Parliament Question: Dairy Farming in Jalgaon, Maharashtra

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22ND JULY 2025 DAIRY FARMING IN JALGAON, MAHARASHTRA 415. SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH: Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote small-scale dairy farming for rural farmers owning up to five acres of land across the country; (b) the types of assistance and schemes available for dairy units with 5 to 10 animals and the manner in which these schemes are benefiting small and marginal farmers; (c) the number of farmers supported under such schemes during the last five years, State wise, especially in Maharashtra and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency; (d) whether the Government has any specific plan to strengthen small dairy farming in Jalgaon and if so, the details thereof and also the time by which assistance will be provided to these farmers; (e) if so, the steps taken to initiate such plan for Jalgaon and if not, the reasons therefor; and (f) whether there is any plan of the Government to address this long-standing demand of rural dairy farmers in the region? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL) (a) to (f): In order to compliment and supplement the States and Union Territories for promoting small scale dairy farming the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing the following schemes and have taken following steps: 1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission is being implemented for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds enhancing milk production and productivity of bovines to meet growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative to the rural farmers of the country. The details of the assistance made available to dairy farmers including small, marginal and landless labours is as under :(i) Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP): Under the component Artificial Insemination services is delivered free of cost at farmers’ doorstep in the districts with less than 50% AI coverage. At present NAIP is implemented in 33 districts of Maharashtra and as on date, 56.57 lakh animals have been covered, 76.73 lakh artificial inseminations performed, and 36.60 lakh farmers benefitted. In Jalgaon District of Maharashtra, 1.87 lakh animals have been covered, 2.41 lakh artificial inseminations performed, and 1.25 lakh farmers benefitted under NAIP; (ii) Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection is being implemented to produce high genetic merit bulls, including bulls of indigenous breeds. Gaolao breed of cattle and Pandharpuri breed of buffalo of Maharashtra are covered under the programme; (iii) Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology and sex sorted semen is being implemented for rapid genetic upgradation of bovine population. 2 IVF labs are functional in Maharashtra and the benefit of the labs are accruing to all the dairy farmers of the state including Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.; (iv) Multi-purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) are trained and equipped to deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep. In Maharashtra a total of 853 MAITRIs are trained and equipped including 30 MAITRIs inducted in Jalgoan district of Maharashtra; (v) Under the component of establishment of Breed Multiplication Farm, Department has approved 33 Breed Multiplication including 1 BMF sanctioned for Jalgoan District. 2. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) is being 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 and (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. Under the scheme 4 projects with the total outlay of Rs 5177.21 lakh have been approved in the State of Maharashtra including Jalgoan district. 3. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) is being implemented to provide for prophylactic vaccination against animal diseases, capacity building of veterinary services, disease surveillance, and strengthening veterinary infrastructure. Under the scheme in the State of Maharashtra, so far 10.25 crore vaccination have been performed against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), 28.01 lakh against Brucellosis, 2.35 crore against PPR and 1.58 lakh against Classical Swine Fever (CSF). In the Jalgoan district so far 41.62 lakh vaccination performed against FMD, 1.07 lakh against Brucellosis, 9.13 lakh against PPR and 0.07 lakh against CSF. A total of 80 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU) are operational in the State including 5 MVU operational in Jalgoan district.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. 4. Government of India has extended Kisan Credit Card (KCC) facility to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers for their working capital requirements wherein farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmers having owned/rented/leased sheds are eligible for getting incentivisation under the scheme and so far 1,10,358 fresh KCC have been issued for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farmers in Maharashtra. 5. Government of India is implementing Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) worth Rs. 29,110.25 crore to facilitate incentivisation of investments in Livestock Sector including establishment of dairy processing and value addition infrastructure. Under this scheme, the Central Government is facilitating a 3% interest subvention for eligible beneficiaries. This subsidy will be extended over a maximum period of 8 years including maximum 2 years of moratorium. The details of number of farmers supported under NAIP during the last five years, State wise is given at Annexure-I and the details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-II. ***Annexure-I State-wise details of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP) 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 Details of projects approved under AHIDF in Maharashtra Serial Approved Projects Project Cost (Rs. in District Name Number (Nos) Crores) 1 Ahmednagar 1 69.62 2 Aurangabad 2 117.04 3 Dhule 2 4.63 4 Nashik 4 43.2 5 Pune 3 40.33 6 Solapur 2 8.54