Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying

Key Initiatives and Achievements for the Year 2021

Posted On:
30 DEC 2021 12:16PM by PIB Delhi

1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission:

Breed Development:
The Livestock sector, besides contributing to the national economy, plays a key role in providing livelihoods to 80 million rural households. India is a
global leader amongst dairying nations and produced 198.48 million tonnes of milk in the current year valued at more than Rs 8.32 lakh crore. However,
productivity of Indian dairy animals is low as compared to most of the dairy countries in the world.  Due to low productivity farmers are not getting
remunerative income from rearing of dairy animals.

New Initiatives of the Department:

a)         Implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission from 2021-22 to 2025-26

In order to improve productivity and enhance milk production, thereby making dairying more remunerative to the farmers Rashtriya Gokul Mission for
genetic upgradation  of bovine population and development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds has been   extended for implementation with an
allocation of Rs 2400 crore over duration of 5 years.  Several new technologies have been accessible to the farmers at their doorstep under the Mission
such as sex sorted semen, IVF technology, genomic selection etc.

Focus of the implementation of the scheme has been shifted from creating cattle and buffalo breeding infrastructure in the States to bringing quality
breeding services including artificial insemination services, IVF technology and sex sorted semen at farmer’s doorstep. The scheme also focuses on
facilitating private entrepreneurship to improve access and affordability.
With implementation of proposed programme milk production in the country will be increased from 198.4 million metric tonnes in 2019-20 to 300 million
metric tonnes in 2024-2025.  8 crore farmers engaged in dairying will get direct benefit in the form of increased milk production on an average 1200 kg
per animal per year.

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i)          Accelerated Breed Improvement programme: Under the component, IVF technology and artificial insemination with sex sorted semen is being
leveraged to produce female calves female calves for the dairy farmers. IVF is important tool for genetic upgradation of bovine population at rapid rate,
work which is done in 7 generations (21 years in case of cattle and buffaloes) can be done in 1 generation (3 years in case of cattle and buffalo) through
IVF.  The technology has huge potential in enhancing farmers’ income through production of only female calves with genetic potential of producing 4000
kg of milk per lactation thus increasing farmers income by many fold. Under the Accelerated Breed Improvement programme 2 Lakh IVF pregnancies
will be established in next five years. Subsidy at the rate of Rs 5000 per assured pregnancy will be made available to farmers. The programme has already
been initiated in the country.

Sex sorted semen production has been introduced in the country for production of only female calves upto 90% accuracy.  Use sex sorted semen will be
game changer not only enhancing milk production but also limiting stray cattle population. During the next five years 51 lakh pregnancies will be
established and subsidy of Rs 750 or 50% of the cost of sorted semen on assured pregnancy is  available to farmers.
ii)        Establishment of Breed Multiplication Farms: A major constraint for aspiring dairy farmers is the difficulty of procuring high quality heifers or
milch animals from their local areas. To address this issue and to attract investment including entrepreneurship for the dairy sector,  and to simultaneously
create the opportunity for developing a hub and spoke model of dairy farming where small and marginal dairy farmers can thrive with the help of a local
hub of reliable dairy services, a subsidy of 50% (up to Rs 2 crores per farm) on capital cost (excluding land cost) is being provided to private
entrepreneurs under this component for establishment of breed multiplication farms of minimum herd size of 200 heads of bovines. The entrepreneur will
obtain bank finance for the remaining capital cost and sale high quality heifers, conceived through sorted sex semen/ IVF, to farmers in the region.

Awards and new launches

a)         Gopal Ratna Award 2021

Gopal Ratna Award has been launched by the Department in 2021 and is one of the highest National Awards in the field of livestock and dairy sector.
Objective of the award is to encourage all individual farmers, artificial insemination technicians nicians and Dairy cooperative societies working in this
sector. Awards are conferred in three categories, namely (i) Best Dairy Farmer Rearing Indigenous Cattle/buffalo Breeds; (ii) Best Artificial Insemination
Technician (AIT) and  best Dairy Cooperative. Award consists of a Certificate of merit, a memento and following  cash amount in each category: Rs.
5,00,000/-(Rupee five lakh)  for 1st rank holder;  Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupee three lakh )     to 2nd rank holder  and  Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupee two lakh)  to 3rd rank
holder. For the first time, applications were invited on self nomination basis through online application portal https://gopalratnaaward.qcin.org from
15.07.2021 to 15.10.2021. Total 4401 applications were received and were evaluated by the Department and 4 beast dairy farmers, 3 best AI technicians
and 3 best dairy cooperatives in the country were felicitated on 26th November 2021.

b)        Launching of Breed Multiplication farm Portal

Breed Multiplication Farm Portal has been launched on 26th November 2021 to receive online application from interested private individuals/
Entrepreneurs, FPOs, SHGs, FCOs, JLGs, and Section 8 companies for breed multiplication farm.

