given in
Table 8. The state wise analysis of the feed and

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GoI under NLM is extending various schemes for
feed and fodder development under different
components to address the problems of scarcity
of animal feed resources. The major objective is
to develop feed and fodder resources to meet
the demand from livestock sector thereby to
make livestock farming more remunerative and
also to harness its export potential. The various
components of the fodder development scheme
include promoting fodder production from
Non-forest wasteland / rangeland / grassland
/non-arable land, fodder production from
Forest land, cultivation of coarse grains and
dual purpose crops, fodder seed production /
procurement and distribution, Conservation of
fodder through post-harvest technologies and
Regional Fodder Stations. Other components
are Strengthening of research and Training and
Human Resource Development which include i)
Training to trainers, ii) Training to farmers and iii)
Training to researchers / academicians / officials.
Institutional strengthening and support,
which covers establishment of Public Private
Partnership for efficient marketing and creation
of linkages with various stakeholders is the last
component of fodder development scheme.
The last component supports organisation of
workshops, conferences of the stakeholders
including farmers.
against the total milk production of 121.8 million
tonnes. (NDDB Annual Report 2010-11).
The procurement of milk has been carried out
by 1,70,992 Dairy Cooperative Societies having a
total membership of 158.37 lakh. These Societies
has procured 42.56 million Kg milk per day and
marketed 32.43 million kg milk per day (2015-
16) against the annual milk production of 155.5
million tonnes (426.03 million kg per day). The
state wise number dairy cooperative societies,
their membership, etc., are given in Annexure
XIII. On considering marketable surplus at 52%
as mentioned above, cooperative share in
organized milk marketing is around 19% and
remaining 21% appears to be processed under
private sector.
During 2015-16, cooperatives have milk
processing capacity of 655 lakh litres per
day. However, most of them are established
during Operation Flood period and never have
been expanded or modernized thereafter. It is
expected that milk producer institutions would
procure 670 lakh kg per day with peak of 800 kg
per day with annual growth rate of 7.8% by 2021-
22 (NDDB Annual Report 2015-16).

It also encompasses preparing and disseminating

material for generating awareness amongst
the farmers and other stakeholders, organising
trainings other than those provided under the
specific components and monitoring, evaluation
of the scheme, and undertaking impact studies.

Central assistance of grant / subsidy available

for various schemes / components/ activities
under the various schemes of NLM is given in
Annexure VI.

4.4 Milk procurement and

processing infrastructure
According to DAHD&F Annual report 2016-17,
about 52% of total milk produced in our country
is marketable surplus and remaining 48% is
consumed locally. Out of total marketable milk
surplus, 40% is processed either in cooperative
and private sector and 60% is marketed by
unorganized sector.

Cooperatives in 2010-11 procured 16% of

marketable milk surplus i.e. 9.6 million tonnes

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In developed countries, 90% of marketable milk
surplus is processed. Thus, there is vast scope
for further milk processing either in private
or cooperative sector and such transition is
necessary for enhancing the farmers’ income.
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying &
Fisheries had prepared a Draft National Action
Plan for Dairy Development with a target to double
the income of dairy farmers through increasing
organised milk handling from 20% at present
to 50% by 2022- 23. The action plan includes
creation of milk chilling facilities including bulk
milk cooling, processing infrastructure, value
addition, organisation of milk collection centres/
dairy cooperative societies, milk transportation
facility and marketing infrastructure to meet the
requirement of increased milk handling.
There are 288 milk processing plants and 1559
liquid milk plants across the country and state
wise data on number milk handling plants is
given in Annexure IX.
The transparent payment system and
modernization of procurement process are
key drivers for organized milk marketing
infrastructure and can be achieved through the
installation of Automatic Milk Collection Stations
and Bulk Milk Cooling Units respectively. Modern
procurement process also helps in clean and
hygienic milk production, which is top priority
of the Govt. for promoting export oriented dairy
industry.
4.5 Meat processing infrastructure
Modernised slaughter houses are required for
clean / hygienic meat processing. There are
around 1783 registered slaughter houses in
our country. The state wise slaughter house
infrastructure is given in Annexure IX. There is a
need to modernize the existing slaughter houses
and to establish modern meat processing plants
for exploiting the potential available for export
of meat to other countries.
APEDA has taken an initiative to identify the
modern slaughter houses for facilitating the
export of meat and its products. There are
78 abattoirs cum meat processing plants /
standalone abattoirs and 28 meat proceeding
plants registered with APEDA. The List of
Abattoirs & Meat processing plants registered
with APEDA are given in Annexure – XIV & XV.
There is very little processing in case of meat.
Hardly 1% of the total meat produced in the
country is used for processing. Remaining
meat is sold in fresh or frozen form. Pork and
Poultry meat are used for production of ham,
sausages, patties etc., for the elite market. The
meat processors like Venky, Alchemist foods,
Darshan foods, Government Bacon Factories
etc., produce these products. Meat from small
ruminants, namely, sheep and goat is also used
for production of traditional Kebabs (Seekh and
Shami Kebab). Buffalo meat is basically used
in the household for preparation of curries and
Kebabs. It is also mixed with vegetables like
potatoes, cabbages, turnips, sugar beet to make
delicious dishes, to name a few, besides the
irresistible Biryani, which is a mix of meat and
rice. The buffalo meat has a great water holding
and binding properties, and is, therefore, used
for industrial purposes in the production of
sausages, patties, nuggets, corn beef, ham, etc.,
and both Seekh and Shami Kebabs are delicacies
prepared from buffalo meat are liked by all beef
eating people.
4.6 Livestock Markets
Live animals are sold in livestock markets which
are mostly weekly markets and are owned
privately or by trust or local bodies (Panchayat/
municipality/ corporation). Agriculture
Marketing Departments of some of the States
have brought marketing of livestock under
Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC)
Act. There are no organised livestock markets
barring in a few states. The Govt. may plan for
establishment of organised livestock markets in
potential districts, through Agriculture Produce
Marketing Committees (APMCs). Infrastructure
Scheme for Agriculture Marketing provides
subsidy for such projects.
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There are numerous festival and fairs held every
day across the country and each fair has its own
significance. India hosts one of the largest cattle
and livestock fairs in the world at Sonepur, in
addition to Nagpur Cattle fair, Jhalawar Cattle
fair, Puskar Cattle fair, Kolayat Cattle fair, Agra
Cattle fair and Gangapur Cattle fair.
4.7 Livestock Insurance
The Livestock Insurance Scheme, a centrally
sponsored scheme, which was implemented on
a pilot basis during 2005-06 and 2006-07 of the
10th Five Year Plan and 2007-08 of the 11th Five
Year Plan in 100 selected districts. The scheme
was implemented on a regular basis from
2008-09 in additional 100 new districts of the
country. Under the scheme, the crossbred and
high yielding cattle and buffaloes were insured
at maximum of their current market price. The
premium of the insurance was subsidized to the
tune of 50%. The entire cost of the subsidy was
borne by the Central Government.
After introduction of NLM in 2014 the livestock
insurance has gained importance as risk
management is well integrated into needs of
small livestock holders. The ‘Risk Management
and Insurance’, as a Component IV of sub-
mission on livestock development of NLM, is
to be implemented in all the Districts of the
Country including those carved out in future, if
any. This component aims towards management
of risk and uncertainties by providing protection
mechanism to the farmers against any eventual
loss of their animals due to death; and to
demonstrate the benefit of insurance of livestock
to the people. The indigenous / crossbred milch
animals, pack animals (Horses, Donkey, Mules,
Camels, Ponies and Cattle/Buffalo Male), and
Other Livestock (Goat, Sheep, Pigs, Rabbit, Yak
and Mithun etc.) will be under the purview of this
component. Benefit of subsidy is to be restricted
to 5 animals per beneficiary per household
for all animals except for sheep, goat, pig and
rabbit, where the benefit will be restricted to 5
cattle units (1 cattle unit = 10 sheep/goat/pig/
rabbit). Therefore, the benefit of subsidy to
sheep, goat, pig and rabbit is to be restricted to
5 ‘Cattle Unit’ per beneficiary per household.
However, beneficiary, who has less than 5
animals / 1 Cattle Unit, can also avail the benefit
of subsidy. The Risk management and Insurance
component envisages the following payments
from central funds as Grants - in – Aid: (a)
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Subsidy as per Annexure – VI; (b) 100% Payments
of Honorarium to the Veterinary Practitioners;
and (c) 100% Publicity. Details of assistance
under livestock insurance component are given
in Annexure VI.
Animal insurance schemes are implemented
by New India Insurance Company, Oriental
Insurance Company, National Insurance
Company and United India Insurance Company.
The branches of these companies are located
in almost all the districts of India. Most of the
farmers are not willing to insure their livestock
because of high premium rates and lack of
knowledge. Only animals purchased out of bank
loan, have been insured by the farmers.
4.8 Veterinary education and
research
The veterinary education was initially imparted
by Agriculture universities. Off late establishment
of the veterinary universities for giving due
focus to the veterinary education has started.
There are 13 veterinary universities and 15
either agriculture or other universities offering
veterinary graduate / postgraduate / doctorial
courses. Veterinary graduates are produced from
45 recognized colleges by Veterinary Council
of India (VCI). The State wise and University
wise list of veterinary colleges is given in
Annexure XVI.
VCI is a statutory body enacted by Act of
Parliament for regulating and standardizing the
veterinary education in the country.
ICAR is an apex research body of the country
promoting Agriculture and research including
that of veterinary. The prominent veterinary
research institutes affiliated to ICAR are as under:
i. Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
ii. National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal,
Haryana
iii. National Bureau of Animal Genetic
Resources, Karnal, Haryana
iv. National Institute of Animal Nutrition and
Physiology, Bangalore, Karnataka
v. Central Buffalo Research Institute, Hisar,
Haryana
vi. Central Avian research Institute, Izatnagar,
Uttar Pradesh
vii. Central Goat Research Institute, Makhdum,
Uttara Pradesh
viii. Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute,
Avikanagar, Rajasthan
ix. Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Apart from the above Indian Agriculture research
Institute and other ICAR institutes are also
contributing to livestock development by way
of improving production and utilization of crop
residues and green fodders.
4.9 Export promotion
Agriculture & Processed Food Products Exports
Development Authority promoting exports
of agri as well as livestock products by way
extending support for infrastructure, quality and
market development. Transport assistance also
being extended by it (http://apeda.gov.in)
The Export Inspection Council (EIC) was set up
by the Government of India as an advisory body.
Besides its advisory role, the Export Inspection
Council controls five Export Inspection Agencies
(EIAs), one each at Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata
and Mumbai. Export Inspection Council, either
directly or through Export Inspection Agencies,
renders services in the areas of:
• Certification of quality of export commodities
through installation of quality assurance
systems (In-process Quality Control and Self
Certification) in the exporting units as well as
consignment wise inspection.
• Certification of quality of food items for
export through installation of Food safety
Management System in the food processing
units.
• Issue of Certificates of origin to exporters
under various preferential tariff schemes
for export products (Source: https://www.
eicindia.gov.in)
Export Import Bank of India provides various
financial accommodation specifically required
for foreign trade.
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 5. Role of NABARD in
Livestock Development
5.1 Organization setup

