Parliament Question: Animal Husbandry Schemes in Telangana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2710 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5TH AUGUST 2025 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SCHEMES IN TELANGANA

2710. SHRI KUNDURU RAGHUVEER:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

(a) the details of Central sector and Centrally sponsored schemes being implemented, State wise especially in Lok Sabha Constituency, Nalgonda in Telangana;

(b) the total amount of funds allocated, released and utilized under each of these schemes, State- wise;

(c) the number of beneficiaries covered under key schemes such as Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Livestock Mission, Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and National Programme for Dairy Development, State-wise including Telangana in Nalgonda;

(d) whether the Government has taken any steps to strengthen implementation through Mobile Veterinary Units, fodder banks and livestock health and disease control in the State of Telangana including Nalgonda; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the future roadmap for expanding animal husbandry services in rural and backward regions like Nalgonda? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) and (b) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States for development of Animal Husbandry sector, the Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying is implementing following central and centrally sponsored schemes across the country including

Nalgonda district in Telangana:

(i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM): RGM is implemented for development and conservation of indigenous breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and enhancement of milk

production and productivity of bovines with the following major components:

(i) Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme is being implemented to enhance artificial insemination coverage in districts with less than 50% Artificial Insemination Coverage;

(ii) Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology and sex sorted semen is being implemented for rapid genetic upgradation of bovine population;(iii) Multi-purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) are trained and equipped to deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep and

(iv) Under the component of establishment of breed multiplication farm, 50% capital subsidy made available to entrepreneurs for increasing availability of high genetic merit animals.

(ii) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): NPDD is implemented with following 2 components:

(i) Component ''A'' of NPDD focuses on 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/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Milk Producer Companies/ Farmer Producer Organizations.

(ii) Component ''B'' of the NPDD scheme "Dairying through Cooperatives” aims to increase sale of milk and dairy products by increasing farmer’s access to organized market, upgrading dairy processing facilities and marketing infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of producer owned institutions.

(iii) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO): To assist the State Dairy Cooperative Federations by providing interest subvention (regular 2% and additional 2% on prompt repayment) with respect to soft working capital loan to tide over the crisis on account severely adverse market conditions or natural calamities.

(iv) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): AHIDF provides interest subvention at the rate 3% per annum for creation/ strengthening of livestock product processing and diversification infrastructure thereby providing greater access for unorganized producer members to organized market.

(v) National Livestock Mission (NLM): to bring sharp focus on entrepreneurship development and breed improvement in poultry, sheep, goat, piggery and fodder by providing the incentivization to the individual, FPOs, SHGs, Section 8 companies for entrepreneurship development and also to the State Government for breed improvement infrastructure.

Under the National Livestock Mission – Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation (NLM-EDP), a total of 3,853 applications have been approved across the country, generating employment for over 41,000 individuals and impacting more than 82,000 farmers. The total project cost of the approved projects amounts to Rs. 2,680.75 crore, with loan amounts of Rs.

1,005.34 crore and approved subsidies of Rs.1,235.79 crore. In Nalgonda district, 72 projects have been approved, generating 292 jobs and impacting 331 farmers. These include 9 Goat, 11 Poultry, and 52 Sheep projects with a total project cost of Rs. 60.22 crore and an approved subsidy of Rs.

29.84 crore.

(vi) Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP): to provide for prophylactic vaccination against animal diseases, capacity building of veterinary services, disease surveillance, and strengthening veterinary infrastructure. Also, a new component of Pashu Aushadhi is added under the scheme ensure availability of affordable generic veterinary medicine across the country through Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PM-KSK) and Cooperative Societies. This will create an ecosystem for Generic Medicine which will be affordable and of good quality.

The total amount of funds allocated, released and utilized under each of these schemes, State-wise is at Annexure-I A to I C.(c) The details of number of beneficiaries covered under key schemes is at Annexure-II A to II D.