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c)         Launching of Dairy mark    
Dairy mark has been launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 23rd December 2021, this unified logo is featuring the earlier respective logos BIS-ISI mark
& NDDB-Quality Mark  and Kamadhenu Cow, for ‘Product–Food Safety Management System–Process’ certification under one umbrella. With the dairy
mark our consumers will be ensured about the quality of milk and milk products and will be easy for milk producers/processor to obtain quality
certification by applying online to BIS through portal.
Ongoing Programmes

Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme:

Nationwide AI Programme has been initiated in September 2019 and under the programme AI services delivered free of cost at farmers’ doorstep.  As on
date 2.20 crore animals have been covered, 2.6 crores Artificial Insemination have been performed and 1.4 crores farmers benefitted under the
programme.  Income of the participating farmers is expected to increase with the enhancement in productivity. During the next five years Nationwide AI
programme will be extended to 15 crore breedable bovines benefitting 7.5 crore farmers.
Genomic selection: 

Advanced dairy nations are using DNA based selection called genomic selection for proving genetic merit of the bulls at birth against 6- 7 years taken in
traditional method to prove genetic merit of the bulls. DNA chip for genomic selection has been developed, Indus chip and Buff chip by NDDB and Low
density chip for cattle and buffalo by NBAGR. This chip has been converged with the chip developed by NBAGR for undertaking genomic selection of
indigenous breeds. Cost of production of bulls will be reduced substantially.

e-GOPALA app:

A comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers in the form of the e-GOPALA app (Generation of
Wealth through Productive Livestock) has been launched by Hon’ble PM on 10th September 2020.  e- Gopala app the digital platform is helping
farmers in managing livestock including buying and selling of disease free germplasm in all forms (semen, embryos, etc); availability of quality breeding
services (Artificial Insemination, veterinary first aid, vaccination, treatment etc) and guiding farmers for animal nutrition, treatment of animals using
appropriate ayurvedic medicine/ethno veterinary medicine.
Establishment of MAITRIs:

In order to meet the demand of AI technicians project has been sanctioned under Rashtriya Gokul Mission for induction of 90958 Multi Purpose AI
technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) as on date 11,000 MAITRIs have been trained and inducted. With the establishment of MAITRIs Artificial
insemination coverage will be available at farmer’s doorstep.

2. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES:

1.)  National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) :-

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The Department is implementing Central Sector Scheme- “National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)” across the country since Feb-2014 with
an objective of creating/strengthening of infrastructure for Production of quality milk, Procurement, Processing and Marketing of Milk & Milk Products
through State Implementing Agency (SIA) i.e State Cooperative Dairy Federation.

The scheme has been restructured/realigned in July 2021. The restructured NPDD Scheme will be implemented from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a budget
allocation of Rs.1790 crore. The scheme the aims to enhance quality of milk and milk products and increase share of organised procurement, processing,
value addition and marketing. This scheme has two (2) components:-

(i)              The Component 'A' focuses towards creating/strengthening of infrastructure for quality milk testing equipment as well as primary chilling
facilities for State Cooperative Dairy Federations/ District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union/SHG run private dairy/Milk Producer Companies/Farmer
Producer Organisations.

(ii)       The Component 'B' provides financial assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as per project agreement already signed
with them. The central Government share in this project is proposed to be funded through NPDD (Component A).

Progress/Achievements (Jan-Dec 2021):

12 new projects in 8 States were approved under NPDD scheme during January 2021 to December 2021 at a total outlay of Rs. 361.67 crore (Central
Share Rs.236.94 crore). These projects primarily aims for creation of additional milk processing capacity of 60 thousand litres per day and strengthening
of village level milk chilling, collection and testing infrastructure by installation of 788 bulk milk coolers (with a capacity of 2201.9 thousand litres), 5172
automatic milk collection units and 3921 electronic milk adulteration testing machines.