5.2 Lab to land through lending

5.3 Project mode of financing

5.4 Awareness creation and capacity building

5.5 Government of India incentive schemes

5.6 Infrastructure Development

5.7 New business initiatives

5.8 Development Initiatives

5.9 Credit Innovations

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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development was established in 1982 by an
Act of Parliament as a Development Financial
institutions with a mandate to promote
sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural
development through participative financial
and non-financial interventions, innovations,
technology and institutional development for
securing prosperity. Role of NABARD in this
direction are discussed in following paragraphs.
5.1 Organization setup
NABARD through its Corporate Office at Mumbai,
31 Regional offices, one cell at Srinagar and 423
DDMs offices expanded its operational foot print
to 707 districts. It has 4 training establishments,
one for own staff and three for client institutions.
NABARD has established four subsidiaries
viz., NABKISAN, NABFINS NABSAMRUDDHI
and NABARD Consultancy Services to address
emerging credit needs of various sectors and to
offer consultancy services.
5.2 Lab to land through lending
India’s livestock production is largely from small
and marginal farmers, who are dependent on
locally available feed and fodder resources.
Thus, sustainability has become an integral part
of rural based livestock farming. On realising its
potential for employment generation in rural
areas without compromising the sustainability
aspect, NABARD since its inception focussed on
the development of decentralized small scale
livestock units. In the context of productivity
based livestock farming by transferring the
scientific findings to farmers, credit has emerged
as most important tool and attracted the policy
makers’ attention. NABARD as a development
financial institution started giving right kind of
direction through “lab to land through lending”.
Thus, NABARDs efforts are not only focussed
on facilitating ground level credit flow by way
of providing refinance support but also on
extending host of related services, promotional
interventions, pilots and innovations having
immense catalytic role.
5.3 Project mode of financing
In early eighties, the biggest challenge before
the credit institutions, especially Rural Financial
Institutions, was purveying credit to livestock
farmers on scientific lines. NABARD could
led this responsibility successfully by way of
framing financing guidelines like unit cost
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fixation, formulation of area based schemes,
techno-financial appraisal, implementation
and monitoring. These efforts were further
streamlined and strengthened by way of
mapping district wise potentials through PLPs
and allocation of adequate refinance for the
sector. PLP projection for live stock sector for the
year 2017-18 are given in annexure XVIII.
Refinance support remained main mandate of
NABARD to supplement the resources of various
RFIs and very often in many states livestock
sector occupies prime position among allied
activities in terms of refinance flow. During last
five years there is a considerable increase in
refinance flow to livestock sector from ` 1,284
crore (2012-13) to ` 3,206 crore (2016-17). Further
discussions on this subject are presented in
subsequent Chapter on Capital Formation in
Livestock Sector.
5.4 Awareness creation and
capacity building
As a part of building knowledge bank and
dissemination of the same, state specific model
schemes on dairy were prepared and circulated
widely among rural financial institutions. These
efforts have led to enhancement of skill of staff
of lending institutions and created an enabling
environment for accessing the credit by rural
dairy farmers. In the light of liberalization
and unification of markets, initially booklets
at national level on dairy farming, milk
processing, bulk milk cooling units, automatic
milk collection stations, feed plants, layman
inseminators, mobile veterinary clinics,
poultry layer farming, poultry broiler framing,
sheep rearing, goat farming, pig breeding
cum fattening, etc., were published and
circulated among Rural Financial Institutions
(RFIs). Subsequently, in the light of increased
accessibility of the livestock entrepreneurs to
internet in rural areas, the model schemes were
uploaded on NABARD website to take advantage
of revolutions in communication technology.
NABARD established Bankers Institute for Rural
Development at three locations, Lucknow,
Mangalore, Bolpur, and offering various training
programmes for capacity building of the staff
of RFIs. The banks which are in need of activity
specific or sector specific training programmes
can approach these training establishments for
upgrading skill sets of their staff.
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Under its promotional programmes like farmers
clubs, capacity building of farmers for adoption
of technology, select group of farmers are
being trained along with exposure visits to
successful livestock enterprises or technology
demonstration centres. Such small interventions
could reap large benefits under livestock sector.
5.5 Government of India incentive
schemes
i) Diary Entrepreneurship Development
Scheme (DEDS)
Increased milk production costs (due to
higher feed and fodder prices, labour costs,
marginal rise in milk prices compared
to increase in input costs) made dairy
farming as least remunerative. In order
to encourage the dairy farming, GoI has
introduced Dairy Venture Capital Fund
(interest free loan cum interest subsidy).
Subsequently, it was converted into
capital subsidy scheme known as Diary
Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
(DEDS) in 2010-11. The objective of the
scheme are to encourage enterprises such
as modern dairy farms producing clean
milk and heifer rearing farms to conserve
good breeding stock. The DEDS also aims
at technology upgradation to handle
commercial milk production at the village
level to effect structural changes in the
sector. The scheme encourages modern
dairy farming, clean milk production, heifer
rearing, conservation of genetic resources,
modernization of milk procurement,
transportation, storage processing and
marketing with an objective to bring
in structural changes in Indian milk
production scenario. Thus, it can be seen
as first ever design towards the value chain
financing which has been recognised as
holistic approach for development of
any sector and for which host of modern
financial institutions are looking for
tapping the potentials and ensuring
successful financing. NABARD has been
implementing DEDS since its inception.
Further details of DEDS are given Annexure
XVII. An amount of ` 116.87 crore for
22,526 units was released during 2016-17
(As on 30 November 2017: cumulatively
` 1,083.24 crore for 2,81,291 units). Last
three years achievements under DEDS are
given in Table 9.
(ii) National Livestock Mission – EDEG
component
National Livestock Mission (NLM) was
launched by GoI in 2014-15 for quantitative
and qualitative improvement in livestock
production along with capacity building.
Under NLM an amount of ` 2,800 crore
was earmarked in the XII Five Year Plan.
The details of various schemes and their
components were discussed in Chapter 3.
‘Entrepreneurship Development and
Employment Generation’ (EDEG)
component of NLM includes Poultry
Venture Capital Fund (PVCF), Integrated
Development of Small Ruminants and
Rabbits (IDSRR), Pig Development (PD)
and Salvaging and Rearing of Male Buffalo
Calves (SRMBC) involving subsidy support.
NABARD has been designated as subsidy
channelizing agency for these schemes.
The achievements under NLM – EDEG
components during last three years are
given in Table 9.
The highlights and cumulative
achievements under the above schemes
are as under:
Ø PVCF: As on 30 November 2017
cumulatively subsidy amount of
` 197.65 crore was released for 10,686
units engaged in poultry activities like
hybrid layer farming, hybrid broiler
farming, technology upgradation,
processing units, retail outlets and
rearing of high potential poultry
species like guinea fowl, ducks and
turkeys, etc.
Ø IDSRR: As on 30 November 2017
cumulatively subsidy amount of
` 114.88 crore was disbursed for
Table 9: Achievements under DEDS and NLM EDEG components during 2014-15 to 2016-17
Scheme/ Disbursement during 2014-15
Component Units Amount
DEDS 41975 16601.62
NLM
PVCF 2364
IDSRR 9084
Pig Dev 3005
SRMBC NIL
28,964 units for commercial rearing
of sheep, goat and rabbit and also
sheep, goat and rabbit breeding
farms.
PD: As on 30 November 2017
Ø 
cumulatively ` 64.31 crore subsidy
was released for 8,704 units for
encouraging commercial and
scientific rearing of pigs and creation
of necessary infrastructure.
SRMBC: As on 30 November 2017
Ø 
cumulative subsidy of ` 40.27 lakh
for 87 units was released under this
scheme that aimed at increasing
availability of buffalo meat, by¬
products and leather for export as
well as domestic markets.
The details of the NLM – EDEG components
are given in Annexure VI.
5.6 Infrastructure Development
i) Rural Infrastructure Development (RIDF)
In order to facilitate the creation of modern
breeding and veterinary infrastructure,
which is pre requisite for quality produce
and to penetrate into niche / global markets,
under Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF), loan assistance was given
to state governments. It is an excellent
opportunity for state governments, as loan is
made available at an attractive interest rate
of 4.75% at present. NABARD has sanctioned
RIDF loan to 14,536 projects under Animal
Husbandry (AH) sector involving loan
amount of ` 4,219.20 crore as on 30 November
2017. The activities include construction
of veterinary hospitals, purchase of vet
care equipment, construction of veterinary
colleges, etc. for improvising the veterinary
infrastructure. Tamilnadu, Odisha,
Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and
(` lakh)
Disbursement during 2015-16 Disbursement during 2016-17
Units Amount Units Amount
27785 13132.80 22526 11687.40
5310.89 2961 4247.17 1629 2800.18
4036.24 9090 3191.13 4336 1384.55
2166.20 NIL 0.00 475 517.99
0.00 NIL 0.00 35 23.73
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 Andhra Pradesh are front runners among
the 17 states in availing the RIDF loans for
infrastructure development of AH sector.
NABARD along with Rajasthan Gramin Bank
Alwar had sanctioned loan amount of ` 95
lakh for establishment of Veterinary College
in Jhun Jhunu in Rajasthan. The college is
functioning very well and whole amount has
been repaid to NABARD and partner bank.
ii) Diary Processing Infrastructure
Development Fund (DIDF)
As mentioned in earlier chapter the
cooperative milk processing plants have
become obsolete and the demand for
processing of milk is increasing. To have
focussed approach for addressing these
issues, GoI has decided to establish a
dedicated fund known as Dairy Processing
Infrastructure Development Fund in NABARD
and details of it are presented here under:
a) Fund details
The GoI has approved setting up the
fund titled ‘DIDF’ in NABARD with total
financial outlay of ` 10,881 crore for
the project, of which ` 8,004 crore shall
be raised by NABARD from market. End
borrowers shall contribute ` 2,001
crore towards margin money. NDDB
and NCDC shall contribute ` 12 crore
on pro rata basis towards project
management and learning. Interest
subvention of ` 864 crore shall be
provided by GoI to NABARD.
b) Objectives of the DIDF
• To modernize the milk processing
plants and machinery and to
create additional infrastructure
for processing more milk.
• To create additional milk
processing capacity for
increased value addition by
producing more dairy products.
• To bring efficiency in dairy
processing plants/producer
owned and controlled dairy
institutions, thereby enabling
optimum value of milk to milk
producer farmers and supply of
quality milk to consumers.
• To help the producer owned
and controlled institutions to
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increase their share of milk,
thereby providing greater
opportunities of ownership,
management and market access
to rural milk producers in the
organized milk market.
• To help the producer owned
and controlled institutions
to consolidate their position
as dominant player in the
organised liquid milk market
and to make increased
price realisation to milk
producers.
c) Components of DIDF and the broad
investment activities eligible under
DIDF are:
• Modernization & creation of new
milk processing facilities
• Manufacturing facilities for
Value added Products
• Milk Chilling infrastructure
• Setting up electronic milk
testing equipment
• Project Management and Learning
• Any other activity related to
the dairy sector targeted to
contribute to the objectives of
DIDF and decided by Government
of India in consultation with the
stakeholders.
d) Eligible institutions
(i) NDDB and NCDC using the loans
from the DIDF will lend to the
following institutions:
• Co-operative Milk Unions
• State Cooperative Dairy
Federations
• Multi State Milk Cooperatives
• Milk Producer Companies
• NDDB subsidiaries
Financial assistance under DIDF will be
given to the end borrowers which are
financially viable and willing to avail funds
and also fulfil the eligibility criteria.
e) Interest rates
NABARD shall extend loans to NDDB
and NCDC at fixed rate of interest of
6% per annum repayable at quarterly
rests. The interest rate to end
 borrower shall be 6.5 % per annum to
be charged by NDDB/NCDC.
5.7 New business initiatives
i) NABARD Infrastructure Development
Assistance (NIDA)
Loan assistance is made available through
NABARD Infrastructure Development
Assistance (NIDA) to supplement the RIDF
window, in case of State Govts., which
have strong corporations and can borrow
on their own financial strength, with an
objective to fast track the infrastructure
development. In order to facilitate
the creation of additional processing
infrastructure or modernization of existing
processing facilities, financially strong milk
unions and milk marketing federations can
avail the above facility. Further, livestock
development boards having good cash
flows can also borrow for augmenting the
breeding infrastructure.
ii) Credit Facilities to Federations
A specially designed credit product
known as Credit Facility for Federations
(CFF) provides short credit requirement
of marketing federations including
dairy marketing federations. NABARD
has extended short term credit facility
to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing
Federation (GCMMF).
5.8 Development Initiatives
i. Watershed Development
Indian agriculture still dependent on rainfall
as 55% of cultivable area is unirrigated.
Climate Change impact further aggravating
the problems of farmers and leading to farm
distress. NABARD has launched Watershed
development programmes in collaboration
with KfW of Germany and subsequently
expanded it through its Participatory
Watershed Development Programme
under Watershed Development Fund.
Cumulatively 600 projects were sanctioned
covering an area of 5.96 lakh ha.
Apart from treating the land, under
watershed plus approach and Sustainable
Development Programmes like agri
extension, productivity enhancement and
diversified activities were undertaken.
These interventions enhanced capability
of farmers to adopt technology and also
their credit worthiness. Increase in crop
productivity leads to increased availability
of crop residues and green fodder paving
the way for animal husbandry activities and
generates demand for investment credit.
RFIs can look into these opportunities
created under watershed villages for
expanding their footprint in Livestock
sector financing.
ii. Tribal Development
NABARD initiated a programme for
comprehensive development of tribal
families through grant assistance from
Tribal Development Fund. This is essentially
a land based intervention aimed at
establishment of one acre orchard (wadi)
and host of social development activities.
Migration and associated issues are major
problems confronted by tribal people. The
TDF interventions could arrest migration
and credit worthiness of tribal people has
been established with stabilized income
from orchard. The cumulative sanctions
under Tribal Development Fund (TDF)
stood at ` 2,030 crore, as on 31 March
2017, while disbursement stood at ` 1,340
crore, covering 5.03 lakh families with
673 projects across 27 states and union
territories.
The above development initiative is
offering ample scope for RFIs in TDF areas
for expanding their credit by supporting
animal husbandry activities. The banks can
look into channelizing investment credit
to tribal families in view of their enhanced
credit absorption capacity through TDF
interventions.
5.9 Credit Innovations
i. Self Help Groups
Under Self Help Groups (SHGs) credit
linkage (the flagship programme for
women empowerment being implemented
and promoted by NABARD), after meeting
the consumption needs, lion share of
credit was given to livestock based
livelihoods as they are emerged as very
important income generating activities
and also complementary to sustainable
agriculture. Such women entrepreneurs
not only harvested income from livestock
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 products but also reaped benefits by
converting cow dung into vermi compost
in a group activity mode. The group activity
mode is instrumental in overcoming the
problems of operational and marketing
risks. If the success story of Jayalaxmi SHG
promoted by NABARD assisted Women
Development Cell of Kolhapur DCCB is
quoted here, it is not out of context. The
group has chosen dairy enterprise as first
livelihood option and they have become
successful in enhancing their income and
this in turn gave immense confidence to
group members leading to cultivation of
sugarcane on lease land. The group activity
did not stop there and it had established
agro service centre.
There are 7.9 million SHGs covering 11
million households with a ` 13,691 crore
savings. About 4.7 million SHGs have
bank loan outstanding of ` 57,119 crore
(31.03.2017). There is a good scope for
covering large number of SHGs which
are yet to be credit linked. Further,
deepening of the credit is major issue as
per member finance is only ` 10,000 and
for undertaking any livelihood activity, the
per member finance has to be five folds
of exiting one. Banks can leverage these
groups for promoting livestock based
livelihoods as they could enhance the
income substantially.
ii. Joint Liability Groups
Apart from small livestock farmers,
tenant farmers who are engaged in
agriculture are not getting credit either
for crop husbandry or for investment in
allied activities. Therefore, NABARD has
taken initiative in formation of JLGs and
their credit linking with banks under its
promotional programmes. There are 22.4
million JLGs across the country. NABARD
promotional interventions on this regard
could instil confidence among the banks
about JLG mode of financing. For doubling
the income of these tenant farmers,
dairy, sheep, goat and pig farming offers
excellent scope and RFIs can create a
win-win situation by transforming credit
potential in the form of JLGs into their
business opportunity.
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iii. Umbrella Programme on Natural
Resource Management (UPNRM)
Umbrella Programme on Natural Resource
Management (UPNRM), a credit programme
where in minor grant is bundled into major
credit to address comprehensively the
requirements 0f capacity building and
other support services for establishing
successful enterprises. UPNRM facilitate
replication and upscaling of best practices
and models of holistic, participatory and
financially sustainable livelihood activities
for improving the livelihoods of the rural
poor based on the sustainable natural
resource use and management. The credit
programme also aimed at innovative
delivery channels including banks.
Under this programme also dairy sector
commanded substantial loan amount
with an innovative combinations like milk
production cum bio-gas generation, milk
production cum organic manure production
and milk production cum market linkages.
As on 30 November 2017, NABARD has
sanctioned 89 under Animal Husbandry
Sector with a loan and grant component of
` 97 crore and ` 11 crore respectively. Against
this disbursement stands at ` 80 crore.
iv. C
 onvergence, collectivization and
market access - FPOs
Globalization of economy has ushered in
several opportunities in the form of niche
markets having potential for paying higher
prices. However, penetration into niche
markets has associated challenges like
demand for quality products, aggregation
and collective marketing action. This is more
relevant dairy sector. Efficient cooperative
dairy institutions like AMUL and MILKFED
could overcome these problems to some
extent but remained to be daunting task for
vast majority of small and marginal dairy
farmers, who are not part of successful
cooperatives. Therefore, two pronged
strategy viz., quality enhancement and
collectivization, is necessary for enhancing
accessibility of small dairy farmers to niche
markets. In order to tackle the problems
on quality front, modernization of milk
procurement and storage infrastructure,
establishment of modern processing
facilities and strengthening of veterinary
 infrastructure are some of the key areas which
have to be promoted. Accordingly NABARD
is playing proactive role by dovetailing
incentives available under GoI schemes and
Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure Scheme
into select milk unions’ modernization plan
for milk procurement and milk cooling
aspects at the level of village / cluster of
villages. The other sectors also need such
approach for giving necessary boost to
sheep. Goat and pig farming.
Further, no institutional mechanism is in
place for other livestock farming activities.
Poultry and meat sector is in need of
such processing, storage and marketing
infrastructure for giving appropriate
market access to small livestock farmers.
For enabling the collective action on the
part of livestock farmers especially milk
producers to address the problem of
aggregation and marketing, NABARD’s
producer organization window offers
excellent opportunities especially in the
areas where cooperatives are weak or
non-functional. Success stories of Mahi
and Paayas milk producer organizations
of Gujarat and Rajasthan respectively
needs to be replicated where ever such
demand exists. NABKISAN, a wholly owned
subsidiary of NABARD, is specially created
for supporting the producer organizations
including those of livestock farmer
producer organizations.
Conclusion
Thus, NABARD’s refinance and finance
products along with promotional interventions
or innovations address credit needs of the
entire value chain of livestock sector viz.,
breeding facilities, veterinary care, production,
procurement / aggregating, processing, cooling,
storage, transportation and marketing. The
related institutions can avail any of these
facilities for building the vibrant livestock sector.
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 6. Capital formation in
Animal Husbandry
6.1 Status of capital formation

6.2 Credit Flow to livestock sector

6.3 Role of NABARD in credit flow

6.4 Strategies for improving the term

investment under AH sector:

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For sustainable development of any sector
capital formation plays a pivotal role and
Animal Husbandry sector is not an exception
to this. An attempt is made to discuss relevant
issues pertaining to capital formation in Animal
Husbandry sector.
6.1 Status of capital formation
The declining farm size and changing pattern
of operational holdings together with declining
capital formation in agriculture sector are
major challenges to be addressed. During the
last 5 years capital formation in agriculture
as % to Agriculture Gross Value Added (GVA)
has come down from 18% (2010-11) to 16%
(2015-16). The share of term loans to total
agriculture credit flow increased from 22% in
2011-12 to 35% in 2016-17 indicating increasing
private investment trend in capital formation
in agriculture sector. The decline in capital
formation can be attributed to declining public
investment. Therefore, State Governments have
to increase their budgetary allocation for capital
expenditure to ensure sustainable development
of the agriculture and allied sector. The resources
of Small and marginal farmers who account for
about 85% of operational holdings and 45% of
the operated area, are generally too limited to
allow substantial investments in fixed assets.
Animal Husbandry activities play an important
role in setting up of assets and providing
supplementary income to the rural house hold.
Credit is one of the important factors essential
for asset creation and sustainable development.
6.2 Credit Flow to livestock sector
The credit for Animal Husbandry sector is
being provided by Commercial Banks, Private
Sector banks, 56 Regional Rural Banks, 33
State Cooperative Banks, 363 District Central
Cooperative Banks, 13 State Cooperative
Agriculture and Rural Development Banks,
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627 Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Table 10: Refinance flow to livestock sector during 2012-13 to 2016-17
Development Banks, through its 1,00,190 rural (` crore)
and semi urban branches. Further, 92,789 Year Agri Term Refinance Refinance Refinance Total
Primary Cooperative Credit Societies besides loans disbursed disbursed to poultry/ refinance
Non-Banking Finance Companies and Small disbursed against for dairy sheep/Goat to livestock
Finance Banks are providing credit facilities at agri term sector /piggery & sector #
the ground level. In the absence of database on credit other AH
the sector-wise credit flow, the exact figures are 2012-13 1,33,875 6,938 873 411 1,284 (18.5%)
not available, however, AH activities are major 2013-14 1,81,688 7,020 932 620 1,552 (22.1%)
component of agricultural term loans being 2014-15 2,09,916 9,674 1771 672 2,443 (25.2%)
financed by Banks. 2015-16 2,50,197 15,246 2,834 1,237 4,071 (26.7%)
2016-17 3,37,141* 24,130 2,118 1,088 3,206 (13.3%)
NABARD as Development Financial Institution
is supporting the resources of all the banks Source: Annual reports NABARD * Provisional
for ensuring smooth credit flow especially for # Figures in brackets indicate % 0f livestock sector to total refinance flow
term loans. The refinance flow to different sub-
sectors of livestock sector are presented in Table Table 11: Estimated credit potential under Livestock sector for 2017-18
10. From the refinance flow figures, it can be (` Crore)
stated that NABARD refinance has supported Year Dairy Poultry Sheep, Goat & Others Total
significant increase in ground level credit flow to Pig farming (Buffelows
the livestock sector. The share of livestock sector 2017-18 70962.58 19510.90 16560.68 26777.28 133811.44
to Agri. GVA is about 26%. The share of livestock
sector refinance is corresponding to its share
to agri GVA, except during the year 2016-17. had resulted in phenomenal growth in credit
The refinance to SHGs during the above period flow to dairy sector and optimal utilization of
ranges from about ` 4,500 crore to ` 7,000 crore, state’s human resources while improving the
under which livestock sector based livelihoods operational capacities of the milk processing
commands substantial share. Refinance flow plants of cooperative sector. In recent past,
under others category also ranges from ` 5,000 area based schemes like Kamadhenu and Dudh
crore to ` 12,000 crore and it can be expected Ganga in the states of Andhra Pradesh and
that livestock sector related activities accounts Himachal Pradesh respectively, are examples
a part of it. of area based approach. In the context of poor
capital formation in livestock sector, NABARD
6.3 Role of NABARD in credit flow is promoting Area Based Schemes on various
As mentioned in earlier chapter potential for livestock activities in potential districts of every
credit flow to different components of Animal state.
Husbandry sector is estimated by NABARD every
year. The potential estimates for different sub- Area Development Schemes (ADS) are basically
sectors for 2017-18 are given in Table 11. The cluster based approach wherein, single-purpose
state wise projections are given in Annexure small projects are provided financial assistance
XVIII. These plans prepared for every district in (e.g. financing of dairy, Poultry, Sheep, Goat,
the country also highlights the infrastructure Piggery, etc.,) with an allocation to a single
requirement for the activity and the steps to or number of banks, on a project mode, by
be taken to achieve the potential. The focus of integrating with value chain of the sector in
AH sector development needs to be on cluster compact areas, involving all stakeholders.
basis so as to facilitate and develop necessary
backward and forward linkages and its utilization During 2016-17, total 136 ADS were prepared by
in a sustainable way. NABARD in consultation with line departments
of State Governments and Banks /Financial
On realising the importance of area based Institutions, covering 277 districts and 4.09 lakh
schemes, in early nineties the Govt. of Uttar beneficiaries. The Total Financial Outlay of these
Pradesh implemented credit focused Saghan ADS was ` 8,692.31 crore with a bank loan of
Mini Dairy Development programme, the ` 7,630.38 crore. Out of total ADS, 59 banking
biggest area based scheme in the country. It plans were pertaining to Animal Husbandry

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sector with a TFO of ` 6,841.31 crore with bank
loan of ` 6,115.39 crore. Thus major emphasis
was given for AH sector which has very good
potential for employment generation through
asset creation and capital formation. These
plans have helped increasing the flow of
investment credit thus adding to the much
needed capital formation at farm level. In order
to ensure further holistic development of the
sector, state specific Sectoral development
plans, considering different components of
value chain are also proposed to be developed.

