Parliament Question: Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund

O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10TH FEBRUARY 2026 DAIRY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND 1703. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL: SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: 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 for upliftment of fisheries, animal husbandry and diary industries; (b) the names and details of projects under Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) during the last five years, component/ State/ district-wise including Maharashtra; (c) the details of funds sanctioned, disbursed and utilized under the DIDF through the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) during the last five years, State and project-wise including Maharashtra; (d) the funds approved, released and utilized for each project during the last five years, State- wise including Maharashtra; (e) the details of initiatives taken by the Government under the scheme particularly in Yavatmal Lok Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra; (f) whether any assessment has been done by the Government under DIDF and if so, the details thereof and key findings, State-wise; (g) the number of projects approved and completed under the scheme and the additional milk processing capacity created, State-wise including Maharashtra; (h) whether any projects under the schemes are delayed or pending and if so, the reasons therefor, State-wise; (i) the steps taken by the Government to ensure effective monitoring and time implementation of DIDF projects; and (j) the criteria fixed by the Government for approval of diaries in the country and the number of diaries currently approved under this framework State and district-wise including Maharashtra? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)(a) The Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAHD), Government of India (GoI) is implementing the following schemes to supplement the efforts made by the State Government to upliftment of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy industries; I. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD): i. Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM). ii. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) iii. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO) iv. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) v. National Livestock Mission (NLM) vi. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) II. Department of Fisheries (DoF): i. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) ii. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY) iii. Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) In addition to above, the Government of India with effect from the financial year 2018-19 has extended the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) facility to dairy and fish famers to help them to meet their working capital requirements. (b) to (d) Dairy processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) has been subsumed under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) from 01.02.2024, and now the Dairy Cooperatives are eligible to avail assistance through AHIDF as per the Operational Guidelines. The details of projects sanctioned State-wise/ Project wise including Maharashtra under DIDF and financial progress is at Annexure-I. (e) In erstwhile DIDF and ongoing AHIDF, no project from Yavatmal has been sanctioned. (f) The Evaluation Study report of NITI Aayog on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Sector schemes submitted in 2020, in which DIDF was evaluated and the finding was “DIDF scheme is recommended to be continued with focus on development of processing infrastructure and the scheme should be fast tracked”. Department of