Physical achievements (January to December 2021)

S. No. Parameter Achievement

1 Milk Processing Capcity created (TLPD) 381

2 Incremental Daily Milk Procurement (TKgPD) 368.66

3 Dairy Cooperative Society organised/revived (Number) 1914

4 Farmer members enrolled (in lakh) 1.43

5 Bulk Milk Coolers installed (Number) 291

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 6 Automatic Milk Collection units installed (Number) 4251

7 Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Machine installed (Number) 511

"Dairying through Cooperatives” Component B of National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme

Cabinet   Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved restructuring of National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) under Central
Sector Scheme (CSS) umbrella Scheme “Development Programmes” on 14.07.2021 as "Dairying through Cooperatives” Component B of National
Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme."Dairying through Cooperatives” Component B of National Programme for Dairy Development
(NPDD) scheme has the aims to increase sales of milk and dairy products by increasing farmer’s access to organised market, upgrading dairy processing
facilities and marketing infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of producer owned institutions, thereby contributing to increase in return to milk
producers in the project area with an outlay of Rs.1568.28 crore including in the form of Loan of Rs.924.56 crore (JPY 14,978 million) by Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), RS. 475.54 crore as Grant by Govt. of India and participating Institutes’ (PI)share of Rs.168.8 crore for the
period of 5 year from 2021-22 to 2025-26. Eligible States are Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The scheme provides employment generation opportunities in the
field of procurement, processing, marketing etc under the project area of the scheme.

2) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Scheme:-

Launched: 21st December 2017

Objectives: To modernize the milk processing & chilling plants including value addition

Scheme Outlay: Rs. 11,184 Cr; Total project outlay: Rs. 10,005 Crore (Loan: Rs. 8004 Crore, End Borrowers’ contribution: Rs. 2001 Crore); NDDB &
NCDC Contribution: Rs. 12 Crore, Interest subvention (Government of India): Rs. 1167 Crore

Components of DIDF:

Milk processing, Chilling and Value added Products plants

Milk Chilling infrastructure
Electronic milk testing kit

New Components added in June 21

Cattle feed/ feed supplement plants

Milk transportation system (Refer van/insulated tankers etc)
Marketing infrastructure
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Commodity and Cattle feed go-downs    
 ICT infrastructure
R&D (lab & equipment, innovations, product development etc)
Renewable energy infrastructure/ plants, trigen/ energy efficiency infrastructure
Pet bottle/packaging material manufacturing units for dairy purposes
End Implementing Agency (EIA): State Milk federation. District Milk Union, Multi-state dairy cooperative, Milk producer Companies, Subsidiaries of
NDDB,

Newly Added EIA: Registered FPOs & SHGs.

 

Funding:

Interest subvention [DAHD to NABARD]: 2.5% (with effect from 11.09.2020), Any increase in cost of funds, shall be borne by the Eligible End
Borrowers (EEB).
NABARD to keep the cost of borrowing to the minimum and ensure that interest subvention does not exceed 2.5%. NABARD will not charge more
than 0.6% towards fund management cost.
Loan [NABARD to NDDB / NCDC]: At not more than 6% interest rate
Fund management and loan risk cost. : Not more than 0.5% by NDDB/NCDC
Loan [NDDB / NCDC to EEB]:
At present interest rate is ranging between 5.07%  to 5.36% as informed by NABARD
Direct funding by NDDB allowed in Dec, 2021. NDDB proposed effective rate 5.30%

Progress under DIDF:

Financial Progress (Jan-Dec 2021):

During 2021, 8 projects from 4 states with total outlay of Rs 750.82 Cr with loan component of Rs 519.26 Crore have been sanctioned by NDDB and
NCDC. Rs 101.91 Cr of laon has been disbursed.

On cumulative basis, as on 21.12.2021, under DIDF, 48 Projects from 13 States with a total outlay of Rs. 6216.15 Crore with a loan component of Rs.
4101.82 Crore have been sanctioned by NDDB and NCDC Further, Rs. 1256.68 Crore of loan has been disbursed. DAHD, GoI has released Rs. 54.59
Crore to NABARD as interest subvention.

Physical Progress: On cumulative basis, 45 LLPD Milk Processing Capacity, 113 BMCs with 3.54 LLPD capacity, 165 MTPD Drying capacity and 6.76
LLPD Value added Processing (VAP) capacity has been established. Around 23 thousand villages have been covered under the scheme
3) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer organizations engaged in dairy activities” (SDC&FPO)

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INTEREST SUBVENTION ON WORKING CAPITAL LOANS FOR DAIRY SECTOR   
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has introduced a new
component “interest subvention on Working capital loans for Dairy sector” as one of

the component under its scheme “Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer

Producer organizations engaged in dairy activities” (SDC&FPO). Under the interest

subvention component of SDCFPO scheme so far Rs 146.57 Cr has been provided as interest subvention amount against eligible total working capital
loan amount of

Rs 10588.64 Cr for milk unions as on 13.12.2021.

