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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5180
TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th March, 2026
Milk Production
5180. Shri Tejasvi Surya:
Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
मत्स्यपालन, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) the current demand and supply position of milk in the country, along with total milk production
during the last three years;
(b) the details of the top milk producing States and their share in national milk production, State-wise;
(c) the measures taken by the Government to increase milk production and productivity, including
support for animal health, breed improvement and feed management;
(d) the role of dairy cooperatives in strengthening milk procurement, ensuring remunerative prices and
supporting dairy farmers along with the number of farmers associated with such cooperatives, State-
wise;
(e) the steps taken by the Government to promote value addition in the dairy sector, including processing
infrastructure and milk-based products; and
(f) whether the Government has taken initiatives to promote dairy exports and expand India’s presence
in global dairy markets and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
(SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)
(a) Sir, as per the Working Group Report on ‘Crop Husbandry, Agriculture Inputs, Demand &
Supply’ submitted in 2024 of NITI Aayog, the projected total milk demand (household and others) in
India under Business-as-Usual (BAU) scenario is 243 million tonnes for 2025-26. The total milk
production in the country during last three years was 230.58 million tonnes in 2022-23, 239.30 million
tonnes in 2023-24 and 247.87 million tonnes in 2024-25.
(b) The details of State-wise milk production and their shares in national milk production are placed
at Annexure-I.(c) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), GoI has taken various
measures/initiatives to increase milk production and productivity by supporting the States/UTs for
animal health, breed improvement and feed management. The initiatives are placed at Annexure-II.
(d) Dairy Cooperatives operate within the purview of State’s Cooperative Societies Act. Dairy
Cooperatives in India procure milk at remunerative prices from farmers and supply quality milk and
milk products to consumers at affordable rates, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development
of farmer families. Dairy provides a regular source of income, while cooperatives ensure market access
and link farmers to national and international value chains. Further, Dairy Cooperatives transfer about
70-80% of their profits to the dairy farmers to facilitate remunerative prices to dairy farmers. Based on
the monthly milk situation report provided by the State Milk Federations/ Unions for the month of
January 2026, the state-wise number of producer members associated with Dairy Cooperatives are given
at Annexure-III.
(e) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, (DAHD), GoI is implementing Rs.25,000
crore Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund to incentivise the establishment of dairy
processing and value addition infrastructure, meat processing and value addition, animal feed plants,
breed multiplication farms, veterinary drugs and vaccines, waste to wealth infrastructure. 3% interest
subvention on the loan amount are provided to the eligible beneficiaries like individuals, Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPOs), MSME, Dairy Cooperatives, Private companies, Section 8 companies.
In addition, the Central Government has established the Credit Guarantee Fund to provide Credit
Guarantee to MSME and Dairy Cooperatives.
(f) Agricultural Products and Export Development Authority (APEDA) promotes dairy exports and
expand India’s presence in global dairy markets, which include - financial assistance to its registered
member exporters including dairy and dairy products through its Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)
under the components: Development of Export Infrastructure; Quality Development; Market
Development. Further, the different schemes implemented by the DAHD, GoI like Rashtriya Gokul
Mission (RGM), National Programmee for Dairy Development (NPDD), Animal Husbandry
Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), National Livestock Mission, Livestock Health and Disease
Control Programme (LHDCP) etc. help to focus on improving milk productivity of bovines, expanding
and strengthening dairy cooperatives, enhancing dairy infrastructure, improving feed and fodder
availability and ensuring better animal health thereby improving the quality milk production and
indirectly support the promotion of dairy exports.