Expenditure and NITI Aayog suggested department to merged DIDF into AHIDF. Accordingly, the scheme has been subsumed under AHIDF and the applications are invited through online portal (ahidf.udyamimitra.in). (g) and (h) The number of projects approved and completed under the scheme and the additional milk processing capacity created, State-wise including Maharashtra is at Annexure-I. The projects of Milk Unions of Mysore, Hassan, Tumkur, Thanjavur, Trichy and Sabarkantha (project at Rohtak) and Tamil Nadu Federation are delayed due to procedural delays in implementing the scheduled civil works and supply & installation of plant & machinery. (i) Project monitoring under AHIDF is undertaken jointly by the Project Sanctioning Committee (PSC), Project Approval Committee (PAC) and Project Management Agency (PMA), wherein the PSC/PAC will hold quarterly meetings to review approved projects, with the PMA collecting progress data from EEs and Banks on physical andfinancial achievements for submission to PSC. DAHD, GoI regularly reviews the implementation of the scheme through review meetings with States and concerned Stakeholders. (j) The Eligible entities for availing benefits for the dairy processing and value addition infrastructure under the AHIDF Scheme are Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), Private companies, Individual entrepreneurs, Section 8 companies, Micro Small and Medium, Enterprises, Dairy Cooperatives. Under AHIDF 161 projects have been sanctioned including Maharashtra. District-wise number of projects sanctioned under AHIDF for dairy processing and value addition infrastructure is at Annexure II. *****Annexure-I The details of projects sanctioned State-wise/ Project wise including Maharashtra under DIDF and financial progress is as under (Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) NDDB's projects Sangam Milk Dairy expansion Completed 4.00 Producer from 4 LLPD to Company 8 LLPD, Expansion of 100 MTPD fermented milk Andhra products (curd, 10.01.2019 97.75 78.20 34.73 1 1 Pradesh butter, Ghee) block to 250 MTPD, consensing plant of 50 TLPD and 10 EMAT Sub-Total 97.75 78.20 34.73 Deshratna Dr Establishment of Rajendra Pd Milk Product 2 Bihar 1 Dugdh Utpadak Plant of 2.07 24.08.2021 113.27 78.80 77.24 Sahkari Sangh LLPD Milk Ltd Handling(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Capacity at Barauni Dairy, Barauni, Bihar Sub-Total 113.27 78.80 77.24 Banaskantha Setting-up of Completed 40.00 District New Dairy Plant Cooperative Milk of 30 LLPD Producer's Union capacity Ltd. (expandable to 50 LLPD) at Sanadar, Modernization / strengthening of facilities in the 07.12.2018 3 Gujarat 5 599.83 479.87 474.20 existing dairy 26.03.2021 plant at Banas Dairy, Palanpur and Creation/ expansion of manufacturing facilities Value Added Products at Banas Dairy, Palanpur(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Sabarkantha Establishment of Completed District Powder Plant of Cooperative Milk 100 MTPD and 07.12.2018 361.14 288.42 184.48 Producer's Union Dairy Plant of Ltd. 10 LLPD at Himatnagar Gandhinagar Setting-up of Completed District New Dairy Plant Cooperative Milk of 250 TLPD Producer's Union expandable to 25.11.2020 109.39 54.30 51.29 Ltd. 500 TLPD at Dashela, District Gandhinagar, Gujarat Sabarkantha Milk Setting up of 30 Union MTPD Cheese and 45 MTPD 03.01.2023 600.00 480.00 420.86 Whey Powder Plant at Himmatnagar Sabarkantha Milk Setting-up of Union new 800 MTPD 10.03.2023 208.75 167.00 187.78 Cattle Feed Plant and 25(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) MTPD Mineral Mixture Plant at Hajipur, Himmatnagar, Gujarat Sub-Total 1879.11 1469.59 1318.61 Hiisar-Jind Refurbishment 19.07.2018 15.63 12.50 7.81 Cooperative of Milk Plant 16.06.2021 Sirsa Cooperative Refurbishment 19.07.2018 7.15 5.72 2.88 of Milk Plant 12.08.2012 