Parliament Question: Digitisation of Dairy Sector

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03RD FEBRUARY, 2026 DIGITISATION OF DAIRY SECTOR

651. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has undertaken any initiatives to digitise India’s dairy sector to improve productivity, transparency, traceability and farmers’ incomes;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the areas covered under these initiatives;

(c) the details of digital platforms, mobile applications, databases and technology-driven interventions introduced for digital transformation during the last three years;

(d) the number of dairy farmers, milk cooperatives and private dairies onboarded under such digital initiatives, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to address the challenges relating to digital literacy, internet connectivity, data security and inclusion of small and marginal dairy farmers in the digital ecosystem? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) & (b) Yes Sir. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GoI has launched the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) for creating a digital database of livestock and related services across the country. Major objective of NDLM are to enhance the Productivity and Breed Improvement, strengthen Disease Surveillance and Control, to create a system enabling related information to Livestock owners and the traceability in Livestock products. The system has been implemented in all States/ Union Territories of Union of India.(c) Two mobile applications, namely “Bharat Pashudhan” & “1962” as well as web interfaces have been made for the use of workforce. “Bharat Pashudhan” is an Android based application, available on Google Playstore for the use of field workforce for recording the field activities. In Bharat Pashudhan a unique ID in the form of 12 digit bar coded ear tag is issued to all livestock animals. Utilizing this Tag ID as a primary key field workers record information from the field in respect of every animal which includes - animal registrations, artificial inseminations and all breeding activities, change in ownership, vaccinations, e- prescriptions, ration balancing, disease reporting, milk recording, etc. Similarly, mobile application “1962” for the Livestock Owners is empowering them with information of their animals, schemes and facilities available to them in Livestock Sector. This app is connected to NDLM database for providing information to livestock owner about his/her animals registered and is also connected with Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), GoI website to provide latest information about schemes/programmes of the DAHD.

(d) As on date the number of livestock owners registered in the Bharat Pashudhan portal is 9.54 crore, pashu aadhar registered 36.30 crore, field workforce registered 4 lakhs, vaccination records entered in systems are 148.86 crore and all type of transactional records available in Bharat Pashudhan is 250 crore. State wise number registered animal owners including of small/ marginal dairy farmers, milk cooperatives and private dairy farms on boarded for their animal management till date are tabulated at Annexure I.

(e) The steps taken by the Government to address the challenges relating to digital literacy, internet connectivity, data security and inclusion of small and marginal dairy farmers in the digital ecosystem are - the mobile application has been designed for on-line as well as off- line use in the field. The transactions can be recorded in off-line mode where the connectivity or internet network is not strong enough to capture the information online and can be synced later from the better connectivity area. Regarding data security both web and mobile application has been audited with certified auditors against all applicable guidelines, advisories, white papers and vulnerability notes issued by advisory bodies of the Government. The application is hosted on secured cloud environment managed by Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.ANNEXURE – I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 651 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2026 ASKED BY SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA, SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO AND SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE ON DIGITISATION OF DAIRY SECTOR Sl. States/ UTs name Number of registered animal owners including NO. Dairy Farmers Total Milk Private Dairy Cooperatives Farms 1 Andaman and Nicobar 3,829 - - Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 36,74,223 8 22 3 Arunachal Pradesh 50,019 - 1 4 Assam 33,85,783 - 33 5 Bihar 76,41,104 11 44 6 Chandigarh 2,135 - - 7 Chhattisgarh 24,65,695 1 5 8 Delhi 19,767 - 2 9 Goa 8,643 1 - 10 Gujarat 65,24,689 16 54 11 Haryana 20,01,440 5 13 12 Himachal Pradesh 13,22,174 - 7 13 Jammu and Kashmir 19,16,232 - 76 14 Jharkhand 22,80,271 1 6 15 Karnataka 70,47,120 17 6 16 Kerala 12,05,035 3 4 17 Ladakh 47,026 - - 18 Lakshadweep 1,030 - - 19 Madhya Pradesh 79,55,098 8 43 20 Maharashtra 68,48,034 11 909 21 Manipur 68,010 1 - 22 Meghalaya 1,33,665 2 2 23 Mizoram 26,493 - - 24 Nagaland 60,598 - -25 Odisha 36,08,841 6 3 26 Puducherry 22,258 - - 27 Punjab 16,01,711 8 23 28 Rajasthan 82,92,629 18 56 29 Sikkim 89,094 - - 30 Tamil Nadu 38,93,818 13 12 31 Telangana 21,02,292 3 6 32 Dadra Nagar Haveli & 8,893 - - Daman Diu 33 Tripura 3,95,522 - 2 34 Uttar Pradesh 1,19,98,569 13 69 35 Uttarakhand 12,98,126 5 3 36 West Bengal 74,31,924 5 5 Total 9,54,31,790 156 1,406