State wise activity wise credit potentials are

given in Annexure XVIII.

6.4 Strategies for improving the term investment under AH sector:

Strategy Action initiated by NABARD
Develop Sectoral development plans, considering different Sectoral development plans are being developed in various
components of value chain. districts in consultation with stakeholders
Locate the infrastructure gaps specific to the area and sub sector. District wise infrastructure gaps were identified by DDMs and the
same were discussed with the concerned departments of state
Government and presented in the High Power Committee meetings.
Monitoring and convergence of banking plans and area Prepared 59 banking plans based on animal husbandry activities
development plans to facilitate financing for traditional as well in all potential pockets of various states. Necessary discussion with
as diversified activities under AH sector and also development of stakeholders initiated.
adequate backward and forward linkages.
Facilitate execution of critical interventions required for the credit Regularly facilitating convergence by involving developmental
flow to the sector. agencies, banking network, service providers and marketing
agencies in the areas covered under ADPs.
Periodic updation/ Revision of unit costs for all activities under AH Started revising unit costs at State level since 2014-15.
sector to avoid under financing.
Popularize government sponsored subsidy schemes (GSS). Ensured successful implementation of GOI Schemes under AH
sector. Developed software for online submission of subsidy claims
under GSS.

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 7. Emerging Development
Opportunities
7.1 Doubling of farmer income

7.2 Value chain financing

7.3 Contract Farming

7.4 Advanced technology

7.5 Recent initiatives of NABARD

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In recent past, Government of India resolve to
double the farmer income, value chain approach
and technological advancements to pave way
for several opportunities and a brief account of
the same are given here under.
7.1 Doubling of farmer income
GoI resolve to double the farmer income not
only posing challenges to all stakeholders but
also offers ample opportunities for RFIs for
dovetailing their business interests into the
various strategies outlined for achieving the
herculean task.
Reduction in postharvest wastage, value addition
through food processing and diversification are
the strategies for doubling of the farmer income.
Since livestock contributes substantially to
basket of farmer income, unless we double
the income under livestock farming it will not
lead to fulfilment of objective of doubling of
farmer income.
NABARD Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF)
offers scope for creating cold storage and dry
storage infrastructure. Progressive livestock
entrepreneurs, milk unions and milk federations
can make use of this facility for augmenting
storage infrastructure for reducing wastage and
to contribute for enhancing farmer income.
NABARD Food Processing Fund (FPF) offers
financial assistance for establishing livestock
products processing units in Mega Food Parks or
Designated Food Parks.
Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund with a
corpus of ` 8,000 crore is established by GoI in
NABARD in order to give boost to diversification
through dairy farming. The assistance will be
provided either to NDDB or NCDC which in
turn finance to milk unions / milk federations
for expanding or modernizing the processing
infrastructure under cooperative sector. The
loans will be made available to implementing
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agencies at 6% interest rate and implementing
agencies will be providing loans to end borrowers
at 6.5% interest rate.
Other initiatives of NABARD include translating
strategy to enhance irrigation facilities and
irrigation efficiency for doubling of the farmer
income into field action. This has been done by
implementing GoI funds like Long Term Irrigation
Fund (LTIF) and Micro Irrigation Development
Fund (MIDF), which are expected to improve the
agriculture productivity and enhanced green
fodder availability creating conducive climate
for productive livestock farming.
7.2 Value chain financing
Even though there is no text book definition of
value chain, classically it refers to logistics and
services that are deployed for movement of farm
produce from farm to consumer as a value chain
with an objective to reduce postharvest losses
and value addition. This approach of Value chain
may be well suited to developed countries,
where productivity levels are highly optimized.
In Indian context, where productivity level are
very poor, needs a paradigm shift with a focus
on production framework as well as consumer
expectations / affordability.
Thus any value chain must address the issues
of quality input supply, technology induction,
optimization of input costs, productivity
enhancement, postharvest management,
primary as well as secondary processing, storage
& transport logistics, distribution network and
ultimate supply to consumer. The value chains in
case of livestock sector have gained importance
with a dual requirement of ploughing back
good chunk of consumer price while ensuring
affordability to consumer.
In case of dairy sector, village dairy
cooperatives, milk unions and milk federations
together or alternatively companies like
Nestle could do a great job in states like
Gujarat and Punjab and able to channelize
70-80% of consumer price to milk producers.
However, even today, many states are lacking
this kind of institutional infrastructure for
conceptualizing and placing farmer centric
value chain approaches.
The value chain financing has become an
important tool for integrated development
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of any sector as it offers one stop solution to
different stakeholders involved in a particular
sector. In case of Animal Husbandry sector, GoI
along with NABARD promoted schemes like,
Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme,
Poultry Venture Capital (Subsidy) Scheme,
Integrated Development of Small Ruminants
and Rabbits, Pig Development Scheme etc.
covering various modes of value chain of the
concerned sub-sectors, for creating adequate
awareness among the financial institutions.
There is need to understand the value chain
concept for ensuring rapid development of
the sector by way of focussing on supply of all
inputs, forward linkages and entire chain of
activities. Value chain pertaining to dairy and
poultry subsectors are given as Chart 14 and
Chart 15.
7.3 Contract Farming
Marketing has become a greatest challenge
for agriculture produce. It becomes most
crucial in case of livestock enterprises as major
livestock produces (milk and meat) are highly
perishable. More over emerging niche markets
require specific quality of produce. Thus
positioning milk and meat products as per the
market requirement not only demands higher
productivity but also specific quality parameters
to suit to the value addition process. In this
context contract farming assumes importance
and has got great scope in livestock sector. The
contract farming approach also to a great extent
relies on value chain approach.
Contracting farming was initiated in case of
poultry sector for both layer and broiler farming.
A very big success could be seen with broiler
industry, whereas limited success was reported
with layer farming owing to its relatively
longer shelf life and market interventions of
NECC as it shielded layer farmers from adverse
price situations. The broiler farming is greatly
stabilized because of contract farming. Broilers
are to be sold at market age, otherwise farmers
incur great losses if they keep birds 2-3 days
after market age. Contracting farming promoters
because of their processing abilities could pay
farmers predetermined rearing costs under
adverse price situations also. Further, contract
farming promoters are supplying all quality
inputs like day old chicks, feed, medicines,
vaccines, health care services and procuring
broiler birds at market age. Thus contract
Chart 14 : Value Chain for Dairy Development and Financing Options

Dairy Development

Natural Breeding Vaccination

Support Services

Breeding / Feed and Veterinary

Treatment
Services Fodder Supply Services

Artificial
Insemination Other Support
Services

Calf Rearing

Heifer Rearing

Live Stock Supply of good Maintenance of

Markets quality Milch Milch Animals
animals

Manure

Milking
Machines
Milk Vermi Composting

Milk
Procurement
infrastructure Retail outlets

Bulk Milk
Coolers

Liquid Milk Milk products

Retail Sales Outlets

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Chart 15: Value Chain for Poultry Development and Financing Options

Poultry Development

Back yard Poultry

Commercial farming
Farming

Feed,
Grand Parent Farm
medicines Hatchery cum breeding
and Hatchery
and vaccines farm for Low input
Technology Birds

Parent Farm and

Hatchery

Broiler Farm Layer Farm Broiler Farm Layer Farm

Dressing Plants
and Sales Outlets
Egg Sales
Outlets

Sales outlets of Dressing Plants Meat Processing

Broiler Birds and Broiler Meat Plants
Broiler sales
sales outlets outlets

Meat Products
Sales Outlets

Egg Sales Egg Processing

Plants

Egg Product
Sales Outlets

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farming in case broilers have not only taken
away the marketing risk but also risk associated
with quality inputs and veterinary health care
management and paved a way for focus of farmer
on production management and delivering the
goal oriented production performance. Initially
contract farming promoters were very happy
about the assured supply of produce according to
their marketing plans, with passing time a sense
of complacence was noticed among the broiler
farmers leading to higher feed consumption,
lesser body weights, lesser feed efficiency
than the industry standards thus putting a
pressure on bottom lines of the contract farming
promoting companies. In order to bring back
efficient production standards contract farming
promoters initiated additional payments
for exceeding the production standards and
deductions if farmers fail to achieve minimum
prescribed standards. Thus a successful contract
farming model could stabilize the broiler farming
in the country.
On lines with broiler contract farming model,
other livestock farming activities needs to be
covered under contract farming arrangements
as it ensures a win-win situation for farmers as
well as consumers, which is key to stimulate
further demand for various livestock products.
The Model Agriculture Produce and livestock
contract farming and services (Promotion and
Facilitation) Act, 2018 is likely to give trust to
contract farming.
7.4 Advanced technology
i. Sexed semen
Use of sexed semen is prevalent practice
in developed countries and US is leading
technology provider in this area. Passing
semen through high pressure device and
subjecting resultant droplets to electro-
magnetic forces deflects and separates
X and Y chromosomes owing to their
difference in DNA configuration. AI with
sexed semen having X chromosome
leads to producing of female claves with
90% accuracy. GoI has introduced pilot
project for using sexed semen. BAIF
and NDDB are also working in this area.
The Climate Smart Livestock farming
also emphasis on reduction of methane
production from cattle and buffaloes. The
use of sexed semen leads to reduction in
male population and associated costs
of farmer and also subscribes to Climate
Smart Livestock farming. Once the issue
of prohibitive cost of sexed semen is
resolved, it ushers in another revolution
and expands financing potentials under
dairy sector.
ii. Technology leveraging
Information Technology together with
Mobile Applications and Internet of
Things brought several services into the
fold of digitization while ensuring ease of
operations, timely supply with affordable
cost. In agriculture field also whether
information services, crop advisory
services are good examples of leveraging
technology for improved crop husbandry.
Livestock sector also offers scope for
mobile based applications. Taxi Services
aggregating model can be tried with
delivering AI services at door step of farmers
in time leading to increased conception
rate and reduced breeding service cost.
This becomes more relevant to use of sexed
semen in AI. Delivery of other veterinary
services through para veterinarians also
offers a scope for technology induction.
iii. NBARD Chair units
In order to encourage empirical and
applied research in areas related to
agriculture and rural development,
NABARD supports the setting up of Chair
Units at reputed agricultural universities,
research institutions, business schools,
etc. Presently 08 NABARD Chair Units are
operational. Out of these, three units
were established in reputed institutions
of agriculture and allied sectors viz.,
i) National Dairy Research Institute,
Bengaluru; ii) Acharya N.G.Ranga
Agriculture University, Guntur; and iii)
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar.
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These chair units are expected to
undertake field research on areas related
agriculture and allied sectors for providing
policy inputs and betterment of the
sectors through advanced technological
applications.

7.5 Recent initiatives of NABARD

In order to help development of agricultural
entrepreneurship by supporting startups and
enterprises attempting to commercialize
innovations, NABARD has been establishing
Agri Business Incubation Centres with grant
support. It is planned to setup five Agri Business
Incubation Centres in different regions of the
country. During the current year 2017-18, two
such centres have been sanctioned. One centre
at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural
University, Hisar and the second centre at Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University, at Madurai with
a financial commitment of ` 11.75 crore and
` 12.24 crore respectively.

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8. Livestock Sector – An
overview from Climate
Change Perspective
8.1 Climate change and Livestock

8.2 Green House Gas inventory and emissions

8.3 GHG Emissions - India

8.4 Sources and Processes Contribution to GHG

8.5 Impacts of climate change on Animal Husbandry

8.6 Mitigation

8.7 Adaptation

8.8 National Action Plan on Climate Change:

8.9 Climate finance

8.10 Role of NABARD

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Global concerns on climate change impact
include livestock sector and it is found to be
major contributor to Green House Gas emissions
under agriculture sector. The issues related
to climate change and need for climate smart
livestock farming are presented in this chapter.
8.1 Climate change and Livestock
Globally, one third of the population is dependent
upon farming as a source of livelihood of which
about 60% own livestock. Further, livestock
sector is a rapidly growing sector contributing
to almost 40% of the global agricultural GDP
and hence a key to food security in all regions.
The demand for livestock products viz, milk,
meat & egg are growing globally especially in
the developing countries because of population
growth, urbanisation, increase in income /
purchasing power, shift in diet pattern etc. The
global production of meat is expected to double
from 229 MMT in 2001 to 445 MMT by 2050 and
the milk production from 580 MMT to 1043 MMT
(FAO, 2006).
India ranks first in the world in total livestock
population. India’s livestock population
density is among the highest in the world
and it contributes to Agri GDP substantially.
Livestock is an asset for the rural poor especially
the landless, small and marginal farmers
and women. Climate change has far reaching
consequences on the Livestock (e.g. heat
distress due to increase in temperature will
affect the growth and productivity, lack of water
/ water scarcity results in scanty feed resources
which also leads to decrease in production and
food insecurity) and therefore, any impact and
effect of climate change on livestock & poultry
would be severe on the poor and vulnerable
who lack sufficient resources for adapting to the
climate change.
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Climate change is likely to remain as a
continuous phenomenon. As per the Inter
Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
the global average surface temperature is
projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.80C over the
period 1990 to 2100 and increase of 1.5 to 2.50C
may cause 20 to 30% of the plant and animals
species under threat of extinction which may
lead to Food Security issues especially in the
developing countries.
8.2 Green House Gas inventory
and emissions
As per FAO estimates, GHG emissions from
agriculture (crops and livestock), forestry and
other land uses (AFOLU) amount to 21 percent
of total global GHG emissions (FAO 2016a). The
main sources are:
• Release of Carbon dioxide (CO2) from
forests when they are converted to
fields and pastures, cleared for logging,
or degraded due to unsustainable
management;
• Methane (CH4) from (enteric) fermentation
in the digestive tracts of ruminant livestock;
• CH4 from flooded paddy rice fields; and
• Nitrous oxide (N2O) from fertilizer and
manure use and leguminous plants
and trees.
Livestock sector contributes to 18% of the total
GHG emissions. The GHG emissions from the
livestock sector supply chains are is estimated
at 7.1 gigatonnes CO2-eq per annum for 2005
reference period of which the share of methane,
nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide are 44%
(3.1 gigatonnes), 29% (2 gigatonnes) & 27% (2
gigatonnes) respectively (Gerber et al., 2013).
Cattle are the largest contributor of sector’s
GHG emissions followed by pigs, buffaloes,
chicken and small ruminants. The species-wise Table 12: Different livestock species contribution to Global Green House gas
contribution of GHG emissions are given in emissions
Table 12. S. Species Emissions % to Sector
No. (Gigatonnes CO2-eq.) emissions
Since cattle are the largest contributor of GHG
1 Cattle 4.63 65%
emissions, commodity-wise, the beef and milk
a   Beef Cattle 2.50 35%
products contribute more to the GHG emissions.
b   Dairy Cattle 2.13 30%
The commodity-wise contribution of GHG
2 Buffaloes 0.62 9%
emissions are depicted in Table 13.
3 Pigs 0.67 9%
4 Small Ruminants 0.47 7%
Supply chain levels:
5 Chicken 0.61 9%
Based on the category of emissions across
various levels of Livestock sector supply chains, 6 Other Poultry 0.07 1%
production, processing and transportation of Total 7.10 100%
feed contributes the largest (45%), followed by (Source: Gerber et al., 2013)
enteric fermentation (40%), manure storage and
processing (10%) and energy consumption across Table 13: Livestock commodity wise Green House Gas Emissions
entire supply chain. Based on the production
activities, feed production contributes the S. Commodity Emissions % to Sector
largest (3.3 gigatonnes of CO2-eq) followed by No. (Gigatonnes CO2-eq.) emissions
livestock production (3.5 gigatonnes) and post- 1 Beef 2.9 41%
farm transport and processing (0.2 gigatonnes) 2 Cow Milk 1.4 20%
(Gerber et al, 2013) 3 Pig meat 0.7 10%
4 Buffalo milk and meat 0.6 8%
8.3 GHG Emissions - India 5 Chicken meat& eggs 0.6 8%
The total GHG emissions in 2010 by the Energy, 6 Small Ruminants milk 0.4 6%
Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), and meat
Agriculture and waste sectors (excluding Land 7 Other poultry species and 0.5 7%
use, Land-Use Change and Forestry - LULUCF) non-edible products
were 21,36,841 Gg CO2-eq. The LULUCF was net Total 7.1 100%
sink in 2010 (-2,52,531 Gg CO2-eq) and with the
(Source: Gerber et al., 2013)
inclusion of LULUCF, the net emissions in 2010
were 18,84,309 Gg CO2-eq which was far lower
than GHG emissions of China, USA, and the EU. Table 14: The subsector-wise Green House Gas emissions under Agriculture sector
India’s per capita GHG emission in 2010 was
S. Sub-sectors Emission
1.56 metric tonnes CO2-eq which was less than
No. (Gg CO2-eq.)
one-third of the world’s per capita emissions
1 Enteric fermentation in livestock 2,27,034
(MOEF&CC, 2015). The share of CO2, CH4, N2O
2 Manure management 2,768
and halogenated gases to total GHG emissions
3 Rice cultivation 71,368
were 73.68%, 19.3%, 5.3% and 1.7% respectively.
4 Agricultural soils 81,081
5 Field burning of crop residue 7,915
The Agriculture sector emitted 3,90,165 Gg
Total 3,90,165
CO2-eq GHG emissions (18%) as compared to
the total emissions of 21,36,841 Gg CO2-eq. (Source: MOEF&CC, 2015)
The GHG which contribute to this emission
are methane (306868 Gg CO2-eq) and nitrous
oxide (83297 Gg CO2-eq). The major sources are application of fertilizers to the agricultural soils.
Enteric Fermentation, Manure management, rice The sub-sectors of agriculture that contributed
cultivation and field burning of crop residue. to GHG emission are given in Table 14 from which
it can be observed that the livestock sector
Methane (CH4) emission occurs mainly from contributed to almost 59% of the GHG emissions
this sector due to livestock rearing (enteric from agriculture of which the major source of
fermentation and manure management) and GHG is enteric fermentation (98%) followed by
rice cultivation. N2O is also emitted, due to manure management (2%).

