## National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) - Summary
The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying is implementing the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), a Central Sector Scheme, across the country since 2014-15. The NPDD aims to enhance the quality of milk and milk products and increase the share of organized procurement, processing, value addition, and marketing.
**Key Achievements (as of July 31, 2025):**
* **Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS):** 31,908 DCS organized/revived.
* **Milk Producer Enrollment:** 17.63 lakh additional milk producers enrolled.
* **Milk Procurement:** Increase of 120.68 lakh kilogram per day.
* **Village Level Milk Testing Laboratories:** 61,677 established.
* **Bulk Milk Coolers (BMC):** 5,995 established, with a chilling capacity of 149.35 lakh litres.
* **Dairy Plant Laboratories:** 279 upgraded with milk adulteration detection systems, including FTIR Technology based Milk Analyzers.
**Revised NPDD Scheme (2025-26):**
* **Target:** Organization of 21,902 new dairy cooperative societies across the country.
* **Financial Outlay:** Rs. 407.37 Crore (Government of India's share: Rs. 211.90 Crore; Implementing organizations' share: Rs. 195.47 Crore).
* **Progress:** Approximately 1804 dairy cooperative societies have been organized, providing employment to about 37,793 new milk producers.
**Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs):**
* **Operational MVUs:** 4019 across the country (including 406 in Madhya Pradesh and 340 in Andhra Pradesh).
* **Beneficiaries:** 96,86,350 livestock farmers and 2,01,49,217 animals benefited.
* **Bhind District, Madhya Pradesh:** 15,307 livestock farmers and 19,472 animals have been benefitted by MVUs.
**Source:**
Information provided by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on August 5, 2025.
Key Entities Referenced
National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): A Central Sector Scheme implemented across the country since 2014-15 to enhance the quality of milk and milk products.
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD): The implementing body for the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD).
Madhya Pradesh: A state in India where 406 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) are operational.
Andhra Pradesh: A state in India where 340 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) are operational.
Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs): Veterinary service units providing services to livestock farmers, with 4019 units operational in the country.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where information regarding the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) was provided.
Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, who provided information on the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh: A district in Madhya Pradesh where 15,307 livestock farmers and 19,472 animals have benefitted from the doorstep delivery of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs).
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
National Programme For Dairy Development
Posted On: 05 AUG 2025 2:56PM by PIB Delhi
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) is implementing Central Sector Scheme- “National
Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)” across the country since 2014-15 with the aim to enhance
quality of milk and milk products and increase share of organized procurement, processing, value addition and
marketing. The infrastructure created/strengthened under the scheme benefits all the milk producers
associated with the State Cooperative Milk Federations/Unions/Producer Companies covered under the
scheme.
Under NPDD scheme, about 31,908 dairy cooperative societies (DCS) have been organized/revived with
17.63 lakh additional milk producer enrolment and increase of 120.68 lakh kilogram per day milk
procurement. State-wise details of number of DCS organized, milk producers enrolled & increase in milk
procurement is at Annexure-I.
Under NPDD scheme, about 61,677 village level milk testing laboratories and 5,995 Bulk Milk Coolers with
chilling capacity of 149.35 lakh litres have been established. In addition, 279 number of dairy plant
laboratories have been upgraded with milk adulteration detection systems including FTIR Technology based
Milk Analyser. State wise details of village level laboratories, Bulk Milk Coolers and dairy plant laboratories
established/upgraded is at Annexure-II.
Under the revised NPDD scheme, DAHD has approved State-wise targets for organization of 21,902 new
dairy cooperative societies across the country during 2025-26. A total financial outlay of Rs. 407.37 Crore has
been approved which includes Rs.211.90 Crore as the Government of India’s share and Rs. 195.47 Crore as
the share of the implementing organizations. As per the information provided by States, till date, about 1804
dairy cooperative societies have been organised providing employment opportunity to about 37,793 number
of new milk producers during 2025-26.
As on date, total 4019 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) are operational in the country including 406 in
Madhya Pradesh and 340 in Andhra Pradesh. In addition, about 96,86,350 livestock farmers and 2,01,49,217
animals have been benefited from the service provided through these MVUs. In Bhind district of Madhya
Pradesh, till date, 15,307 livestock farmers and 19,472 animals have been benefitted by the doorstep delivery
of MVUs. State-wise details of MVUs operational, number of livestock farmers benefitted and animals treated
through MVUs is at Annexure-III.