Sabarkantha Milk Strengthening Union and expansion of ETP upto 20 03.01.2023 23.13 18.50 15.47 LLPD capacity at Rohtak 4 Haryana 4 Sabarkantha Milk Expansion of Union milk processing plant from 10 LLPD to 16 10.03.2023 374.28 299.42 201.78 LLPD with product plant facilities at Rohtak Sub-Total 420.19 336.14 227.94(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) KMF at Expansion of Completed 37.50 Chhanarayapatna Powder Plant from 30 MTD to 60 MTD powder plant and 26.05.2018 109.41 87.53 58.08 expansion of milk processing from 4 LLPD to 7 LLPD at Channaraypatna Dakshina New dairy plant Completed Kannada District of 2.5 LLPD at 26.05.2018 5 Karnataka 10 86.42 55.00 51.76 Cooperative Uppoor District 20.12.2019 Udupi KMF Ramnagara Establishing 12 Completed LLPD capacity milk processing plant with 100 26.05.2018 300.00 210.00 205.29 MTPD powder plant at Ramnagara Kolar- Mega Dairy Completed Chikkaballapur with a capacity 26.05.2018 158.90 103.18 83.94 of 5 LLPD at(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) District Chikkaballarpur, Cooperative strengthening of existing dairy plant at Kolar, Installation of BMC. Mysore District Setting up of Completed Cooperative new dairy plant of capacity 6 LLPD 26.05.2018 121.66 63.87 63.87 expandable to 8 LLPD at Alanahally Bengaluru Setting up of a Completed District new dairy plant Cooperative of 6 LLPD capacity expandable to 10 LLPD, Curd 27.11.2018 499.73 200.00 191.39 plant 0.50 LKGPD, Cheese Plant 35 MTPD and Drying Plant (45 MTPD(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Whey Powder/ 35 MTPD SMP) Chamrajanagar Establishment of Completed District New Dairy Plant Cooperatives of Capacity 3 LLPD expandable to 5 27.11.2018 124.72 60.00 55.83 LLPD and UHT plant of 2 LLPD at Kuderu, Chamarajanagar district Hasan District a) Setting-up of Cooperative PET Bottle unit of 30000 bottles per hour (b) Expansion of existing UHT 27.11.2018 810.00 350.00 297.63 plant from 2 15.12.2021 LLPD to 4 LLPD and (c) Expansion of exisiting dairy plant from 3(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) LLPD to 5 LLPD Tumkur Co- Setting up of a operative Milk new dairy plant Producers Union of 10 LLPD Ltd. capacity expandable to 15.12.2021 154.03 123.22 55.63 15 LLPD, Curd Plant of 1.5 LKPD & Condensing plant of 3 LLPD Mysore District Setting up of Cooperative Milk UHT Plant of Producer’s Union 1.50 TLPD Ltd - UHT Plant capcaity 07.11.2022 115.03 92.03 41.98 expandable to 200 TLPD at Alanahalli, Mysore Sub-Total 2479.90 1344.83 1105.39 Ernakulam Milk Strengthening of 03.07.2018 6 Kerala 1 15.25 12.20 10.20 Union Products Dairy, 25.08.2021(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Edappally at Kochi, Kerala Sub-Total 15.25 12.20 10.20 Panchmahal Setting-up of District New Dairy Plant Cooperative Milk of 3 LLPD Producer's Union (expandable to 5 Ltd. LLPD) and Ice Madhya Cream Plant of 03.01.2023 338.00 270.40 252.64 7 1 Pradesh 50 TLPD (expandable to 100 TLPD) at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Sub-Total 338.00 270.40 252.64 Panchmahal Establishment of Completed 7.50 District New Dairy Plant Cooperative of 7.5 LLPD (expandable Maharashtr 8 2 upto 13 LLPD) 11.06.2019 319.08 155.26 131.03 a with 20 MTPD curd, 100 TLPD butter milk and 5 MTPD Paneer(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) facility at Taloja, Maharashtra Panchmahal Setting-up of 1 District LLPD (Exp. to Cooperative 1.50 LLPD) Ice- Cream Processing & 03.01.2023 169.25 135.40 116.10 Packing at existing dairy plant at Taloja, Maharashtra Sub-Total 488.33 290.66 247.13 Ludhiana District Establishment of Completed 9.95 Cooperative New Dairy Plant of 5 LLPD capacity and 26.05.2018 Expansion of 104.54 79.88 73.25 11.09.2019 9 Punjab 4 Butter Section to 10 TPD from existing 7.5 TPD Ropar District Establishment of Completed 26.05.2018 