KISAN CREDIT CARD (KCC) FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

FARMERS

A Special drive has been undertaken to provide concessional credit to Animal Husbandry & Dairying farmers through Kisan Credit Cards during
01.06.2020 to 31.12.2020. This has enabled such farmers to gain access to institutional credit at concessional interest rate for working capital expenditure.
Under this drive 14.25 fresh KCC were issued to Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farmers.

In order to provide Kisan Credit Card facility to all eligible Animal Husbandry and Fishery Farmers, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying in association with Department of Financial Services have launched a “Nationwide AHDF KCC Campaign from 15 th November 2021 to 15 th
February 2022. During this Campaign, District Level KCC Camps are being organized in every week for on the spot scrutiny of applications. Under this
campaign 50,454 KCC were sanctioned as on 17.12.2021.
3. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP):

Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH & DC) scheme and National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) are merged under Disease Control
Programme renamed as Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH & DC) Programme.

A. National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)

National Animal Disease Control Programme for control of Foot & Mouth Disease and Brucellosis (NADCP) is a Central Sector Scheme, with an outlay
of Rs 13,343 Cr for five years and was launched inSeptember 2019. The main aim of the Scheme is to control FMD and Brucellosis by 2025 with
vaccination and eventual eradication of FMD. Also, the objective of the scheme is to vaccinate all Livestock including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig
biannually against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and to vaccinate all Female Bovine Calves (4-8 months old) annually against Brucellosis.

The programme envisages 100% ear tagging of the eligible animal population and their registration on the INAPH (Information Network for Animal
Productivity and Health portal), in order to enhance the traceability, monitoring and control of animal diseases. So far, approximately 21.93 crore cattle
and buffaloes have been ear tagged; 16.91 crore cattle and buffaloes have been vaccinated in FMD round-1; 4.46 crore cattle and buffaloes have been
vaccinated in the ongoing FMD round-2; and 0.27 crore female bovine calves (between 4-8 months of age) have been inoculated in the ongoing
Brucellosis vaccination phase.

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Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC) Scheme   
The Livestock Health & Disease Control scheme with the aim of reducing risk to animal health by prophylactic vaccination against diseases of animals,
capacity building of Veterinary services, disease surveillance and strengthening veterinary infrastructure. The major activities supported are: Critical
Animal Disease Control Programme (CADCP) for eradication and control of two major diseases namely Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and classical
swine fever (CSF); establishment and strengthening of mobile veterinary units (ESVHD); and Assistance to States for control of other economically
important, exotic, emergent and zoonotic animal diseases (ASCAD). The funding pattern is 100% central assistance for the CADCP and the non-recurring
components of ESVHD, and 60:40 between Central and State for the other components as well as for ASCAD, with 90:10 for hilly and NE States and
100% for UTs.

Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) include both NADCP and LHDC, with budget allotment (BE Rs.1470.00 crore and RE Rs.
886.00 crore). Out of this Rs. 886 crore already Rs. 678.51 Crore have been released to the states/UTs under LH&DC during current financial year,
including the sanction of MVUs to different states as per the action plan/proposal.
4. Various Developments /Achievements in AHS Division during 2020-21: -

There is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Livestock Census & Integrated Sample Survey Scheme” under the development programmes
category with two components, (i) Livestock Census (LC) & (ii) Integrated Sample Survey (ISS). 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 household level in rural and urban areas.

As per 20th Livestock Census report, the Total Livestock Population and total poultry in the country is 536.76 million and 851.81 respectively showing
an increase of 4.8% and 16.8% respectively over Livestock Census-2012.

Publication work of Breed-wise Report of Livestock and Poultry (based on 20th Livestock census) is at final stage and is going to be published soon.
On the other hand,Integrated Sample Survey(ISS) is an annual survey,main objective of ISS is to estimate of the production of milk, egg, meat and wool
at National, State and district level. Activities of the survey were not digitised and compiled manually till 2020-21.In order to digitize all activities under
ISS Survey the Division has developed a software, in collaboration with IASRI, consisting development of a web portal and an android application
namely "eLISS" for collection of MLP data from Households. From 2021-22, the data are being collected through the android application only, so that
data collected through Integrated Sample Survey can made available on time with ensured reliability.
The latest Publication of Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics-2020 is published in year 2020.

Estimate of MLPs for the year 2019-20

Product Milk Egg Meat Wool

(Million Tonnes) (Billion Nos) (Million Tonnes) (Million Kg)

Production 198.4 114.38 8.60 36.76

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 Growth Rate (%) 5.69% 10.19% 5.98% -9.05%

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