(d) and (e) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States to strengthen implementation through Mobile Veterinary Units, fodder banks and livestock health and disease control, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has taken following steps across the

country in all districts of Telangana including Nalgonda:

(i) Under the component of Nationwide AI programme of Rashtriya Gokul Mission Artificial Insemination (AI) services is delivered free of cost at the farmers doorstep. So far 32.44 lakh animals covered, 42.37 lakh AI performed and 16.65 lakh farmers benefited in the State of Telangana. In the Nalgonda district so far 1.84 lakh animals covered, 2.43 lakh AI performed and

1.20 lakh farmers benefited.

(ii) Under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) assistance is made available to the States/UTs including Telangana for control of animal diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease, Brucellosis and also to provide assistance to State Governments for Control of other infectious diseases of livestock including dairy animals.

Under the scheme Government of India is supporting establishment of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) for delivery of veterinary healthcare services including disease diagnosis, treatment, vaccination, minor surgical interventions, audio-visual aids and extension services at farmers doorstep. So far, 4019 MVUs are operational across the country and 96.86 lakh farmers benefitted and 2.01 crore animals treated. The State of Telangana is not participating under the component of Establishment of Mobile Veterinary Unit.

(iii) In order to overcome the shortage of quality fodder and increase its availability in the country, and to establish the fodder banks by the States and UTs, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is implementing National Livestock Mission with a Sub Mission on Feed and Fodder Development. The Sub-Mission of the feed and fodder is covering the following activities: (i) Assistance for quality Fodder seed production. (ii) Entrepreneurial activities in feed and fodder. (iii) Establishment of Entrepreneurs for Fodder Seed processing Infrastructure (processing and grading unit/ fodder seed storage godown). (iv) Fodder production from Non-Forest Wasteland / Rangeland / Non-arable Land” and (v) Fodder Production from Forest Land.

Further, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing the Central Sector Scheme “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations

(FPOs)” with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as implementing agency to form and promote 100 primarily fodder centric FPOs.

ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI Jhansi-) has developed Fodder Resources Development Plans for States/ UTs including Telangana, which include an area-specific strategy to be adopted to overcome the deficiency of green and dry fodder of the region and also to provide an executable plan for the State government and other agencies involved in livestock- related policy and planning.

***Annexure-I A Funds Released under RGM during the last 3 years (Rs in lakh) State/UT/ NDDB 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 SN 1 Andhra Pradesh 1546 3538.38 3184.16 2 Arunachal Pradesh 467.16 1965.31 0 3 Assam 3658.19 723.25 2163.34 4 Bihar 4928.63 0.00 0 5 Chhattisgarh 402 0.00 0 6 Goa 0 0.00 0 7 Gujarat 2222.82 6542.58 2071.85 8 Haryana 1173.66 0.00 0 9 Himachal Pradesh 0 0.00 0 10 Jammu & Kashmir 2539.35 0.00 6119.52 11 Jharkhand 1500 0.00 1500 12 Karnataka 3562.48 2651.31 0 13 Kerala 1284.12 6546.27 3697.74 14 Madhya Pradesh 9049.51 4903 0 15 Maharashtra 0 3261.5 1444.56 16 Manipur 166.69 0.00 0 17 Meghalaya 0 0.00 0 18 Mizoram 138.69 847.37 0 19 Nagaland 608.86 466.2 0 20 Orissa 1374.25 0.00 1671.06 21 Punjab 232 0.00 0 22 Rajasthan 250 250 0 23 Sikkim 572.42 1097.87 0 24 Tamil Nadu 3347 10996.1 0 25 Telangana 0 3153.13 0 26 Tripura 0 0.00 0 27 Uttar Pradesh 7671.25 9642.18 0 28 Uttarakhand 1885.75 6083 0 29 West Bengal 2037.35 6500 0 30 A & N Lands 0 0 0 31 Chandigarh 0 0 0 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 35 Ladakh 0 0.00 42 36 Pondicherry 0 0.00 213.41 37 NDDB 8893.76 16782.6 32256.9Annexure-I B State wise details of funds released under National Livestock Mission (NLM) in last 3 years (Rs. in lakhs) S. No State/Union Territories 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 6009.28 1260.00 786.50 2 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 Chhattisgarh 0.00 75.00 50.00 4 Goa 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 Gujarat 0.00 155.00 100.00 6 Haryana 0.00 407.50 975.00 7 Himachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 Jharkhand 0.00 64.00 0.00 10 Karnataka 0.00 250.00 725.00 11 Kerala 0.00 0.00 50.00 12 Madhya Pradesh 0.00 350.00 500.00 13 Maharashtra 0.00 65.00 30.00 14 Odisha 446.00 0.00 250.00 15 Punjab 369.66 0.00 0.00 16 Rajasthan 0.00 0.00 100.00 17 Tamilnadu 0.00 0.00 150.00 18 Telengana 0.00 0.00 50.00 19 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 100.00 771.00 20 Uttarakhand 0.00 198.48 306.25 21 West Bengal 296.63 0.00 200.00 22 Arunachal Pradesh 261.85 473.70 181.25 23 Assam 0.00 0.00 0.00 24 Manipur 0.00 0.00 170.30 25 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.00 26 Mizoram 0.00 201.99 0.00 27 Nagaland 0.00 50.00 193.90 28 Sikkim 93.21 93.21 0.00 29 Tripura 0.00 183.47 0.00 30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 0.00 0.00 0.00 Daman & Diu 33 Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 34 Jammu & Kashmir 675.35 0.00 250.00 35 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 36 Puducherry 0.00 0.00 0.00 37 Ladakh 308.295 0.00 27.50Annexure-I C State wise details of funds allocated under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme

(LHDCP) in last 3 years (Rs. in lakhs) S. NO. State/Union Territories 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 80.00 0.00 84.50 2 Andhra Pradesh 1376.05 8534.26 7605.85 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 621.28 654.25 4 Assam 558.47 2299.69 4696.50 5 Bihar 895.66 266.48 5481.63 6 Chandigarh 0.00 2.77 7.82 7 Chhattisgarh 158.80 621.51 3488.98 8 Daman and Diu & Dadar Nagar Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 Goa 0.00 78.11 94.56 10 Gujarat 0.00 5.80 1558.05 11 Haryana 2754.15 2203.77 5314.55 12 Himachal Pradesh 0.00 236.49 1405.67 13 Jammu & Kashmir 0.00 1099.81 1185.75 14 Jharkhand 240.00 850.36 1796.97 15 Karnataka 532.04 2255.78 1900.00 16 Kerala 466.15 5038.76 4677.62 17 Ladakh 86.97 383.95 883.04 18 Lakshadweep 0.00 45.23 166.16 19 Madhya Pradesh 0.00 0.00 2381.47 20 Maharashtra 352.73 11243.90 9232.00 21 Manipur 0.00 877.94 2518.57 22 Meghalaya 314.01 271.32 660.01 23 Mizoram 0.00 138.53 517.41 24 Nagaland 135.34 268.09 340.77 25 NCT Delhi 0.00 101.13 84.51 26 Odisha 0.00 318.10 1240.09 27 Puducherry 48.00 11.48 48.52 28 Punjab 0.00 0.00 397.93 29 Rajasthan 0.00 635.11 5968.58 30 Sikkim 232.57 251.07 312.61 31 Tamil Nadu 0.00 644.51 2259.60 32 Telangana 0.00 0.00 400.00 33 Tripura 0.00 59.76 573.37 34 Uttar Pradesh 7339.84 19259.84 15076.02 35 Uttarakhand 535.10 1998.69 1957.16 36 West Bengal 670.00 3639.00 4034.63Annexure-II A State wise farmers benefitted in Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme under Rashtriya Gokul Mission Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme Sl. No. State/UT Animal Covered AI Done Farmers Benefitted 1 Andhra Pradesh 7271593 13534121 3385494 2 Arunachal Pradesh 3896 4553 1808 3 Assam 1728956 2259202 1469462 4 Bihar 3939394 5426332 2699120 5 Chhattisgarh 1899186 2555961 1136298 6 Goa 25869 43346 8741 7 Gujarat 5851560 9414998 3472009 8 Haryana 616051 888738 447974 9 Himachal Pradesh 1826836 2984525 1333501 10 Jammu & Kashmir 2378443 4258437 1610132 11 Jharkhand 2687916 3606125 1820869 12 Karnataka 8316189 16365745 5213640 13 Ladakh 7409 9374 6049 14 Madhya Pradesh 7897299 9691938 4677115 15 Maharashtra 5657630 7673491 3660588 16 Manipur 27786 32608 16248 17 Meghalaya 51326 85953 16630 18 Mizoram 8712 12650 3989 19 Nagaland 41209 53282 16966 20 Odisha 4918641 6635012 3074382 21 Punjab 1195739 1896192 636970 22 Rajasthan 5952426 7869493 4138417 23 Sikkim 43868 54931 33777 24 Tamil Nadu 5043636 8532152 2338501 25 