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8.4 Sources and Processes
Contribution to GHG
a. Enteric fermentation
Ruminant animals produce methane as a
part / byproduct of their digestive process
which converts the carbohydrate molecules
into simpler molecules. The feed which has
lower digestibility and lesser concentrates
can cause higher GHG emission per unit of
ingested energy.
b. Manure storage and processing
Methane is released from the anaerobic
decomposition of organic matter while
nitrogen is mostly released into the
atmosphere in the form of ammonia during
manure storage and processing.
c. Production, processing and
transportation of feed:
The CO2 emission arises from the use of
fossil fuel for production of fertiliser and
transport of feed whereas the N2O emission
arises from the application of nitrogenous
fertilizers (both organic and synthetic) for
production of feed.
8.5 Impacts of climate change on
Animal Husbandry
The climate change affects livestock production
in multiple ways, both directly and indirectly.
The most important impacts are experienced
in animal productivity, yield of forages and feed
crops, animal health and biodiversity.
Variability in rainfall: The impact on animals
comprises of shortages in drinking and servicing
water, diseases due to increase in pathogens,
parasites and vectors and change in distribution
and transmission of new diseases. The impact
on forage and feed crops is decreased yields,
decreased forage quality, changes in pasture
composition and changes in production system
(e.g. from mixed crop-livestock to rangelands).
The impact on labour force and capital can be
altered human health and resources allocation
to livestock, decreased productivity, migrations
and conflicts.
Temperature: The impact of temperature can
be two-fold. One is in animals, which comprises
of heat stress, decreased feed intake and
livestock yield, decreased conception rates,
altered metabolism and increased mortality,
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diseases distribution and transmission through
pathogens, parasites and vectors, decreased
resistance of livestock, new diseases, emerging
and re-emerging infections and domestic
biodiversity losses. The same on forages and
feed crops reported to be decreased yields,
decreased forage quality and change in pasture
composition.
8.6 Mitigation:
Mitigation activities are designed to reduce the
sources and enhance the sinks of greenhouse
gases in order to limit the negative effects of
climate change.
a. Managemental Strategies
Some of the Managemental strategies for
mitigation of enteric methane emission
(Sejian V, 2012) are
Reducing the livestock numbers:
i) 
The option may not be suitable
for those countries which depend
largely / solely on the livestock for
their national economic income. The
application of biotechnological aid
can meet out the loss of reduction
in animal numbers, for example,
the use of recombinant bST (Bovine
Somatotropin) leads to an increase in
milk production up to 10 to 20%. The
adoption of semen sexing technology
for 25 percent of the dairy cows in
India was estimated to reduce male
calf numbers by 9 percent (Gerber
et al., 2013) which could potentially
result in reduction in Emission
Intensity.
Animal Breeding with Low Methane
ii) 
Emissions: There are differences
between the individual animals in the
quantity of CH4 they emit per unit of
dry matter intake. Therefore, genetic
selection of animals that consume
less feed or produce less CH4 per
unit of feed is one of the mitigation
strategies.
Increasing the efficiency of
iii) 
livestock production: Improvement
in efficiency of ruminant animal
production will generally lead to a
reduction of methane emitted per
 unit of product. This can be achieved
through genetic selection of animals
for increasing the productivity and
nutritional manipulation.
Grazing Management: Improving the
iv) 
quality of pastures and implementing
proper grazing management practices
will increase the animal productivity
and lower CH4 per unit of product.
CH4 production in ruminants increase
with the maturity of forage fed and
the yield from ruminal fermentation
of legume forages is lower than from
grass forages. Shifting the animals
from grass species to legume species
tend to decrease the enteric emission.
b Nutritional Strategies:
i) Dietary Manipulation: The practices
which increase the digestibility of the
ligno-cellulose feeds results in lower
methanogenesis. e.g. treatment
of straw with urea, inclusion of
UMMB lick etc. Further, inclusion of
green maize, berseem in the ration
and increase in concentrate level
in the diet also results in reduced
methanogenesis. The mitigation
effect of improved feeding in India
amounts to 85 million tonnes of CO2
eq- which corresponds to almost 71%
of the total mitigation effect for South
Asia (Gerber et al., 2013)
ii) Other Strategies:
• Development of vaccine
containing antigen derived from
methanogenic bacteria and
an immunogenic preparation
which reduces the activity of
rumen protozoa.
• Better waste management
• Lowering LS production &
Consumption: It is a short-
term response and may not a
feasible considering the change
in consumption pattern towards
the products rich in protein such
as meat, milk, egg and fish.
8.7 Adaptation:
Adaptation includes all activities that help people
and ecosystems reduce their vulnerability to the
adverse impacts of climate change and minimize
the costs of natural disasters.

The adaptation options available for livestock production are:

Animals
• Water management (e.g. boreholes)
• Breed on resistance to drought, heat and
harsh environments
• Shifts in species, breeds and/ or
production system (e.g. small ruminants,
poultry)
• Disease control and animal health
• Cooling (indoor systems) or provide
shade) trees.
Source : FAO,2016b
Forages and feed crops
• Irrigation
• Purchase feed, supplementation
• Breed feed crops and forages for
water use efficiency and for resistance to
drought, salinity and waterlogging
• Grazing management
• Changes in cropping calendar
• Agroforestry
• Increase mobility for resources
Labour force and capital
• On- and off-farm diversification
• Insurances
• Reconversion (in the context of national/
regional production zoning)
• Institutional changes (e.g. trade,
conflict resolution, income stabilization
programmes

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Globally, the dominant livestock production
systems are land based systems, mixed system
and non-land based systems. The climate
smart options vary according to the type of
production systems and the options can be
clear cut synergies between the adaptation
and mitigation or mitigation options only or
adaptation options only.
8.8 National Action Plan on
Climate Change:
The National Action Plan on Climate Change
(NAPCC) was launched in India in the year 2008.
There are eight National Missions including the
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture,
form the core of the NAPCC, representing “multi-
pronged, long-term and integrated strategies
for achieving key goals in the context of climate
change”. After the National Action Plan on
Climate Change (NAPCC) was announced, all
States are preparing their State level Action Plan
to deal with the challenges of climate change.
The National Initiative on Climate Resilient
Agriculture (NICRA) is a network project of
the Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of
India launched during February, 2011 with the
following objectives:
• To enhance the resilience of Indian
agriculture covering crops, livestock
and fisheries to climatic variability and
climate change through development and
application of improved production and
risk management technologies
• To demonstrate site specific technology
packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to
current climate risks and
• To enhance the capacity building of
scientists and other stakeholders in
climate resilient agricultural research and
its application (http://www.nicra-icar.in).
The key feature pertaining to animal husbandry
under NICRA is giving Special attention to
documentation of adaptive traits in indigenous
breeds. Under technology demonstration
component of NICRA being implemented in
121 vulnerable districts of the country through
121 KVKs spread across 28 States and 1 UT,
interventions on livestock sector involves
utilizing common pool resources (CPRs) for
fodder production during weather aberrations,
augmentation of fodder availability during lean
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periods, improved feed and fodder storage
methods, prophylaxis measures for prevention
of endemic diseases, improved shelters for
reducing thermal stress in livestock, improved
stress tolerant animal and poultry breeds and
promotion of improved breeds of livestock as
adaptation strategy (Srinivasa Rao et al., 2016).
The KVK team in 121 districts of the country
has carried out a detailed exercise on the
needs of the village, the climatic vulnerability
(drought/floods/heat wave/frost/cyclone) and
the available technology options from the
concerned Zonal Agricultural Research Stations
of the SAU. Further, the district level contingent
strategies for feed and fodder availability, health
and disease management and drinking water in
the event of cyclone, flood, drought and heat
wave and cold wave are also being prepared
which are available at the website of NICRA
(http://www.nicra-icar.in/nicrarevised/index.
php/state-wise-plan).
8.9 Climate finance
Climate Finance refers to all financial flows,
regardless of origin, that help to achieve the
climate change adaptation and mitigation
objectives. Climate finance consists of national,
bi-lateral, multi-lateral climate specific funds.
Among those support climate smart investments
in agriculture are i) Green Climate Fund, ii)
Global Environment Facility iii) Least Developed
Countries Fund, iv) Special Climate Change
Fund, v) Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, vi)
Adaptation Fund, vii) Bio-Carbon Fund and viii)
Amazon Fund
The climate smart agriculture needs blended
finance i.e. use of scarce public resources to
crowd-in the private capital. PPPs can play
a crucial role in facilitating and accelerating
financial investment in climate smart portfolios.
These PPPs can act as climate-smart investment
facilitators and play an essential role in mapping
out existing national, regional, and international
climate smart initiatives that require large sums
of capital and clustering them into portfolios for
investors seeking to invest in social, economic
and environmentally sustainable initiatives.
Another way is to structure the PPPs as
climate-smart incubators. They could serve as
aggregators of farmers and MSMEs and provide
brokering services nationally by identifying
smaller climate smart projects and clustering
them into CSA portfolios to which FIs can then
link (World Bank, 2016).
8.10 Role of NABARD:
NABARD is the National Implementing Entity
and Direct Access Entity (DAE) for the Adaptation
Fund and Green Climate Fund respectively.
Further, MoEF&CC, GoI has designated NABARD
as NIE for the National Adaptation Fund. Further,
NABARD promotes the Climate Smart Agriculture
through its ongoing funding mechanisms
such as Watershed Development Fund, Tribal
Development Fund, UPNRM etc. (NABARD,
2017). The major interventions in the Animal
Husbandry sector supported under National
Adaptation Fund for Climate Change are:
i) “Towards Climate Resilient Livestock
Production System in Punjab” - The project
would focus on 3,000 number of small and
marginal farmers in Ludhiana, Bhatinda
and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab. The
scope of the project include a) The
indigenous animals gene pool would be
improved by the AI of the germ plasm of
Crossbreeds, b) Fixed time AI to alleviate
the problem of cessation of ovarian activity
during summer, c) A disease forecasting
system would be developed in line with the
National Animal Diseases Referral Expert
System (NADRES), d) Designing weather
linked insurance product and e) Biogas
digesters and bottling plants.
ii) “Climate Resilient Interventions in
Dairy Sector in Coastal and Arid Areas
in Andhra Pradesh”- The project would
benefit 5000 small and marginal farmers
and 25 unemployed youth (as potential
entrepreneurs). The impact of project
includes:
• Improved climate regulation
for cattle through
development of 6 climate
resilient cattle hostels,
2 per district in each of
the 3 selected project
districts.
• I m p r o v e d
sustainability through
the construction of
underground water
storage tanks and rain water
harvesting structures, biogas
units, solar pumps, biogas powered
milk chilling units, and a cow urine
processing unit.
• Agro advisory to farmers through the
installation of 6 automatic weather
stations and maintenance of data on
livestock productivity on daily basis.
• Establishment of fodder production
facility, community-based fodder
banks, production and marketing of
crop residue bales, etc.
• Artificial Insemination (AI) of 3,000
nos. of pure indigenous variety of
cattle (Sahiwal/Ongole) to promote
climate hardy gene pool of cattle.
• Training of about 1,000 state
government officials and 2,500
farmers on impacts of climate change
on dairy sector.
• Development of 23 numbers of cattle
sheds for breeding and maintenance
of cattle.
iii) “Conservation and Management of
Indigenous Varieties of Livestock (Cattle
and Sheep) in the wake of Climate Change
in Karnataka” - The activities of the project
include a) Establishment of 3 units of Rain
Water Harvesting plant per farm having
capacity of 10,000 liters each, b) Setting up
of 3 numbers of vermi-composting Units, c)
Identification and procurement of 624 nos.
of pure sheep breeds including 200 females
(ewe) / farm and 8 males (ram) /farm
and d) Promotion of renewable energy
through the installation of 3 solar units of
10 KW each.
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finance work in agriculture, Discussion paper.
9. Issues and
suggestions in
Animal Husbandry
Sector