Annexure-I
State-wise details of number of DCS organized, milk producers enrolled & increase in milk
procurement under NPDD scheme (as on 31.07.2025)
Additional Additional
Farmer Average Daily
DCS organized /Revived
S. No. State Member Milk
(Nos.)
enrolled (in ‘000 Procurement
Nos.) (TKgPD)
1 Andhra 3483 237432 371.13Pradesh
Arunachal
2 0 0 0.00
Pradesh
3 Assam 0 0 0.00
4 Bihar 8285 509496 796.61
5 Chhattisgarh 0 768 16.20
6 Goa 0 0 0.00
7 Gujarat 935 33097 4215.20
8 Haryana 0 0 0.00
Himachal
9 359 4939 106.00
Pradesh
Jammu &
10 1775 79150 245.00
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand 256 15782 119.82
12 Karnataka 2033 274937 1561.10
13 Kerala 0 63188 249.90
14 Ladakh 10 700 2.90
Madhya
15 0 0 57.42
Pradesh
16 Maharashtra 369 35362 192.90
17 Manipur 50 1043 4.30
18 Meghalaya 51 1185 0.00
19 Mizoram 3 60 0.80
20 Nagaland 54 1342 4.10
21 Odisha 973 57416 161.70
22 Pondicherry 7 600 33.00
23 Punjab 2144 28935 1513.92
24 Rajasthan 4245 173896 836.14
25 Sikkim 287 6938 50.40
26 Tamil Nadu 1278 87072 818.80
27 Telangana 640 15895 225.91
28 Tripura 6 530 0.00
Uttar
29 4179 77152 398.18
Pradesh
30 Uttarakhand 416 52700 82.90
31 West Bengal 70 3532 3.70
Grand total 31908 1763147 12068.03
Nos.-Numbers, TKgPD-Thousand Kilogram Per DayAnnexure-II
State wise details of village level laboratories, Bulk Milk Coolers and dairy plant laboratories
established/upgraded under NPDD scheme (as on 31.07.2025)
Bulk Milk Cooler (BMC) Strengthening
Strengthening
of dairy plant
of village level
S. No. State level
laboratory Number Capacity (KL)
Laboratory
(Nos.)
(Nos.)
Andhra
1 3848 53 320.00 7
Pradesh
Arunachal
2 0 0 0.00 0
Pradesh
3 Assam 0 0 0.00 1
4 Bihar 7413 72 199.00 12
5 Chhattisgarh 95 29 58.00 6
6 Goa 0 0 0.00 1
7 Gujarat 5533 2088 7305.00 5
8 Haryana 513 59 48.00 5
Himachal
9 335 47 88.00 13
Pradesh
Jammu &
10 2232 58 275.00 3
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand 339 13 26.00 5
12 Karnataka 5621 686 2080.00 50
13 Kerala 2160 108 392.50 11
14 Ladakh 0 0 0.00 0
Madhya
15 1135 201 181.00 16
Pradesh
16 Maharashtra 639 95 199.50 23
17 Manipur 61 38 8.40 1
18 Meghalaya 107 100 41.76 4
19 Mizoram 46 9 4.50 4
20 Nagaland 0 28 14.50 3
21 Odisha 1023 38 109.00 14
22 Pondicherry 95 15 14.50 1
23 Punjab 6014 497 687.50 19
24 Rajasthan 7355 980 1171.50 17
25 Sikkim 588 225 73.10 3
26 Tamil Nadu 8967 485 1531.00 24
27 Telangana 2128 22 19.50 3
28 Tripura 158 11 11.50 1
29 Uttar Pradesh 3897 32 70.00 1330 Uttarakhand 1275 2 4.00 11
31 West Bengal 100 4 2.00 3
Grand total 61677 5995 14934.76 279
Nos.-Numbers, KL-Thousand Litres
Annexure-III
State-wise details of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs), number of livestock farmers and animals benefited
Number of Livestock Number of Animals
Number of MVUs
S. No. States/UT Farmers benefitted treated
Operational
(Total cumulative) (Total cumulative)
1 Andhra Pradesh 340 2049550 2211886
2 Arunachal Pradesh 25 43318 51326
3 Assam 159 261511 627616
4 Bihar 307 233072 583058
5 Chhattisgarh 163 609605 2847011
6 Delhi 3 187 201
7 Goa 2 602 804
8 Gujarat 127 450369 699480
9 Haryana 70 47903 204591
10 Himachal Pradesh 44 17549 18047
11 Jammu & Kashmir 50 26737 48103
12 Jharkhand 236 66525 101907
13 Karnataka 275 386714 571415
14 Kerala 29 22556 25034
15 Ladakh 9 1649 1449
16 Madhya Pradesh 406 855434 1008773
17 Maharashtra 80 101080 206554
18 Manipur 33 9127 9067
19 Meghalaya 17 308 3011
20 Mizoram 26 35765 55280
21 Nagaland 16 18347 47754
22 Puducherry 4 2084 7609
23 Rajasthan 536 905948 3598443
24 Sikkim 6 3546 5580
25 Tamil Nadu 245 342676 1092710
26 Tripura 13 5678 39383
27 Uttar Pradesh 520 3040776 5707893
28 Uttarakhand 60 142245 287102
29 West Bengal 218 5489 88130
Total 4019 9686350 20149217
This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry andth
Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 5 August, 2025.
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