**Executive Summary**
This report details the progress and ongoing initiatives of the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme, a government effort to assess and improve animal disease management. Key objectives include enhancing vaccination coverage and monitoring, with specific attention to Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). The report outlines several steps taken to achieve these goals, with a focus on improved procedures and infrastructure, and specifies the period of 2021-2025 for observed reductions in disease outbreaks.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Disease Outbreak Reduction:**
* Outbreaks of FMD have significantly reduced, from 132 in 2019 to 32 in 2025.
* Brucellosis outbreaks decreased from 22 in 2019 to 6 in 2025.
* Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) outbreaks fell from 98 in 2019 to 29 in 2025.
* **Vaccination and Monitoring Improvements:**
* Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been formulated for vaccination against FMD, Brucellosis, PPR, and CSF, encompassing demand assessment, resource management, microplanning, sero-monitoring, and outbreak management.
* SOPs for animal registration, ear tagging, vaccine administration, and data uploading to NDLM have been circulated to States/UTs.
* Vaccination programs for FMD have been streamlined with regular quality testing, sero-surveillance, and sampling plans.
* A standard sampling plan for sero-surveillance and sero-monitoring has been developed in consultation with ICAR-NIVEDI.
* **Procurement and Financial Support:**
* Quality-ensured vaccines for FMD, Brucella, PPR, and CSF are procured and supplied centrally to States and Union Territories.
* Financial support is provided to States and Union Territories for vaccination accessories, cold chain infrastructure strengthening, and stakeholder awareness generation.
* **Infrastructure and Guidelines:**
* Guidelines for minimum standards of veterinary infrastructure in India have been framed and communicated to States/UTs.
**Impact Analysis**
**States and Union Territories (UTs)**
* **Impact:** States and UTs are directly involved in the implementation of the formulated SOPs, requiring adoption of new procedures for vaccination, animal registration, and data management. They will also benefit from centrally procured vaccines and financial support for infrastructure and awareness campaigns.
* **Action Required:** Adopt the formulated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for vaccination, animal registration, and data uploading. Implement guidelines for minimum standards of veterinary infrastructure. Utilize financial support for procurement of vaccination accessories and strengthening of cold chain.
**Stakeholders (Farmers, Veterinary Professionals, etc.)**
* **Impact:** Stakeholders will experience improved livestock health due to reduced disease outbreaks and better vaccination coverage. They will be part of awareness generation initiatives and will interact with streamlined veterinary services under the new SOPs.
* **Action Required:** Participate in awareness generation programs. Comply with new procedures for animal registration and vaccination as communicated by veterinary authorities.
Key Entities Referenced
LIVESTOCK HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME: The primary program discussed in the document, aimed at controlling livestock diseases.
Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD): The governmental department responsible for assessing the impact of the program and formulating plans.
Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD): A specific disease targeted by the program, with data on vaccination impact and outbreak reduction provided.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Vaccination: Key operational guidelines developed for vaccination against FMD, Brucellosis, PPR, and CSF, and for animal registration/tagging.
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR-NIVEDI): The research institute involved in formulating sampling plans and developing standard sampling plans for disease monitoring.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
LIVESTOCK HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL
PROGRAMME
Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 11:44AM by PIB Delhi
Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India assess the post-vaccination
impact through the sampling plan formulated by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National
Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR-NIVEDI). As per the plan, the latest
available report in respect to Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) shows that average sero-conversion is 70%
and average Non-Structural Protein (NSP) antibody prevalence has reduced to 7.8% from 16% during
2021-23. Presently, the number of outbreaks of FMD has reduced from 132 in 2019 to 32 during 2025.
Similarly, the outbreaks of Brucellosis and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) also decreased from 22 in
2019 to 6 in 2025 and from 98 in 2019 to 29 during 2025 respectively.
The steps taken by the Government to improve last-mile vaccination coverage and monitoring are outlined
as under:
i. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Vaccination against FMD, Brucellosis, PPR and CSF
has been formulated for adoption by the States/UTs which include demand assessment,
accessories/consumables, human resource and microplanning, sero-monitoring and outbreak
management.
ii. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for registration and ear tagging of animals,
administration of vaccine and uploading of data on NDLM are circulated to State/UTs for
adoption.
iii. Procurement and supply of the quality ensured FMD, Brucella, PPR and CSF vaccine to the
State and Union Territory is done centrally.
iv. The vaccination programs has been streamlined against FMD with regular quality testing,
sero-surveillance, sero-monitoring and sampling plans.
v. Financial support is provided to States and Union Territories for procurement of vaccination
accessories, strengthening of cold chain infrastructure and for awareness generation amongst
stakeholders.
vi. Standard sampling plan has been developed in consultation with ICAR-NIVEDI on sero-
surveillance and sero-monitoring.
vii. Guidelines for minimum standards of Veterinary Infrastructure in India has been framed and
communicated to States/UT with the request for adoption and necessary action.
This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan
Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Lok Sabha in response to a question asked.
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