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Major challenges of animal husbandry sectors
are breed improvement while preserving
diverse genetic resources, shortage of feed and
fodder, effective control of animal diseases and
dissemination of technology, skills and quality
services to farmers for improving productivity,
which need to be addressed on priority basis.
Further, improving the access of small livestock
holders to efficient markets is necessary for fast
tracking growth of the livestock sector. Detailed
account of the issues along with suggestions are
given here under:
1. Declining bovine population with
increasing milk and meat production
ushers in paradigm shift in productivity
enhancement. Further focussed attention
and continuous efforts are needed in
this direction. Declining sheep and goat
population is major cause of concern as
they are going to emerge as a major source
of meat producing animals. Special policy
focus is needed for putting back sheep
and goat population on growth path and
to ensure sustainable meat production in
future.
2. Transformation of dairy husbandry into
main occupation and substantial value of
output of manure together with increasing
demand for organic agriculture needs a
special development framework. Clean
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biogas option addresses a problem of
methane emissions from manure while
slurry from biogas plants provide organic
input to crop husbandry.
3. Keeping in view the equitable distribution
of livestock resources and the fact that
contribution of livestock to farmer income
is significantly increasing with the decline
in farm size, there is a need for supporting
allied activities to improve cash flow of
small and marginal farmers and it can play
a major role in our efforts for doubling of
the farmers income by 2022.
4. Productivity across various livestock
species is a major issue especially in
case of dairy animals. Field progeny
testing programme offers excellent scope
for enhancement of productivity of
milch animals. Incentives may be made
available to milk unions, farmer producer
organizations, etc., for implementing such
programmes.
5. India has a broad spectrum of native breeds
of cattle, buffalo, goats, sheep, swine,
equine, camel and poultry with merits
of adoptability to climate and nutrition,
and resistance to diseases and stress.
Populations of most of these breeds have
alarmingly gone down due to comparative
 preferences for high producing exotic
breeds. This calls for an immediate action
for systematic conservation, genetic
improvement and sustainable utilization of
indigenous livestock breeds.
6. Poor coverage of breedable bovine
population, inadequate supply of AI doses
found to be stumbling blocks in increasing
the productivity of milch animals.
There is an urgent need for expanding
existing breeding farm capacities or for
establishment of new breeding farms
along with corresponding strengthening
of semen production stations and its
delivery mechanism. Special attention
is needed in states where the AI services
are highly deficit. Such deficit states may
avail the assistance available under Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
and NIDA.
7. Small ruminants provide much needed
livelihood support to the landless and
weaker sections and hold considerable
potential for commercialization. A stable
sheep population in the last two decades
produced around 43 million kg wool
annually, of which only 10% is of fine
quality. Goat population grew faster than
any other species of livestock and has been
a major source of meat. Therefore, there is
need to strengthen the existing breeding
farms of small ruminants for ensuring the
availability of good breeding stock at field
level to support the scientific rearing with
high quality feed and fodder and other
inputs.
8. Credit flow to small ruminant sub sector
remained as a constraint and innovative
credit products promoted by NABARD viz.,
SHGs, JLGs and FPOs may be roped in by
banks for expanding the credit for rearing
of small ruminants.
9. Deficiency of feed and fodder results in low
productivity. There is a need to promote
the private investment for augmenting feed
and fodder resources through technologies
like hydroponics, cultivation of improved
varieties, silage making, enrichment of
crop residues by alkali treatment etc.
10. Conservation of forest grasses, especially
in rainy and winter seasons, by making
hay to meet the demand during summer
seasons.
11. The fodder seed production is only 25% of
requirement. The state fodder seed farms
must augment the supply of fodder seed of
improved varieties.
12. Shrinking and degrading pastures coupled
with severe short supply of green fodders
during summer season needs to be
addressed. Common Property resources
may be used by milk unions for establishing
silvipasture system.
13. Frequent outbreaks of diseases like FMD,
BQ, PPR, Brucellosis, Swine fever and
Avian Influenza etc. continue to reduce
productivity and production. However, the
available veterinary support in terms of
infrastructure (for hospitals) is qualitatively
insufficient. Moreover, most of the existing
dispensary and hospital buildings are
very old and in dilapidated condition.
Therefore, modernization of such physical
infrastructure may be planned by State
Governments Financial assistance is
available from NABARD under RIDF and
NIDA.
14. Disease diagnosis, reporting, epidemiology,
surveillance and forecasting mechanisms
are to be strengthened. Several diagnostic
kits required for disease surveillance and
monitoring are imported at a huge cost. The
limited diagnostics available in the country
are produced by few laboratories and are
not of desired quality. Managing livestock
diseases through prophylactic controls
with strong laboratory diagnostic system
is the option before all the concerned
stakeholders.
15. Microbial contamination, antibiotic
residues and adulteration in milk, meat
and animal feed is rampant. Quality control
setup for veterinary drugs and vaccines is to
be strengthened. There is a need to establish
food testing laboratories duly accredited by
the Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI) to check adulteration.
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16. Although, major concentration of pigs
is in NE and eastern states, it is not able
to meet the pork requirement of NE
states. Predominantly non-descript pig
populations there have poor productivity.
High cost of concentrate feed, non
availability of swine fever vaccine and
quality germplasm, lack of organized
slaughter and market facilities have been
the major constraints. The opportunities
available under NLM have to be made use
for proper development of piggery in NE
states.
17. Indian poultry industry is well equipped
and organized to achieve target growth
rate of 11% for commercial broilers and
7% for layers although it failed to diversify
in favour of duck, quail and turkey
production. Strategic diversification efforts
are need of the hour. Further, rural poultry
sector needs financial, infrastructure and
technological support to raise its share in
total poultry production.
18. Rearing of desi birds on scientific lines also
made a beginning. Few private hatcheries
are supplying improved desi broiler as well
layers. Adequate awareness is necessary
to capture potential under rural poultry
production by rearing desi improved birds.
19. Organized slaughtering facilities are
inadequate. Strategic investments are
needed for exploiting the full potential
under meat sector
20. Apart from meat, inedible offal’s and
animal wastes from the meat plant have
large export potential as they can be used
as valuable proteins/materials. There is
also huge demand of Indian ethnic meat
products in the international market.
However, lack of international processing
standards is the hindrance.
21. Lack of access to organized markets and
meagre profits distract farmers from
investing into improved technologies
and quality inputs. Informal market
intermediaries often exploit the producers.
Activity specific Farmer Producer
Organizations may be formed on the lines
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of milk cooperatives for acting aggregators
and to participate in modern electronic
marketing infrastructure being created by
GoI and State Governments.
22. Inspite of large number of centrally
sponsored schemes along with
participation of states, Livestock sector
receives lesser budgetary allocation for
supporting capital formation. During last
4-5 years there is a considerable increase
in term credit flow reflecting increase in
private investment in agriculture sector.
However, overall capital formation in
terms of % Agri GVA is declining. This
holds good in case of animal Husbandry
sector also. State Govt. may enhance their
budgetary provision for capital formation
in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
sector to give further stimuli to private
investments.
23. Livestock insurance provided by the
public sector insurance companies could
cover only about 6% of the animal heads
(excluding poultry). Cooperatives and
agribusiness firms (in case of contract
farming) should facilitate provision of
insurance cover by providing premium
on behalf of the farmers, which may be
recovered in instalments or lump sum
from their sale proceeds. Innovative and
acceptable insurance models may be
designed to evolve a suitable scheme for
various species/states.
24. Livestock extension services needs
improvement. The extension format,
methodology and set-up established for
agriculture is inadequate to cater to the
needs of the livestock sector. Consequently,
only 5% of the farm households were
able to access any information on animal
husbandry against 40% for crop farming.
Therefore strengthening of livestock
extension services either under private or
public sector has to be attempted.
25. The major challenges in export of livestock
products are much lower yields (milk or
meat), quality issues with small size of
animal holding, huge domestic demand
with growing incomes and sporadic
outbreaks of FMD leading to disease
perception. Further, high import tariffs
together with high export subsidies of
developed countries are some of the
concerns. Large share of buffaloe milk
and international demand for cow milk
based products is also standing in the way
of milk products export. Further, physical
infrastructure and logistics remain key
concern for livestock products’ export.
Creation of modern livestock based food
processing plants, cold chain infrastructure
along the value chain, improved packaging,
building of the market channels and brand
building must be focus for promoting the
exports of milk and meat products.
26. Least technology adoption, failure to tap
value chain potentials, limited contract
farming operations are some of the
challenges for livestock sector. Use of sexed
semen for rapid improvement of dairy
animal productivity, value chain approach
and contract farming system may be
adopted for small ruminant and pig farming
for ensuring faster growth of these sectors.
27. Climate change has become major threat
and impacting livestock productivity and
also food security of most vulnerable
rural population. Climate Smart Livestock
farming must be on the top of the agenda for
future initiatives on livestock development.
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 Annexure I
State wise Livestock Population as per 19 Livestock Census (2012)
th

(Figs. In thousand)
S. Name of the States/ Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goats Pigs others Total Total
No. Uts livestock Poultry
1 Andhra Pradesh 4562 6429 13521 4395 142 14 29063 92175
2 Arunachal Pradesh 464 6 14 306 356 267 1413 2244
3 Assam 10308 435 518 6169 1636 16 19082 27216
4 Bihar 12232 7567 232 12154 650 104 32939 12748
5 Chhatisgarh 9815 1391 168 3225 439 6 15044 23102
6 Goa 58 32 0 13 44 0 147 292
7 Gujarat 9984 10386 1708 4959 4 87 27128 15006
8 Haryana 1808 6085 363 369 127 68 8820 42821
9 Himachal Pradesh 2149 716 805 1120 5 49 4844 1104
10 Jammu &Kashmir 2798 739 3389 2018 2 253 9199 8274
11 Jharkhand 8730 1186 583 6582 962 10 18053 13560
12 Karnataka 9516 3471 9584 4796 305 30 27702 53442
13 Kerala 1329 102 1 1246 56 1 2735 24282
14 Madhya Pradesh 19602 8188 309 8014 175 44 36332 11905
15 Maharashtra 15484 5594 2580 8435 326 70 32489 77795
16 Manipur 264 66 11 65 277 11 694 2500
17 Meghalaya 896 22 20 473 543 4 1958 3400
18 Mizoram 35 5 1 22 245 4 312 1271
19 Nagaland 235 33 4 99 504 36 911 2178
20 Odisha 11621 726 1581 6513 280 11 20732 19891
21 Punjab 2428 5160 129 327 32 42 8118 16794
22 Rajasthan 13324 12976 9080 21666 238 448 57732 8024
23 Sikkim 140 1 3 113 30 4 291 452
24 Tamil Nadu 8814 780 4787 8143 184 14 22722 117349
25 Telangana 5034 4194 12875 4676 252 5 27036 69159
26 Tripura 949 11 3 611 363 0 1937 4273
27 Uttar Pradesh 19557 30625 1354 15586 1335 260 68717 18668
28 Uttarakhand 2006 988 369 1367 20 45 4795 4642
29 West Bengal 16514 597 1076 11506 648 7 30348 52838
30 A & N Island 46 8 0 65 36 0 155 1165
31 Chandigarh 9 14 0 1 0 0 24 109
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 42 4 0 4 0 0 50 86
33 Daman & Diu 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 28
34 Delhi 86 162 1 31 76 4 360 44
35 Lakshadweep 3 0 0 47 0 0 50 165
36 Puducherry 60 2 2 55 1 0 120 209
TOTAL 190904 108701 65071 135173 10293 1914 512056 729211

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure II
Estimates of State wise Milk Production during 2012-13 to 2016-17
In 000 tonnes
S. States/UTs 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
No.
1 Andhra Pr. 12761.65 13007.08 9656.15 10816.99 12177.94
2 Arunachal Pradesh 22.72 43.35 46.07 50.13 52.53
3 Assam 799.67 814.52 829.47 843.46 861.27
4 Bihar 6844.84 7197.06 7774.89 8288.42 8711.07
5 Chhattisgarh 1164.05 1208.61 1231.57 1277.32 1373.55
6 Goa 61.24 67.81 66.60 54.34 51.36
7 Gujarat 10314.63 11112.18 11690.57 12262.35 12784.12
8 Haryana 7040.24 7441.67 7901.35 8381.33 8974.75
9 Himachal Pr. 1138.60 1150.81 1172.16 1282.86 1329.11
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1630.56 1614.67 1950.93 2273.35 2376.09
11 Jharkhand 1679.00 1699.83 1733.72 1812.38 1893.80
12 Karnataka 8718.22 5997.03 6120.93 6344.01 6562.15
13 Kerala 2790.58 2654.70 2711.13 2649.82 2520.34
14 Madhya Pradesh 8837.79 9599.20 10779.07 12148.37 13445.32
15 Maharashtra 8733.69 9089.03 9542.29 10152.61 10402.15
16 Manipur 80.03 81.70 82.17 78.97 78.82
17 Meghalaya 80.52 82.16 82.96 83.95 83.96
18 Mizoram 13.63 15.30 20.49 22.00 24.16
19 Nagaland 78.66 80.61 75.69 77.00 79.37
20 Odisha 1724.40 1861.19 1903.14 1930.47 2003.42
21 Punjab 9724.34 10011.10 10351.41 10774.20 11282.06
22 Rajasthan 13945.92 14573.05 16934.31 18500.08 19357.40
23 Sikkim 42.24 45.99 49.99 66.74 54.35
24 Tamilnadu 7004.73 7049.19 7132.47 7243.53 7556.35
25 Telangana 0.00 0.00 4207.26 4442.45 4681.09
26 Tripura 118.04 129.70 141.23 152.23 159.59
27 Uttar Pradesh 23329.55 24193.90 25198.36 26386.81 27551.22
28 Uttarakhand 1478.38 1550.15 1565.35 1655.81 1692.42
29 West Bengal 4859.23 4906.21 4961.00 5038.47 5182.60
30 Andamand & Nicobar 21.45 14.21 15.56 15.43 16.14
31 Chandigarh 44.03 44.43 44.00 43.18 36.39
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 11.00 11.00 8.52 8.52 7.50
33 Diu & Damman 1.00 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.62
34 Delhi 286.58 284.31 280.06 280.83 279.11
35 Lakshwadeep 2.21 6.07 4.19 3.25 3.24
36 Pudducherry 47.17 47.25 47.64 48.04 48.31
Total 132430.59 137685.89 146313.52 155490.50 163693.67

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure III
Estimates of State wise Egg Production during 2012-13 to 2016-17
In lakh number
S. States/UTs 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
No.
1 Andhra Pr. 222973.83 227874.76 130958.24 141743.16 158274.36
2 Arunachal Pradesh 438.69 400.02 417.26 427.31 495.21
3 Assam 4709.58 4717.34 4727.94 4740.48 4770.75
4 Bihar 8371.86 9308.19 9844.95 10021.04 11116.68
5 Chhattisgarh 13704.06 14330.3 14731.73 15028.45 16637.69
6 Goa 457.87 59.67 74.52 352.09 292.19
7 Gujarat 14558.39 15550.74 16564.99 17215.92 17940.34
8 Haryana 42342.66 43590.99 45789.8 49133.39 52139.05
9 Himachal Pr. 1069.39 1075.48 1084.34 811.67 958.99
10 Jammu & Kashmir 6715.41 6649.19 4957.63 2309.47 2305.29
11 Jharkhand 4238.95 4444.99 4663.17 4832.84 5103.37
12 Karnataka 36773.33 41300.99 43968.4 47660.42 50671.45
13 Kerala 22375.28 24768.77 25036.11 24424.82 23443.83
14 Madhya Pradesh 8710.78 9671 11775.55 14414.28 16939.63
15 Maharashtra 45661.07 48314.57 50792.31 52858.26 54774.17
16 Manipur 1162.19 1163.81 1129.37 1037.4 992
17 Meghalaya 1028.18 1049.36 1056.99 1063.66 1063.9
18 Mizoram 352.02 362.31 377.33 391.13 408.07
19 Nagaland 617.98 223.34 352.77 464.52 397.35
20 Odisha 23229.84 23609.35 19245 19273 19744.74
21 Punjab 37911.01 43375.57 42642.21 44218.23 47825.57
22 Rajasthan 10334.9 11902.98 13202.01 13852.98 13632.52
23 Sikkim 146 99.35 57.53 101.57 68.49
24 Tamilnadu 119333.55 141235.38 159253.15 161251.99 166823.99
25 Telangana 0 0 106185.33 112058.23 118186.35
26 Tripura 1565.17 1794.28 1979.49 2160.84 2294.26
27 Uttar Pradesh 17073.67 18122.15 20775.69 21928.52 22889.49
28 Uttarakhand 3079.14 3369.74 3697.42 3906.51 4119.12
29 West Bengal 47114.91 47460.12 48135.68 60108.19 65536.49
30 Andamand & Nicobar 741.32 1193.12 861.18 989.1 1032.27
31 Chandigarh 170.27 172.69 169.28 166.66 154.12
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 73 72.99 72.99 72.99 72.99
33 Diu & Damman 20 12.98 19.46 17.83 17.83
34 Delhi 0 0 0 0 0
35 Lakshwadeep 139.99 129.27 125.53 143.91 146.88
36 Pudducherry 112.89 112.95 113.32 113.5 116.34
Total 697307.18 747518.74 784838.67 829294.36 881385.77

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure IV
Estimates of State wise Meat Production during 2012-13 to 2016-17
In 000 Tonnes
S. States/UTs 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
No.
1 Andhra Pr. 906.23 934.75 527.68 566.28 632.51
2 Arunachal Pradesh 17.64 18.04 18.72 19.38 20.47
3 Assam 36.60 38.30 42.58 44.76 46.86
4 Bihar 228.28 292.28 294.33 301.74 326.26
5 Chhattisgarh 33.96 29.13 37.71 41.38 49.15
6 Goa 8.29 5.12 7.85 7.88 7.20
7 Gujarat 34.50 33.18 34.01 33.93 33.33
8 Haryana 347.61 366.61 381.40 402.80 427.48
9 Himachal Pr. 4.00 3.99 4.00 4.01 4.40
10 Jammu & Kashmir 34.07 33.03 44.96 75.08 85.10
11 Jharkhand 44.52 45.45 47.84 50.71 54.73
12 Karnataka 166.06 169.87 181.46 196.60 209.06
13 Kerala 400.99 416.06 445.83 466.04 468.84
14 Madhya Pradesh 42.89 47.67 58.89 69.83 78.64
15 Maharashtra 590.68 604.63 630.62 675.10 845.01
16 Manipur 25.02 25.01 26.56 26.27 27.47
17 Meghalaya 38.52 40.34 41.32 41.13 41.00
18 Mizoram 12.08 12.19 12.56 13.55 14.79
19 Nagaland 70.64 67.48 66.98 35.93 31.37
20 Odisha 140.85 153.72 162.50 164.75 176.52
21 Punjab 212.14 235.03 236.87 249.91 248.64
22 Rajasthan 151.72 174.89 180.59 179.93 180.10
23 Sikkim 3.00 3.00 3.00 5.84 4.40
24 Tamilnadu 462.34 464.51 491.93 544.47 572.84
25 Telangana 0.00 0.00 505.05 542.05 591.04
26 Tripura 31.79 32.39 34.25 37.35 39.69
27 Uttar Pradesh 1136.85 1221.25 1397.19 1417.88 1346.11
28 Uttarakhand 21.57 23.64 26.03 270.60 28.40
29 West Bengal 648.36 648.98 657.17 686.34 705.88
30 Andamand & Nicobar 0.48 1.70 4.76 4.90 5.05
31 Chandigarh 0.88 0.91 1.01 0.98 0.94
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 Diu & Damman 0.21 0.42 0.86 0.52 0.86
34 Delhi 80.91 77.08 69.83 69.81 66.44
35 Lakshwadeep 0.38 0.44 0.43 0.60 0.42
36 Pudducherry 14.02 14.31 14.29 14.61 14.61
Total 5948.17 6235.49 6691.06 7019.96 7385.61

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure V
Estimates of State wise Wool Production during 2012-13 to 2016-17
In 000 kg
S. States/UTs 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
No.
1 Andhra Pr. 5030.50 5036.83 778.23 788.62 791.61