Telangana 3244563 4237569 1665755 26 Tripura 248420 333665 209181 27 Uttar Pradesh 14015463 22167599 7892528 28 Uttaranchal 1511187 2447353 1064152 29 West Bengal 5218518 8166218 3437398 Total 91629721 141241563 55487694Annexure-II B State wise farmers benefitted under NLM-EDP State Total Farmers impacted Andhra Pradesh 1673 Arunachal Pradesh 273 Assam 7015 Bihar 52 Chhattisgarh 1647 Gujarat 42 Haryana 210 Himachal Pradesh 152 Jammu And Kashmir 194 Jharkhand 50 Karnataka 13833 Kerala 3976 Madhya Pradesh 15470 Maharashtra 11054 Manipur 12 Mizoram 1523 Nagaland 1343 Odisha 121 Puducherry 0 Punjab 213 Rajasthan 1572 Sikkim 34 Tamil Nadu 3441 Telangana 3076 Tripura 224 Uttar Pradesh 6918 Uttarakhand 6325 West Bengal 1704 Grand Total 82147Annexure-II C Details of numbers of farmers provided veterinary services at doorstep through MVU No. of Farmers provided No. of MVUs SI States veterinary services at Operational doorstep 1 Andhra Pradesh 340 20,49,550 2 Arunachal Pradesh 25 43,318 3 Assam 159 2,61,511 4 Bihar 307 2,33,072 5 Chhattisgarh 163 6,09,605 6 Delhi 3 187 7 Goa 2 602 8 Gujarat 127 4,50,369 9 Haryana 70 47,903 10 Himachal Pradesh 44 17,549 11 Jammu & Kashmir 50 26,737 12 Jharkhand 236 66,525 13 Karnataka 275 3,86,714 14 Kerala 29 22,556 15 Ladakh 9 1,649 16 Madhya Pradesh 406 8,55,434 17 Maharashtra 80 1,01,080 18 Manipur 33 9,127 19 Meghalaya 17 308 20 Mizoram 26 35,765 21 Nagaland 16 18,347 22 Puducherry 4 2,084 23 Rajasthan 536 9,05,948 24 Sikkim 6 3,546 25 Tamil Nadu 245 3,42,676 26 Tripura 13 5,678 27 Uttar Pradesh 520 30,40,776 28 Uttarakhand 60 1,42,245 29 West Bengal 218 5,489 Total 4019 96,86,350Annexure-II D Details of numbers of farmers benefitted under AHIDF Sl. State Name Projects Direct Employment Indirect Employment/ No Approved Farmers benefited 1 Andhra Pradesh 18 2,291 1,20,761 2 Assam 7 781 11,083 3 Bihar 6 1,706 56,678 4 Chhattisgarh 9 2,166 24,886 5 Delhi 1 75 - 6 Gujarat 18 2,396 26,129 7 Haryana 23 1,743 98,374 8 Himachal 4 331 3,281 Pradesh 9 Jammu & 3 26 826 Kashmir 10 Jharkhand 8 491 34,109 11 Karnataka 28 2,858 87,683 12 Kerala 4 167 16,998 13 Madhya Pradesh 21 3,459 1,05,485 14 Maharashtra 71 6,587 10,05,935 15 Odisha 14 1,027 37,467 16 Puducherry 1 15 544 17 Punjab 29 3,488 95,679 18 Rajasthan 17 1,440 73,213 19 Tamil Nadu 35 4,161 3,58,745 20 Telangana 19 2,226 48,221 21 Uttar Pradesh 33 4,159 2,21,092 22 Uttarakhand 2 114 2,359 23 West Bengal 31 1,665 91,146 Grand Total 402 43,372 25,20,693