109.01 87.21 59.78 Cooperative New Fermented(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Product Dairy Plant of 3.70 LLPD Capacity Doaba District Establishment of Completed 26.05.2018 Cooperative Fermented 16.06.2021 84.01 66.01 62.68 Product of 125 01.11.2021 TLPD capacity Patiala District Modernization Completed Cooperative and Upgradation 26.05.2018 20.85 16.68 10.02 of Existing Dairy Plant Sub-Total 318.41 249.77 205.73 Bhilawara Establishment of Completed 5.00 Dughdh Sangh new dairy plant 09.09.2019 79.33 59.77 55.35 10 Rajasthan 1 of 500 TLPD at 24.06.2021 Bhilwara Sub-Total 79.33 59.77 55.35 Nalgonda- Ranga Setting up of Reddy Milk Curd Plant of 20 16.07.2019 3.25 2.60 0.00 Union, Telangana TLPD at Hayath 11 Telangana 3 Nagar Mulukanoor Expansion of its Completed Women’s Milk existing dairy 16.07.2019 12.00 9.60 9.60 Union, Telangana plant from 0.5(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) LLPD to 1.00 LLPD (expandable to 1.50 LLPD) and Strengthening of Milk Product Plant Telangana State Setting up of a Dairy Fed at new dairy plant Lalapet of 5 LLPD capacity expandable to 8 20.05.2021 246.26 144.50 142.14 LLPD, Ice cream plant of 5 TLPD & UHT Plant of 1 LLPD at Lalapet Sub-Total 261.51 156.70 151.74 TNCMPF, Establishment of Madhavram 10 LLPD Dairy Plant 12 Tamil Nadu 3 01.07.2020 142.19 113.75 13.20 (expandable to 15 LLPD) at Madhavaram(Rs in Crore) No of Date of Total Completed Processing Sno State Milk Union Details Loan Loan Projects approval Project /ongoing capacity sanctioned disbursed Cost (LLPD) Tiruchirappalli Setting up of 6 District KL Ice-cream & Cooperative Milk 10 TLPD 01.07.2021 43.42 34.73 15.32 Producers’ Union fermented milk Limited product Thanjavur Setting up of District New Dairy Plant Cooperative Milk of 1 LLPD 01.07.2021 53.55 42.84 5.14 Producers’ Union capacity Limited Sub-Total 239.16 191.32 33.66 TOTAL 36 6730.21 4538.39 3720.36 NCDC's projects Establishment of Completed new dairy plant Thootukudi of 50 TLPD and District 1 Tamil Nadu 1 value added 46.66 37.33 24.83 Cooperative Milk products Union manufacturing facilities GRAND TOTAL 37 6776.87 4575.72 3745.19 103.95Annexure-II District-wise number of projects sanctioned under AHIDF for dairy processing and value addition infrastructure is as under: S Proj S Proj S Proj State Name State Name State Name No ects No ects No ects Andhra 10 Kerala 1 Sawai 11 1 1 Pradesh Malappuram 1 Madhopur Anantapur 2 Madhya Sirohi 2 14 Chittoor 3 11 Pradesh 16 Tamil Nadu 10 Prakasam 1 Barwani 1 Dharmapuri 1 Visakhapatana Bhopal 1 Dindigul 2 1 m Dewas 3 Erode 3 West Godavari 1 Indore 1 Krishnagiri 1 Y.S.R. 3 Jabalpur 1 Namakkal 1 2 Assam 1 Khandwa (East Salem 1 1 Cachar 1 Nimar) Tiruppur 1 3 Bihar 1 Mandla 1 17 Telangana 8 Gopalganj 1 Raisen 1 Hyderabad 1 4 Delhi 1 Sehore 3 Medchal 2 North 1 Sheopur 1 Malkajgiri 5 Gujarat 12 12 Maharashtra 39 Ranga Reddy 1 Gandhinagar 1 Ahmednagar 6 Sangareddy 2 Mahesana 4 Beed 2 Siddipet 1 Patan 1 Chhatrapati Vikarabad 1 1 Rajkot 1 Sambhajinagar 18 Uttar Pradesh 18 Surendranagar 2 Kolhapur 5 Baghpat 2 Vadodara 3 Mumbai 1 Bulandshahr 2 6 Haryana 9 Nagpur 2 Gautam 1 Ambala 2 Nanded 1 Buddha Nagar Faridabad 1 Osmanabad 1 Hapur 2 Hisar 2 Pune 7 Hathras 3 Jhajjar 1 Raigad 1 Jhansi 1 Jind 1 Ratnagiri 1 Kanpur Nagar 1 Sirsa 2 Sangli 3 Lucknow 1 Himachal Satara 4 Mainpuri 1 2 7 Pradesh Solapur 4 Mathura 2 Mandi 1 13 Odisha 3 Prayagraj 1 Una 1 Ganjam 1 Unnao 1 8 Jharkhand 4 Puri 1 19 Uttarakhand 1 Ranchi 3 Sambalpur 1 Udam Singh 1 Saraikela 14 Punjab 3 Nagar 1 Kharsawan Fatehgarh 20 West Bengal 8 2 9 Karnataka 5 Sahib 24 Paraganas 2 Bengaluru Patiala 1 North 1 Rural 15 Rajasthan 10 Bankura 1 Bengaluru Ajmer 2 Jalpaiguri 1 1 Urban Alwar 1 Paschim 2 Dakshina Bikaner 1 Medinipur 1 Kannada Dholpur 1 Purba 2 Mysuru 1 Hanumangarh 1 Bardhaman Vijayapura 1 Jaipur 1 Total 161