2 Arunachal Pradesh 17.78 21.55 24.23 35.70 58.25

3 Bihar 267.44 270.60 278.41 240.16 280.88

4 Chhattisgarh 106.61 105.94 115.54 90.16 87.29

5 Gujarat 2663.96 2578.06 2577.41 2282.65 2267.32

6 Haryana 1369.96 1390.42 1428.69 702.17 691.22

7 Himachal Pr. 1647.35 1654.98 1663.07 1408.86 1475.00

8 Jammu & Kashmir 7680.61 8709.70 8371.01 6865.65 7265.51

9 Jharkhand 158.89 156.13 160.76 165.82 177.65

10 Karnataka 8019.89 7754.53 8821.44 8191.42 6588.26

11 Madhya Pradesh 442.23 466.34 483.83 442.40 406.22

12 Maharashtra 1502.61 1538.62 1385.78 1389.89 1406.64

13 Punjab 557.73 557.73 460.89 472.69 489.63

14 Rajasthan 14007.18 15026.77 14463.36 13414.61 14321.27

15 Sikkim 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

16 Tamilnadu 1.09 1.83 1.20 1.36 2.08

17 Telangana 0.00 0.00 4422.97 4562.41 4658.12

18 Uttar Pradesh 1456.11 1472.54 1493.71 1264.97 1286.10

19 Uttarakhand 399.88 440.15 468.93 513.33 538.24

20 West Bengal 722.08 725.18 740.40 748.47 753.08

Total 46051.90 47908.90 48139.86 43581.34 43544.37

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure VI
Components that can be financed under the National Livestock Mission, brief guidelines and
pattern of assistance
S. Components Pattern of Assistance
No.
A. Sub-Mission on Livestock Development
1 Entrepreneurship Development & Employment Generation 100% (Back-ended subsidy part only), Subsidy 25%, credit 65%
[Central Sector (CS)] (Unit costs under different sub-components for Above Poverty Line (APL); and subsidy 33.33%, credit 56.67
given below) for BPL / SC / ST in normal areas Subsidy 35%, credit 55% for
APL and subsidy 50%, credit 40% for BPL / SC / ST in North
Easter Region (NER) / Hill areas / Lift Wing-Extremism (LWE)
affected areas Subsidy 45%, credit 45% for APL; and subsidy
60%, cred- it 30 for BPL / SC / ST in difficult areas Beneficiary
Share 10% across all categories
2 Infrastructure Development [Government of India (GOI) farms GOI farms - 100%, State farms - 75%
under CS, other farms under Centrally Sponsored Scheme
(CSS)]
3 Productivity Enhancement [CSS]
a Rural Backyard Poultry Development 75%
b Interventions in the breeding tract of high fecundity breeds 100%
c Research studies and linkages with professional bodies 100%
d Propagation of Artificial Insemination 100%
e Biotechnology centres for fecundity breeds 100%
f Training and orientation of functionaries 100%
g Ram / Buck / Boar shows 100%
h Community led breed improvement programmes 100%
i Cluster based mass de-worming / health cover programmes 100%
j Innovative projects 100%
4 Risk management :Risk Management [CSS] [Premium rates for Central share 25%, State share 25% and Beneficiary share 50%
one year policy in Normal Areas - 3.0%, in NER / Hill areas / LWE for APL, and Central share 40%, State share 30%, and Beneficiary
affected areas - 3.5%, and in difficult areas - 4.0%. Premium share 30% for BPL / SC / ST in Normal Areas Central share 35%, State
rates for three year policy in Normal Areas - 7.5%, in NER / Hill share 25% and Beneficiary share 40% for APL, and Central share
areas / LWE affected areas - 9.0%, and in difficult areas - 10.5 %] 50%, State share 30%, and Beneficiary share 20% for BPL / SC / ST
in NER / Hill areas / LWE affected areas Central share 45%, State
share 25% and Beneficiary share 30% for APL, and Central share
60%, State share 30%, and Beneficiary share 10% for BPL / SC / ST in
Difficult Areas
5 Conservation of Breeds [CSS] 100%
6 Development of Minor Livestock Species [CSS] 100%
7 Utilisation of Fallen Animals [CSS] 75%
8 Rural Slaughterhouses [CSS] 75%
A.1.1 Sub-component - Poultry Venture Capital Fund (PVCF)
i Breeding Farms for Low Input Technology Birds of species At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 7.50 lakh - Varies
other than fowl like turkey, ducks, Japanese quails, emu etc. depending on the species and unit size.
ii Central Grower Units (CGU) – upto 16000 layer chicks per batch. At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 10 lakh for a unit of 16000
layer chicks per batch (three batches a year) - Varies with size.
iii Hybrid Layer (chicken) Units – upto 20000 layers At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2 lakh for 2000 layer unit
- Varies with the size.

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 Annexure VI (continued)
S. Components Pattern of Assistance
No.
iv Hybrid Broiler (chicken) Units – upto 20000 birds. Can be weekly, At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 0.56 lakh for a batch of
fortnightly, monthly, all-in all-out batches. Bird strength at any 1000 broilers - Varies with unit size
point of time should not exceed 20000 birds
v Rearing other species of Poultry (Other than commercial layer At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 5 lakh Varies with the
and broiler chicken) species and unit size
vi Feed Mixing units (FMU) - 1.0 ton per hour Disease Investigation At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 4 lakh
Lab (DIL)
vii Transport Vehicles – open cage At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2 lakh
viii Transport Vehicles – Refrigerated At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 3.75 lakh
ix Retail outlets – Dressing units At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2.50 lakh
x Retail outlets – marketing units At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 3.75 lakh
xi Mobile marketing units At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2.5 lakh
xii Cold storage for poultry products At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 5 lakh
xiii Egg / Broiler Carts At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 3,750/-
xiv Large Processing Units 2000-4000 birds per hour At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 125 lakh
xv Emu Processing units At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 250 lakh
xvi Feather Processing Units/ litter management Varies with unit size
xvii Technology upgradation/ innovations including waste disposal/ Varies with the component. The subsidy ceiling is ` 125 lakh.
incinerators, mini-hatchers, egg vending machines etc. For new/ innovative projects EC may decide the subsidy/ value
cap depending upon the scope and importance of the project.
A.1.2 Sub-component - Integrated Development of Small Ruminants and Rabbits (IDSRR)
i Commercial Units of 10 ewe / does + 1 ram / buck At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 12,500/-
ii Breeding farms with 100 ewe / does + 5 ram / bucks At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2,50,000/-
iii Commercial rabbit (Angora & Broiler) units At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 75,000/-
iv Rabbit (Angora & Broiler) breeding Farms Varies with unit size
A.1.3 Sub-component - Pig Development
i Commercial rearing units (3 sows + 1 Boar) At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 25,000/-
ii Pig Breeding Farms (20 sows + 4 Boars) At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 2,00,000/-
iii Retail Pork Outlets with facility for chilling At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling ` 3,00,000/-
A.1.4 Sub-component - Salvaging of Male Buffalo Calves
i Mini Units: Rearing of male Buffalo calves upto 25 calves. At 25% level subsidy - subsidy ceiling ` 6,250/- per calf. It would
be implemented by the State Governments and subsidy would
be channelized through NABARD. The beneficiary will have
to avail bank loan to a tune of minimum 50% of project cost
minus subsidy and prescribed beneficiary share.
ii Commercial Units: Rearing of male Buffalo calves, more than As above except subsidy ceiling ` 1,50,000/- per 25 calves (at
25 calves upto 200 calves at one location. the rate of ` 6,000/- per calf).
iii Industrial Rearing Units: more than 200 calves upto 2000 At 25% level subsidy - subsidy ceiling ` 6,25,000/- per 200 calves
Buffalo calves at one location. (at the rate of ` 3,125/- per calf). It would be implemented
by the APEDA and subsidy would be channelized through
NABARD. The beneficiary will have to avail bank loan to a tune
of minimum 50% of project cost minus subsidy and prescribed
beneficiary share.

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 Annexure VI (continued)
S. Components Pattern of Assistance
No.
B. Sub-Mission on Pig Development in North-Eastern Region
1 Strengthening of farms [CSS] 90% Central Assistance; 10% State Share Maximum ceiling per
unit – ` 50.00 lakh
2 Import of germplasm [CSS] 90% Central Assistance; 10% State Share
3 Support to breeding programmes [CSS] 90% Central Assistance; 10% State Share
4 Propagation of reproductive technologies [CSS] 90% Central Assistance; 10% State Share
5 Health cover [CSS] 90% Central Assistance; 10% State Share
C. Sub-Mission on Fodder and Feed Development
1 Forage production from Non-forest wasteland /rangeland/ 75% Central Assistance; 25% State Share. Maximum per
grassland /non-arable land (ha) hactare ceiling (total cost) – ` One lakh for common land
requiring treatment, ` 85,000 for common land not requiring
treatment, ` 65,000 for govt farms / Gaushalas, ` 50,000 for
other grasslands in remote areas, and ` 30,000 for individual
farmers.
2 Forage production from Forest Land (ha) 75% Central Assistance, 25% State Share subject to a maximum
assistance of ` 50,000 per hactare
3 Cultivation of coarse grains and dual purpose crops (ha) To be operated under the National Food Security Mission
4 Fodder seed procurement and distribution (MT) 75% Central Assistance, 25% State Share. Rest, States
contribution, of which a part may be charged to the
beneficiaries, as may be decided by the State.
5 Conservation of fodder through post harvest technologies 80.91
(i) Distribution of hand driven chaff cutters (No.) 75% Central Assistance, 25% State Share. Rest beneficiary
share, of which the State may bear a part
(ii) Distribution of power driven chaff cutters (No.) 50%, Rest beneficiary share, of which the State may bear a part.
(iii) Establishment / modernisation of Feed testing laboratories (No.) 75% central assistance, 25% State Share only to Govt agencies,
universities, Cooperatives, subject to a ceiling of ` 200.00 lakh
(iv) Establishment of silage making units (No.) 75% central assistance, 25% state share including the cost of
chaff cutter and the silage pit/tower, subject to the following
ceiling:
• For a unit of more than 25 MT capacity – ` 1,00,000
• For a unit of 10 MT to 25 MT capacity – ` 70,000
• For a unit of upto 10 MT capacity – ` 50,000
Farmers can adopt any other types of silos or smaller units can
be taken up. Cost estimates should be bgiven accordingly. The
assistance includes machinery and related accessories, civil
works, and power connectivity.
(v) Establishment of high capacity Fodder Block Making units (No.) 50% of cost excluding cost of land (Private entrepreneurs),
75% of cost excluding cost of land (Cooperatives, Government
institutions), subject to a ceiling of ` 75.00 lakh as central
assistance, whichever is less.
(vi) Distribution of low capacity, tractor mountable Fodder Block 50% of cost excluding cost of land (Private entrepreneurs),
Making units/ Hay Bailing Machine/ Reaper/Forage Harvester 75% of cost excluding cost of land (Cooperatives, Government
(No.) institutions), subject to a ceiling of ` 10.00 lakh as central
assistance, whichever is less.

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 Annexure VI (continued)
S. Components Pattern of Assistance
No.
(vii) Establishment of Bypass protein/ fat making units (No.) 25% of cost excluding cost of land (Private entrepreneurs),
75% of cost excluding cost of land (Cooperatives, Government
institutions), subject to a ceiling of ` 200.00 lakh as central
assistance, whichever is less.
(viii) Establishment of area specific mineral mixture / feed processing -same as above-
units (No.)
Note : In case of items v to viii cost of land will not be supported by Government of India. In case of private entrepreneurs, the
amount to be given as back-ended subsidy for a project duly appraised by a nationalized bank. In other cases, the remaining
part may be contributed by the State Government
6 Regional fodder stations (No.) 100% central assistance
D. Sub-Mission on Skill Development, Technology Transfer and Extension
1 IEC support for livestock extension 75% central assistance, 25% State Share (As per actuals)
2 Training and capacity building 100% central assistance (As per actuals)
3 Livestock Farmers group 75% central assistance, 25% State Share (As per actuals)
4 Livestock Mela 75% central assistance, 25% State Share Subject to a ceiling
` 1 lakh, ` 2 lakh, and ` 3 lakh for 1 day, 2 days, and 3 days mela
at Block, District, and State levels, respectively.
5 Regional livestock fair 100% central assistance Ceiling of ` 10.00 lakh per fair
6 Farmer’s Field School 75% central assistance, 25% State Share. Approximate unit
cost of ` 30,000/- per farmer’s school
7 Exposure visit of Livestock Extension Facilitator 100% central assistance (As per actuals)
8 Exposure visit of farmers 75% central assistance, 25% State Share (As per actuals)
9 Staff component for livestock extension 100% central assistance (As per actuals)

Source: National Livestock Mission Operational Guidelines (revised as on 27.04.2016), DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure VII
State wise Livestock Breeding infrastructure
S. Name of the No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. No of No. of No. of No. of
No. States/ Uts semen Frozen Cattle Buffaloe Sheep Goat of Pig Poultry Hatceries Duck Rabbit
Production Semen Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding
centres Banks Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms
1 Andhra Pradesh 3 13 3 1 2 0 4 0 8 - -
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 10 0 1 1 10 14 2 - -
3 Assam 1 14 2 2 0 2 18 17 22 5 -
4 Bihar 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 5 3 - -
5 Chhatisgarh 1 5 4 0 0 2 2 8 13 2 1
6 Goa 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 - -
7 Gujarat 5 7 8 3 4 5 0 190 26 - -
8 Haryana 7 14 3 2 1 1 2 0 3 - -
9 Himachal Pradesh 2 7 3 0 5 0 0 11 2 - 2
10 Jammu &Kashmir 2 15 12 2 17 8 0 35 18 1 1
11 Jharkhand 0 1 3 1 2 6 28 5 30 1 -
12 Karnataka 4 2 10 1 5 1 5 56 57 1 3
13 Kerala 3 7 14 3 0 7 6 13 22 1 5
14 Madhya Pradesh 1 8 10 2 3 2 0 15 22 - -
15 Maharashtra 3 33 7 1 6 8 0 16 4 1 -
16 Manipur 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 7 1 -
17 Meghalaya 2 1 4 1 1 1 13 12 7 - 1
18 Mizoram 0 2 11 0 0 1 1 9 11 1 1
19 Nagaland 0 1 10 1 1 2 10 8 2 1 1
20 Odisha 1 1 8 0 1 6 1 8 58 2 -
21 Punjab 3 3 1 1 1 2 4 581 31 - 1
22 Rajasthan 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 - -
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 7 2 - 1
24 Tamil Nadu 6 49 14 7 15 14 10 779 44 2 6
25 Telangana 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 37 - -
26 Tripura 0 3 2 0 2 10 4 16 2 2
27 Uttar Pradesh 3 3 9 3 2 7 6 11 54 - 5
28 Uttarakhand 1 2 4 0 11 2 2 7 7 - -
29 West Bengal 3 22 5 0 4 5 5 44 125 5 2
30 A & N Island - - 1 1 8 6 9 15 8 -
31 Chandigarh - - - - - - - - - - -
32 Dadra & Nagar - - - - - - - - - - -
Haveli
33 Daman & Diu - - - - - - - - - - -
34 Delhi - - - - - - - - - - -
35 Lakshadweep - - 2 - - 1 4 10 - -
36 Puducherry - 1 - - - - - 6 1 - -
TOTAL 60 229 169 36 83 100 154 1879 662 34 32

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure VIII
State wise Artificial Insemination infrastructure
(As on 31.03.2017)
S. Name of the States/ UTs Number of Breedable Requirement Dificite / Excess Gap %
No. AI Centres population of AI centres
1 Andhra Pradesh 6011 4425411 4425 1586 36
2 Arunachal Pradesh 50 145099 145 -95 -66
3 Assam 1275 3687767 3688 -2413 -65
4 Bihar 4756 9999148 9999 -5243 -52
5 Chhatisgarh 43 3735926 3736 -3693 -99
6 Goa 100 40831 41 59 145
7 Gujarat 10792 9786696 9787 1005 10
8 Haryana 2776 3757543 3758 -982 -26
9 Himachal Pradesh 3025 1374842 1375 1650 120
10 Jammu &Kashmir 1260 1644253 1644 -384 -23
11 Jharkhand 1690 3020107 3020 -1330 -44
12 Karnataka 7103 6425130 6425 678 11
13 Kerala 3252 676225 676 2576 381
14 Madhya Pradesh 4728 11204300 11204 -6476 -58
15 Maharashtra 4847 8799244 8799 -3952 -45
16 Manipur 255 117729 118 137 117
17 Meghalaya 65 356846 357 -292 -82
18 Mizoram 70 17848 18 52 292
19 Nagaland 6 99134 99 -93 -94
20 Odisha 5674 3709443 3709 1965 53
21 Punjab 3681 4101310 4101 -420 -10
22 Rajasthan 7152 13403152 13403 -6251 -47
23 Sikkim 141 62227 62 79 127
24 Tamil Nadu 8228 4907684 4908 3320 68
25 Telangana* 3645 4816066 4816 -1171 -24
26 Tripura 11 346736 347 -336 -97
27 Uttar Pradesh 11819 24501478 24501 -12682 -52
28 Uttarakhand 1648 1389367 1389 259 19
29 West Bengal 6136 6494207 6494 -358 -6
30 A & N Island 21 20255 20 1 4
31 Chandigarh 1 15511 16 -15 -94
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 10135 10 -10 -
33 Daman & Diu 1 1082 1 0 -8
34 Delhi 141961 142 -142 -
35 Lakshadweep 7 1997 2 5 251
36 Puducherry 99 33446 33 66 196
TOTAL 100368 133270136 133270 -32902 -25

Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistic 2017 & 19, Livestock census 2012, DAHD&F, MOA&FW, GoI
* Breedable population data combined with AP

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 Annexure IX
State wise other livestcok development infrastructure
As on 31.03.2017
S. States/UTs No. of No. of No. of No. of Sheep & Wool No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
No. ICD Gaushalas Liquid Intensive Wool Grading Fodder Horse Milk Liquid Registered
Projects under Nitrogen Sheep extension Centre Seed Farms Factories Milk slaughter
Plants Dev Centres Production Plants houses
Project Farms
1 Andhra Pradesh - 56 - 13 - - 1 - 15 190 96
2 Arunachal Pradesh - - 4 - 7 - - 2 - 1 1
3 Assam 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 3
4 Bihar 23 87 3 - - - - - 16 - 42
5 Chattisgarh 5 108 - - - - 3 - 7 4 0
6 Goa - 3 - - - - 1 - 1 1 1
7 Gujarat 26 667 - 5 179 1 30 2 17 18 8
8 Haryana 7 410 - - - 2 2 1 28 7 36
9 Himachal Pradesh - 130 7 - 9 3 - 1 10 23 37
10 Jammu & Kashmir 294 15 14 14 1033 3 7 1 5 8 5
11 Jharkhand 1 31 2 - 3 - 11 - 14 20 35
12 Karnataka - 81 22 - 2 - - 2 28 44 95
13 Kerala 9 1 1 - - - 2 - 14 14 44
14 Madhya Pradesh 17 595 4 - 19 1 - - 17 72 198
15 Maharashtra - 518 - - - - 7 - - - 251
16 Manipur 1 - 4 - - - - 1 1 3 0
17 Meghalaya 2 - 2 - - - 5 - 3 2 0
18 Mizoram 1 - 2 - - - 1 - 5 5 5
19 Nagaland 1 - - - - - 2 - 5 3 1
20 Odhisha - 27 - - - - 8 - 11 350 18
21 Punjab - 432 2 1 38 1 2 - - 79 95
22 Rajasthan - 2319 - - - - 1 - 21 21 375
23 Sikkim - - - - - - - - 4 4 4
24 Tamil Nadu - 87 5 4 - 1 21 3 36 387 113
25 Telangana - 75 - - - - - - 4 65 93
26 Tripura 2 - 1 - - - 6 - - 76 0
27 Uttarakhand - - - 1 113 1 4 - 9 - 185
28 Uttar Pradesh - 499 2 1 180 2 9 - - 158 23
29 West Bengal - 29 9 - - - 6 - 15 1 11
30 A & N Islands - - 1 - - - - - - - 0
31 Chandigarh* - 3 - - - - - - - - 1
32 D & N Haveli - - - - - - - - - - 0
33 Daman & Diu - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
34 Delhi* - 5 - - - - - - - - 1
35 Lakshadweep - - - - - - - - - - 1
36 Punducherry - 2 3 2 2 3 2
Total 390 6183 88 39 1583 15 132 13 288 1559 1783
-’ Not available/not received
* Previous data used
Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure X
State wise Veterinery Infrastructure status
(as on 31.03.2016)
S. Name of the Veterinary Veterinary Veterinary Aid Total Total no. Gap Gap %
No States/ UTs Hospitals/ Dispensa- Centres / stockmen of
Polyclinics ries Centres / mobile required
Dispensaries Vety. Inst.
1 Andhra Pradesh 335 1576 1262 3173 2749 424 15
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 109 289 399 173 226 131
3 Assam 29 541 767 1337 2405 -1068 -44
4 Bihar 39 1083 1595 2717 4280 -1563 -37
5 Chhatisgarh 301 798 435 1534 2374 -840 -35
6 Goa 5 23 52 80 21 59 288
7 Gujarat 33 702 827 1562 4255 -2693 -63
8 Haryana 964 1812 21 2797 1698 1099 65
9 Himachal Pradesh 410 1772 1251 3433 624 2809 450
10 Jammu &Kashmir 293 1900 669 2862 883 1979 224
11 Jharkhand 27 424 433 884 2194 -1310 -60
12 Karnataka 694 1833 1688 4215 3010 1205 40
13 Kerala 279 867 20 1166 362 804 222
14 Madhya Pradesh 1063 1585 65 2713 5764 -3051 -53
15 Maharashtra 200 1741 2906 4847 4619 228 5
16 Manipur 56 109 34 199 86 113 132
17 Meghalaya 4 114 122 240 223 17 8
18 Mizoram 5 35 103 143 22 121 562
19 Nagaland 11 30 130 171 87 84 96
20 Odisha 541 3839 314 4694 2684 2010 75
21 Punjab 1389 1489 20 2898 1570 1328 85
22 Rajasthan 2527 198 3672 6397 5990 407 7
23 Sikkim 17 52 63 132 33 99 295
24 Tamil Nadu 171 2581 831 3583 2422 1161 48
25 Telangana 108 908 1101 2117 2346 -229 -10
26 Tripura 16 60 433 509 227 282 124
27 Uttar Pradesh 2208 267 3238 5713 10518 -4805 -46
28 Uttarakhand 328 10 778 1116 653 463 71
29 West Bengal 112 610 2659 3381 3807 -426 -11
30 A & N Island 10 12 11 33 16 17 108
31 Chandigarh 5 9 - 14 5 9 189
32 Dadra & Nagar 1 - - 1 9 -8 -89
Haveli
33 Daman & Diu - 2 3 5 0 5 908
34 Delhi 50 26 - 76 54 22 40
35 Lakshadweep 3 6 1 10 2 8 435
36 Puducherry - 17 74 91 14 77 550
TOTAL 12235 27140 25867 65242 66179 -937 -1

Source - Annaual Report 2016-17, DAHD&F, MoA&FW, GoI

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 Annexure XI
Area Under Fodder Crops And Pestures and other Grazing Lands During 2006-07 to 2013-14
(Thaousand Hectares)
S. States/Uts Fodder Crops Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land
No. 2007-08* 2008-09* 2009-10* 2010-11* 2011-12* 2012-13* 2013-14* 2007-08* 2008-09* 2009-10* 2010-11* 2011-12* 2012-13* 2013-14*
1 Andhra Pradesh 201 100 86 85 102 87 61 571 569 566 554 553 515 212
2 Arunachal 19 19 18 18 18 18 18
Pradesh
3 Assam 8 9 10 10 10 3 3 160 160 160 160 160 173 168
4 Bihar 16 13 18 18 16 24 21 16 16 16 16 16 16 15
5 Chhatisgarh 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 857 855 859 855 863 861 882
6 Goa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Gujarat 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 851 851 851 851 851 851 851
8 Haryana 755 620 420 804 334 432 583 26 30 28 27 28 25 26
9 Himachal 10 10 11 8 9 9 9 1500 1503 1504 1508 1510 1510 1510
Pradesh
10 Jammu & 61 54 52 53 55 53 53 126 128 120 119 123 114 114
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand 110 110 110 110 121 114 114
12 Karnataka 35 31 39 35 33 33 36 930 923 914 912 908 908 906
13 Kerala 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Madhya Pradesh 513 490 476 462 433 406 399 1352 1337 1338 1328 1321 1286 1291
15 Maharashtra 851 1043 1001 901 969 969 969 1249 1246 1242 1242 1244 1245 1242
16 Manipur 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
17 Meghalaya
18 Mizoram 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
19 Nagaland
20 Odisha 494 494 518 513 508 536 524
21 Punjab 539 573 534 540 522 510 521 3 7 4 4 4 5 5
22 Rajasthan 3229 3627 2875 3287 3386 4853 5370 1703 1699 1697 1694 1694 1694 1694
23 Sikkim
24 Tamil Nadu 172 173 173 195 240 179 115 110 110 110 110 110 110 110
25 Telangana State was constituted in 2014 26 State was constituted in 2014 302
26 Tripura 3 3 2 2 2 2 1
27 Uttar Pradesh 859 838 831 824 806 800 774 65 65 65 66 66 66 65
28 Uttarakhand 35 35 35 35 34 32 31 199 199 198 199 199 192 192
29 West Bengal 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 6 7 6 5 4 3 2
30 A & N Island 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
31 Chandigarh
32 Dadra & Nagar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haveli
33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Delhi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL TOTAL 8145 8476 7421 8118 7809 9251 9832 10362 10344 10338 10305 10315 10256 10256
“_” Not Available/ Not Recervad
“O” Relates to the area below 500 hectares
* Provisional
Source: Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics 2017, DAHD&F, MoA, GoI

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 Annexure XII
State wise livestock feed and fodder requirement, availability and gap
Dry matter in million tonnes
S. States Availability Requirement Gap
No Crop Greens Concentrates Crop Greens Concentrates Crop Greens Concentrates
residues residues residues
1 Andhra Pradesh 15.69 4.88 1.05 31.71 16.91 5.66 16.02 12.03 4.61
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.47 1.57 0.03 1.00 0.53 0.07 0.53 -1.03 0.04
3 Assam 5.82 0.95 0.40 12.39 6.61 1.02 6.57 5.66 0.62
4 Bihar 16.23 0.81 1.16 23.49 12.53 2.09 7.25 11.71 0.93
5 Chattisgarh 9.93 2.83 0.46 14.93 7.96 0.69 5.00 5.13 0.24
6 Goa 0.13 0.05 0.00 0.15 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
7 Gujarat 10.61 14.48 1.22 22.32 11.90 3.14 11.71 -2.57 1.92
8 Haryana 8.75 6.57 1.18 9.95 5.31 2.47 1.21 -1.26 1.30
9 HimachalPradesh 2.30 1.98 0.19 4.60 2.45 0.44 2.29 0.47 0.25
10 Jammu&Kashmir 2.53 0.64 0.20 6.79 3.62 0.82 4.26 2.98 0.62
11 Jharkhand 4.10 0.88 0.18 13.59 7.25 0.93 9.49 6.37 0.76
12 Karnataka 14.59 3.55 0.87 20.66 11.02 2.52 6.08 7.48 1.65
13 Kerala 0.71 0.38 0.03 2.91 1.55 1.12 2.20 1.17 1.09
14 Madhya Pradesh 24.30 11.65 3.74 37.41 19.95 3.19 13.11 8.30 -0.55
15 Maharashtra 22.21 25.12 1.56 33.68 17.96 3.92 11.46 -7.16 2.36
16 Manipur 0.36 0.00 0.01 0.72 0.38 0.11 0.36 0.38 0.09
17 Meghalaya 0.31 0.40 0.02 1.17 0.62 0.11 0.86 0.22 0.10
18 Mizoram 0.15 0.50 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.03 -0.09 -0.47 0.02
19 Nagaland 0.56 0.30 0.04 0.74 0.40 0.10 0.18 0.09 0.06
20 Orissa 12.25 2.46 0.65 22.27 11.88 1.12 10.03 9.42 0.47
21 Punjab 13.71 7.38 1.37 10.58 5.64 3.60 -3.13 -1.74 2.23
22 Rajasthan 21.67 33.53 2.58 33.53 17.88 3.88 11.87 -15.64 1.30
23 Sikkim 0.23 0.01 0.02 0.25 0.13 0.03 0.02 0.13 0.02
24 Tamilnadu 7.01 3.70 0.43 16.46 8.78 4.13 9.45 5.08 3.69
25 Tripura 0.53 0.19 0.02 1.09 0.58 0.13 0.56 0.39 0.11
26 Uttarpradesh 42.07 15.73 4.25 57.19 30.50 7.73 15.13 14.77 3.48
27 Uttaranchal 2.05 1.73 0.18 4.90 2.61 0.61 2.85 0.88 0.43
28 West Bengal 13.77 0.51 0.88 30.30 16.16 3.28 16.53 15.65 2.40
29 A&N islands 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.06 0.03 0.08 0.06 0.03
30 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02
31 Dadra & nagar Haveli 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.08 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.00
32 Daman Diu 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 Delhi 0.09 0.01 0.01 0.43 0.23 0.14 0.34 0.22 0.13
34 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
35 Pondicherry 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.11 0.06 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.02
ALL INDIA 253.26 142.82 22.74 415.64 221.68 53.22 162.38 78.85 30.48

Source: Approach paper & blue print of possible schemes in the area of feed and fodder for implementation during 11th Five Year Plan,
Nabcons Report, 2009

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 Annexure XIII
State wise Dairy Cooperatives, producer members and milk procurement
(Position as on March 2016)
S. Name of the States/ Uts No. of Dairy No. of Producer Total milk Liquid Milk
No. Cooperative members (In Procurement (In Marketing (in
Societies Thousand) Thousand kg per day) Thousand litres/day)
1 Andhra Pradesh 3464 649 1332 1139
2 Arunachal Pradesh - - - -
3 Assam 332 16 22 42
4 Bihar 19483 1004 1726 880
5 Chhatisgarh 859 35 74 132
6 Goa 180 19 66 83
7 Gujarat 18545 3452 17481 4749
8 Haryana 7157 305 450 335
9 Himachal Pradesh 860 36 57 23
10 Jammu &Kashmir 366 7 12 14
11 Jharkhand 60 1 61 304
12 Karnataka 14794 2400 6480 3344
13 Kerala 3240 940 1099 1264
14 Madhya Pradesh 8341 321 1029 795
15 Maharashtra 21671 1814 3645 4470
16 Manipur
17 Meghalaya 97 4 11 12
18 Mizoram 37 1 7 6
19 Nagaland 52 2 6 4
20 Odisha 5541 280 525 406
21 Punjab 7575 399 1392 965
22 Rajasthan 14620 763 2603 2084
23 Sikkim 433 12 28 31
24 Tamil Nadu 10986 1923 3040 2060
25 Telangana 1719 127 712 790
26 Tripura 99 6 5 11
27 Uttar Pradesh 22790 878 322 689
28 Uttarakhand 3941 153 173 145
29 West Bengal 3648 252 158 1186
30 Puducherry 102 38 43 99
30 Puducherry 102 38 43 99
Multi state coop 6365
TOTAL 170992 15837 42559 32427

Source: NDDB Annual Report -2015-16

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 Annexure XIV
Abattoirs cum meat processing plants / standalone abattoirs registered with APEDA
Sr. Unit(s) approved by APEDA Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. Contact Person
1. M/s Al-Kabeer Exports (P) Ltd. Cdr. Satish Subberwal APEDA/16 Distt. Medak, Telangana
Director

2. M/s. Frigorifico Allana Private Limited. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/20 (Plant – I) Aurangabad- Maharashtra
President

3. M/s. Frigerio Conserva Allana Private Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/21 Distt. Medak, Telangana
Limited President

4. M/s Frigorifico Allana Private Limited. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/23 (Plant-II) Aurangabad - Maharashtra
President

5. M/s Hind Agro Industries Ltd.. Mr. Sirajuddin Qureshi APEDA/24 Aligarh, U.P
Managing Director

6. M/s Indagro Foods Private Limited Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/ 36 Unnao (U.P.)
President

7. M/s. ALM Industries Ltd., Mr. Mujeeb Malik APEDA/ 38 Saharanpur (U.P.)
Joint Managing Director

8. M/s. Amroon Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. V.I. Saleem APEDA/ 42 Barabanki (U.P.)
CEO

9. M/s. Abbott Cold Storages Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Sunny Abbott APEDA/ 47 Mohali, Punjab
Director

10. M/s Al Nafees Proteins Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohammad Atif APEDA/ 48 Mewat (Nuh), Haryana
Jt. Managing Director

11. M/s Al Saqib Exports Pvt. Ltd. Hazi Mr. Shahid Akhlaq, APEDA/ 49 Meerut, U.P.
CEO

12. M/s Deonar Abattoir Mr. Rashid Kadimi APEDA/ 50 Deonar Govandi, Mumbai
President

13. M/s. Medina Frozen Food Exports (P) Ltd Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/54 Bulandshahr, UP
President

14. M/s M.K. Overseas (P) Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Kamil Qureshi APEDA/55 Patiala, Punjab
Managing Director

15. M/s Al Noor Exports Mr. Sunil Sud APEDA/56 Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Director

16. M/s H.M.A. Food Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Gulzar Ahmed Qureshi APEDA/ 61 Agra, UP
Director

17. M/s Al-Hamd Agro Food Products (P) Mohd. Tauseef APEDA/66 Aligarh, UP
Ltd. Director

18. M/s Agricom Foods Private Limited Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/67 Banthar, Unnao
President

19. M/s. Fair Exports India (P) Ltd. Mr. V.I. Saleem APEDA/68 Rampur
CEO

20. M/s Al Quresh Exports Mr. Shakir Qureshi APEDA/71 Solapur

Managing Director

21. M/s. Al- Nafees Frozen Food Exports Pvt. Mr. Mohd. Mustaqem Qureshi APEDA/72 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
Ltd Managing Director

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 Annexure XIV (continued)
Sr. Unit(s) approved by APEDA Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. Contact Person
22. M/s Varsha Fresh Meat Products Ltd. Mr. Abdul Wajid Shaikh APEDA/ 78 Palakkad, Kerala
Managing Director

23. MCD Ghazipur Slaughter House Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/81 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
President

24. M/s Eagle Continental Foods Pvt. Ltd. Haji Shahid Ali Qureshi APEDA/83 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
Director

25. Al- Hamd Frozen Foods (P) Ltd. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/85 Khurja

26. M/s Al Falah Frozen Foods Mr Shakeel Ahmed APEDA/95 Moradabad, U.P.
Managing Director

27. M/s Al Rehman frozen Foods Mr.Imtiyaz Hassan Khan, APEDA/106 Sambhal, UP
Director

28. M/s India Frozen Foods Mr. Mohd. Rizwan Director APEDA/108 Sambhal (Moradabad) - U.P.

29. M/s Chaudhary Skin Trading Company Mr. Mohd. Kamil Qureshi APEDA/109 Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P

30. M/s Al Faheem Meatex Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Imran APEDA/111 Meerut, U.P.
Managing Director

31. Al Marzia Agro Foods Mr. Abid Ali APEDA/117 Jhansi, U.P.

32. M/s. H.M.A. Agro Industries Ltd., Mr. Gulzar Ahmed Qureshi. APEDA/119 Aligarh, UP
Director

33. M/s. Frigerio Conserva Allana Private Mr. Afzal Latif President APEDA/121 (Unit-1) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Limited.

34. M/s Mirha Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Shuab Ahmed APEDA/125 Mohali, Sas Nagar, Punjab
Managing Director

35. M/s. Mohammed Saleem Chengicherla Mr. Mohammed Saleem, APEDA/127 Ranga Reddy Distt., Telengana
Proprietor

36. M/s Al-Tabarak Frozen Foods (P) Ltd. Mr. Afzal Latif President APEDA/128 Aligarh, UP

37. M/s. Rustam Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Saleem Qureshi APEDA/ 132 Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Managing Director

38. M/s AOV Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. O.P. Arora APEDA/133 Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Director

39. M/s. A.Q Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. Ms. Shahnaz Choudhary, APEDA/135 J.P Nagar - UP
Director

40. M/s Ichalkaranji Agro Foods Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/139 Kolhapur, Maharashtra
President

41. M/s. Al – Dua Food Processing (P) Ltd. M/s. Al – Dua APEDA/140 Aligarh (U.P.)
Food Processing (P) Ltd.

42. M/s. Modern Slaughter House M/s. Frigorifico Allana APEDA/143 Agra, UP
Private Limited.

43. Nagar Nigam Slaughter House Mr. Qaiser Hussain Qureshi APEDA/144 Saharanpur, U.P
Managing Director

44. M/s Rayban Foods Private Ltd., Mr. Siraj Ahmed Qureshi, APEDA/146 Hapur, U.P
Director

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 Annexure XIV (continued)
Sr. Unit(s) approved by APEDA Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. Contact Person
45. Look East Construction Pvt. Ltd. Mr. S. Sasti Kumar APEDA/148 Dimapur, Nagaland
Director

46. M/s. Meem Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Salahuddin APEDA/149 Shamli, U.P
Director

47. M/s. Mash Agro Foods Ltd. Mr. Mujahid Aslam APEDA/150 Unnao-UP
Director

48. Marya Frozen Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Shakeel Qureshi APEDA/151 Bareilly, U.P
Managing Director

49. Sangli Miraj Kupwad City Municipal Mr. Riyaz Abdul Kader APEDA/154 Sangli, Maharashtra
Slaughter House, Director

50. M/s. Tapi Valley Agro Foods Products Mr.Imtiyaz Hassan Khan, APEDA/ 155 Dhule Maharashtra
Co. Director

51. M/s. Al-Hasan Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Waziruddin Allauddin APEDA / 157 Aligarh (U.P.)
Chairman

52. M/s. Asvini Agro Exports Mr. K. Rajendran APEDA/160 Krishna Andhra Pradesh

53. M/s. AL Nasir Exports Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Shakir Hussain Qureshi, APEDA/161 Ghaziabad, U.P.
Director

54. M/s. Federal Agro Industries, Pvt. Ltd Mr. Gulzeb Ahmed APEDA/164 Ajitgarh, Punjab

55. M/s Tanya Marketing Private Limited Mr. Mohd. Kamil Qureshi APEDA/165 Meerut, U.P.
Managing Director

56. Reliable Agro Foods Mr. Raja Shahensha Shaikh APEDA/166 Parbhani Maharashtra
Gut No. 160-161,

57. M/s Laham Exports India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/167 Khurja (U.P)
President

58. Al Sameer Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Shameem Qurshi APEDA/170 Araria Bihar
Director

59. M/s Omar International Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Ateeq Ahmed APEDA/173 Bijnor, UP
Director

60. M/s. Fresh “N” Frozen Food Tech (P) Ltd. Mohd. Shoeb Ali Khan APEDA/177 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Director

61. International Agro Foods Mr. Gulrez Qureshi APEDA/180 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
Director

62. Al-Sami Agro Products Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Abdul Salam APEDA/181 Andhra Pradesh
Managing Director

63. Al Faiz Enterprises Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/182 Nashik, Maharashtra

President

64. M/s Fair Exports (India) Pvt. Ltd. Mr. V.I. Saleem, APEDA/183 Nashik, Maharashtra
CEO

65. M/s AOV Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Abhishek Arora APEDA/186 Mewat (Nuh
Director

66. Vizag Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohteshim Ahmed Khan APEDA/187 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh

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 Annexure XIV (continued)
Sr. Unit(s) approved by APEDA Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. Contact Person
67. Al-Raiyan Export Mr. Javed S Qureshi APEDA/189 Nashik Maharashtra

68. Maharashtra Foods Processing and Cold Mr. Sunny Khattar APEDA/190 Satara, Maharashtra
Storage Partner

69. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Mr. Ahmed Darmani APEDA/191 Ramnasthpura, Hyderabad
Corporation (GHMC) Abattoir Executive Director

70. M.U.N. Agro Industries Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohammad Zubair Nagani, APEDA/193 Palghar, Maharashtra
Director

71. ALM Food Products Limited Mr. Mujeeb Malik APEDA/195 Sas Nagar, Punjab
Joint Managing Director

72. Al Nafees Proteins Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohammad Mustaqeem APEDA/196 Mewat At Nuh, Haryana
Qureshi
Managing Director

73. Al Ammar Frozen Foods Exports Pvt. Mr. Mohd. Atif APEDA/197 Aligarh, U.P
Ltd. Director

74. M/s Zakariya Agro Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Bushran Zakariya APEDA/198 Araria, Bihar
Director

75. Standard Frozen Foods Exports Mr. Kamal Verma APEDA/199 Unnao, U.P.
Private Limited Managing Director

76. Marhaba Frozen Foods Mr. Qaiser Hussain Qureshi APEDA/200 Araria, Bihar

77. Al Super Frozen Foods Private Limited Dr. S K Ranjhan APEDA/201 Unnao
Authorised Signatory

78. M/s Al Halal International Mr. Mohammad Ali APEDA/202 Aligarh (U.P.)
Private Limited Managing Director

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 Annexure XV
Meat proceeding plants registered with APEDA
Sl. Processing unit(s) registered Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. with APEDA Contact Person
1. M/s M.K. Overseas Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Mohd. Kamil APEDA/06 Ghaziabad U.P.
Managing Director

2. M/s I Ahned & Company (Cold Mr. Mubashir Ahmed Khan APEDA/13 Vashi Navi Mumbai
Director

3. M/s. Frigorifico Allana Private Limited. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/18 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
President

4. M/s Fair Exports (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mohd. Rafi, APEDA/31 Ghaziabad (U.P.)
Director

5. Miki Exports International Mr. Ajay Sud, APEDA/35 Raigad New Bombay
Partner

6. M/s Anjaneya Cold Mr. Afzal Latif, APEDA/44 New Delhi

President

7. M/s Mirha Exports Pvt. Ltd Dr. S K Ranjhan APEDA/51 Ghaziabad U.P.
Director

8. M/s. Arshiya Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/52 Ghaziabad, U.P.
President

9. M/s Al- Junaid Foods (P) Ltd. Dr. M. Naseem Qureshi APEDA/69 Meerut
Director

10. Allana Investments and Trading Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/73 Raigad Maharashtra
Company Private Limited. President

11. M/s Sahiba Frozen Foods Export (P) Ltd. Mr. Harmohan Singh APEDA/80 Khurja- U.P.
Director

12. Al Yasir Exports Pvt. Ltd. Haji Shahid Akhlaq APEDA/82 Meerut, U.P
Director

13. M/s Al-Takbeer Frozen Food Mr. Haji Habib Ahmed APEDA/88 Bulandshahar, U.P.
Director

14. M/s Hamd Foods (P) Ltd. Mohd. Harris APEDA/93 Ghaziabad, U.P
Director

15. M/s Anna Associate (P) Ltd. Mr. Mohd Dilshad APEDA/94 Ghaziabad, U.P.
Director

16. M/s Prime Natural Frozen Mr. Mohd. Kamil APEDA/ 96 Jaipur, Rajasthan
Foods Exports Managing Director

17. M/s. Al-Anam Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Kamil APEDA/103 Aligarh, U.P.
Managing Director

18. Barkat Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mohd. Umar Director APEDA/110 Bulandshahr, U.P.

19. M/s. Al-Kaif Industries Mr. Mohd. Parvez APEDA/115 Meerut, U.P

20. M/s. Frigerio Conserva Allana Private Mr. Afzal Latif APEDA/121 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Limited. President (Unit-2)

21. M/s. Al-Shifa Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mohd. Zahid Director APEDA/147 Bulandsahr U.P

22. M/s Mark International Foods Stuff Mr. Riyad Abdul Kader APEDA/156 Vashi Navi Mumbai
Pvt. Ltd. Director

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 Annexure XV (continued)
Sl. Processing unit(s) registered Name of the Exporter and Registration No. Location
No. with APEDA Contact Person
23. M/s. Al-Shavez Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. M/s Tanya Marketing APEDA/158 Meerut (U.P.)
Private Limited

24. M/s. Asvini Agro Exports Mr. M N Natarajan APEDA/159 East Godavari
Export Manager

25. M/s. Sarah Foods Mohd. Zulfiquar APEDA/162 Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

26. M/s Al Aali Exports Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Qaiser Hussain Qureshi APEDA/172 Ghaziabad, U.P
Managing Director

27. M/s. Fresh “N” Frozen Food Tech Mohd. Shoeb Ali Khan Director APEDA/176 Ranga Reddy Telangana State

28. Shaheen Frozen Foods Mr. S K Wazir APEDA/184 Buldhana, Maharashtra

29. Telangana Foods Private Limited Mr. Yousuf Mujahid APEDA/192 Medak, Talangana
Managing Director

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 Annexure XVI
State wise and University wise list of veterinary colleges recognised by Veterinary Council of India
S. State Name of University Name of College
No
1. ANDHRA PRADESH Sri Venkateswara Veterinary 1. College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati
University, Tirupati 2. NTR College of Veterinary Science,
Gannavaram
3. College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur
2. ASSAM Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat 4. College of Veterinary Science, Guwahati
3. BIHAR Bihar Agricultural University, 5. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna
Sabour, Bhagalpur
4. CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu 6. College of Veterinary Science & Animal Hus-
Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg bandry, Durg
5. GUJARAT 1. Anand Agricultural University, Anand 7. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry, Anand
2. Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural 8. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
University, Sardarkrushinagar Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar
3. Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 9. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry, Navsari
4 Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh 10. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry, Junagadh
6. HARYANA Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal 11. College of Veterinary Science, Hisar
Sciences, Hisar
7. HIMACHAL PRADESH CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalay, 12. Dr. G.C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal
Palampur Sciences, Palampur
8. JAMMU & KASHMIR Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences 13. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
& Technology, Jammu & Animal Husbandry, Jammu
Sher-e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences 14. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Hus-
& Technology, Srinagar bandry, Srinagar, Kashmir
9. JHARKHAND Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi 15. Ranchi College of Veterinary Science and
Animal Husbandry, Ranchi
10. KARNATAKA Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences 16. Veterinary College Hebbal, Bangalore
University, Bidar 17. Veterinary College Nandinagar, Bidar
18. Veterinary College, Hassan
19. Veterinary College, Shimoga
11. KERALA Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, 20. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
Pookote Thrissur
21. College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Pookote
12. MADHYA PRADESH Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, 22. College of Veterinary Science & Animal
Jabalpur Husbandry, Jabalpur
23. College of Veterinary Science & Animal
Husbandry, Mhow
24. College of Veterinary Science & Animal
Husbandry, Rewa
13. MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, 25. Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai
Nagpur 26. Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur
27. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
Parbhani
28. K.N.P. College of Veterinary Sciences, Satara
29. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Udgir

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 Annexure XVI (continued)
S. State Name of University Name of College
No
14. MIZORAM Central Agricultural University, Imphal 30. College of Veterinary Science & Animal
Husbandry, Aizawl, Mizoram
15. ODISHA Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, 31. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Bhubaneswar Husbandry, Bhubaneswar
16. PUDUCHERRY Pondicherry University, Puducherry 32. Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary & Animal
Sciences, Puducherry
17. PUNJAB Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences 33. College of Veterinary Science, Ludhiana
University 34. Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, Amritsar
(The college is under the Pvt. Sector)
18. RAJASTHAN Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal 35. College of Veterinary and Animal Science,
Sciences, Bikaner Bikaner
36. Arawali Veterinary College, Sikar
(The college is under the Pvt. Sector)
37. Mahatma Jyotiba Fule College of Veterinary
& Animal Science, Chomu, Jaipur
(The college is under the Pvt. Sector)
19. TAMIL NADU Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences 38. Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
University, Chennai 39. Veterinary College and Research Institute,
Namakkal
20. TELANGANA P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, 40. College of Veterinary Science, Hyderabad
Hyderabad 41. College of Veterinary Science, Korutla
21. UTTAR PRADESH Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & 42. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Technology, Faizabad Husbandry, Faizabad
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu 43. College of Veterinary Science and Animal
Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalay Evam Husbandry, Mathura
Go- Anusandhan, Mathura
22. UTTARAKHAND Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & 44. College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
Technology, Pantnagar Pantnagar
23. WEST BENGAL West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery 45. Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,
Sciences, Kolkata Kolkata

Source: Veterinary Council of India website

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 Annexure XVII
Eligible Components under DEDS, indicative unit cost and pattern of assistance
S. Component Unit Cost Pattern of Assistance
No
i Establishment of small dairy units with ` 5.00 lakh for 10 animal unit – minimum 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
crossbred cows/ indigenous descript unit size is 2 animals with an upper limit farmers,) as back ended capital subsidy
milch cows like Sahiwal, Red Sindhi, of 10 animals. subject to a ceiling of ` 1.25 lakh for a
Gir, Rathi etc / graded buffaloes upto 10 unit of 10 animals (` 1.67 lakh for SC/ST
animals farmers,). Maximum permissible capital
subsidy is ` 25,000 (` 33,300 for SC/ST
farmers) for a 2 animal unit. Subsidy
shall be restricted on a prorata basis
depending on the unit size

ii Rearing of heifer calves – cross bred, ` 4.80 lakh for 20 calf unit – minimum unit 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
indigenous descript milch breeds of size of 5 calves with an upper limit of 20 farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
cattle and of graded buffaloes – upto 20 calves subject to a ceiling of ` 1.20 lakh for a
calves unit of 20 calves (` 1.60 lakh for SC/ST
farmers). Maximum permissible capital
subsidy is ` 30,000 (` 40,000 for SC/ST
farmers) for a 5 calf unit. Subsidy shall be
restricted on a prorata basis depending
on the unit size

iii Vericompost (with milch animal unit. To ` 20,000/- 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
be considered with milch animals and farmers)as back ended capital subsidy
not separately) subject to a ceiling of ` 5,000/- (` 6,700/-
for SC/ST farmers,).

iv Purchase of milking machines / ` 18 lakh 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST

milkotesters/bulk milk cooling units farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
(upto 2000 lit capacity) subject to a ceiling of ` 4.50 lakh (` 6.00
lakh for SC/ST farmers).

v Purchase of dairy processing equipment ` 12 lakh 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
for manufacture of indigenous milk farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
products subject to a ceiling of ` 3.00 lakh (` 4.00
lakh for SC/ST farmers).

vi Establishment of dairy product ` 24 lakh 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST

transportation facilities and cold chain farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
subject to a ceiling of ` 6.00 lakh (` 8.00
lakh for SC/ST farmers).

vii Cold storage facilities for milk and milk ` 30 lakh 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
products farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
subject to a ceiling of ` 7.50 lakh (` 10.00
lakh for SC/ST farmers).

viii Establishment of private veterinary ` 2.40 lakh for mobile clinic and ` 1.80 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
clinics lakh for stationary clinic farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
subject to a ceiling of ` 60,000/- and
` 45,000/- (` 80,000/- and ` 60,000/- for
SC/ST farmers) respectively for mobile
and stationary clinics

ix Dairy marketing outlet / Dairy parlour ` 56,000/- 25% of the outlay (33.33 % for SC / ST
farmers) as back ended capital subsidy
subject to a ceiling of ` 14,000/- (` 18,600/-
for SC/ST farmers).

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 Annexure XVIII
State wise and Activity wise PLP projectsions for Livestcok sector for the year 2017-18
` Crore
S. No. Name of the State Dairy Poultry Sheep / Others (Bullock Total Livestock
Goat/ Piggery and Cart) Term Loan
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Andhra Pradesh 4174.41 1258.58 1326.57 6964.90 13724.46
2 Andaman & Nicobar 8.35 2.31 1.11 0.19 11.96
3 Arunachal Pradesh 30.27 30.39 14.64 0.10 75.40
4 Assam 664.00 557.00 580.00 41.00 1842.00
5 Bihar 4010.89 1011.34 792.00 126.56 5940.79
6 Chhattisgarh 403.05 221.14 142.24 71.18 837.61
7 Goa 101.51 8.69 5.68 118.57 234.45
8 Gujarat 2068.56 108.11 52.13 1515.90 3744.70
9 Haryana 3924.19 1742.06 264.59 4985.96 10916.80
10 Himachal Pradesh 508.09 105.85 80.15 1199.29 1893.38
11 Jammu & Kashmir 408.65 221.12 186.07 123.52 939.36
12 Jharkhand 681.15 272.75 217.17 44.56 1215.63
13 Karnataka 4691.59 1783.60 1498.97 2070.29 10044.45
14 Kerala 2376.49 589.38 705.97 7.68 3679.52
15 Madhya Pradesh 4463.42 281.10 618.95 437.10 5800.57
16 Maharashtra 3656.49 686.99 1103.69 405.80 5852.97
17 Manipur 0.00
18 Meghalaya 32.21 26.46 59.29 117.96
19 Mizoram 161.54 161.54
20 Nagaland 26.85 29.09 84.90 0.05 140.89
21 New Delhi 0.00
22 Odisha 1364.09 754.91 663.38 161.44 2943.82
23 Punjab 5090.18 1031.51 231.69 458.26 6811.64
24 Rajasthan 9467.75 799.42 2287.31 667.61 13222.09
25 Sikkim 14.30 6.62 9.32 0.70 30.94
26 Tamil Nadu 6532.01 2195.54 1793.32 611.63 11132.50
27 Telangana 1737.59 647.17 876.28 4101.48 7362.52
28 Tripura 118.19 86.23 79.20 4.33 287.95
29 Uttar Pradesh 11811.67 1635.56 1893.55 1416.61 16757.39
30 Uttarakhand 728.57 126.16 96.40 607.54 1558.67
31 West Bengal 1780.65 3263.67 877.64 469.96 6391.92
32 Puducherry UT 87.41 28.15 18.47 3.53 137.56
TOTAL 70962.58 19510.90 16560.68 26777.28 133811.44

Source : State Focus Papers, NABARD

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Notes