*****ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 5180 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2026 RAISED BY SHRI TEJASVI SURYA ON ‘MILK
PRODUCTION’
States/UTs wise Milk Production and their percentage share to National Milk Production
Sl. State/UTs. 2024-25
No. Milk Production in Percentage
(‘000 Tonnes) share
1 Uttar Pradesh 38,815.34 15.660
2 Rajasthan 36,741.37 14.823
3 Madhya Pradesh 22,595.53 9.116
4 Gujarat 19,293.64 7.784
5 Maharashtra 16,625.59 6.707
6 Punjab 14,874.74 6.001
7 Andhra Pradesh 13,946.13 5.626
8 Karnataka 13,897.53 5.607
9 Bihar 13,397.69 5.405
10 Haryana 12,592.75 5.080
11 Tamil Nadu 11,442.91 4.616
12 West Bengal 7,954.17 3.209
13 Telangana 5,935.12 2.394
14 Jharkhand 3,114.66 1.257
15 Jammu & Kashmir 2,973.89 1.200
16 Odisha 2,700.96 1.090
17 Kerala 2,560.58 1.033
18 Chhattisgarh 2,162.16 0.872
19 Uttarakhand 1,957.25 0.790
20 Himachal Pradesh 1,823.89 0.736
21 Assam 1,224.08 0.494
22 Delhi 413.51 0.167
23 Tripura 263.69 0.106
24 Meghalaya 93.95 0.038
25 Sikkim 89.35 0.036
26 Goa 67.39 0.027
27 Chandigarh 63.77 0.026
28 Puducherry 58.05 0.023
29 Nagaland 49.19 0.020
30 Manipur 48.89 0.020
31 Arunachal Pradesh 26.70 0.011
32 Ladakh 23.58 0.010
33 Mizoram 23.51 0.009
34 A&N Islands 16.17 0.007
35 Daman & Diu & D & N Haveli 1.84 0.001
36 Lakshadweep 0.42 0.000
All India 247,869.98 100.000ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 5180 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2026 RAISED BY SHRI TEJASVI SURYA ON ‘MILK
PRODUCTION’
The measures taken by the Government to increase the milk production and productivity including
support for animal health, breed improvement and feed management are -
i. Support for animal health: Under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP)
scheme, 100% central assistance is provided for vaccination of animals against four major diseases,
namely FMD, Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF)
including centralized procurement of quality vaccine and supply as per requirement including
awareness generation amongst stakeholders. Further, under Establishment and Strengthening of
Veterinary Hospital & Dispensary (ESVHD-MVU) of LHDCP, the recurring financial assistance is
provided to States/UTs for ground operation of MVUs on sharing basis. Till now, total 4019 numbers
of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) have been made operational in the Country in 29 States/UTs. The
‘Standard Veterinary Treatment Guidelines (SVTGs) has been developed for Livestock and Poultry’
for best practices in veterinary care to enhance livestock health and disease control while ensuring the
responsible use of drugs including antimicrobials.
ii. Support for Breed Improvement: To supplement the efforts of the State and Union Territories, DAHD,
Government of India is implementing “Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)” since December 2014 for
development and conservation of indigenous breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and
enhancement of milk production and productivity thereby making milk production more remunerative
to farmers. The various steps taken under Rashtriya Gokul Mission to enhance milk production &
productivity of Indigenous bovine breeds includes – (a) implementation of Nationwide Artificial
Insemination Programme (NAIP) using semen of high merit bulls including bulls of indigenous
breeds. Under the component Artificial Insemination (AI) services are delivered free of cost at
farmers’ doorstep in the districts with less than 50% AI coverage, The Department of Animal
Husbandry and Dairying, GoI has established sex sorted semen production facilities, (b)
implementation of Accelerated Breed Improvement Programme using sex sorted semen with the aim
to produce female calves up to 90% accuracy thereby enhancing milch cattle population, breed
improvement and farmers' income, Implementation of progeny testing and pedigree selection for
production of high genetic merit bulls, (c) implementation of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technology,
The technology has important role in genetic upgradation of bovine population in single generation.
To deliver technology at reasonable rates to farmers Government of India has launched indigenous
IVF media, To select High Genetic Merit (HGM) animals and to accelerate genetic improvement of
cattle and buffaloes, the Department has developed unified genomic chips Gau Chip for indigenous
cattle and Mahish Chip for indigenous buffaloes specifically designed for initiating genomic selection
of high genetic merit animals in the country and (d) in addition, Community resource persons /Multi-
purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) are trained and equipped to
deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep.
iii. Support for Feed Management: The State Government is responsible for meeting the demand
for feed and fodder for their livestock population. The Central Government is taking various initiatives
for fodder development in the country. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Government and
Union Territories, the Union Government is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘National
Livestock Mission’ with a Sub Mission on Feed and Fodder Development. The Sub-Mission on feed
and fodder includes – (a) Assistance for Quality Fodder Seed Production, Entrepreneurial activities infeed and fodder, (b) Establishment of Entrepreneurs for Fodder Seed processing Infrastructure
(processing and grading unit/ fodder seed storage godown), (c) Fodder production from Non-Forest
Wasteland/Rangeland/Non-arable Land” and “Fodder Production from Forest Land. Further, the
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, GoI has requested all the States and Union Territories
to establish fodder task force to increase the fodder cultivation areas and convergence of other schemes
of the States and Central Government. Besides, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute
Jhansi has prepared Fodder Resource Development Plans for 28 States and UT of Jammu & Kashmir
which has been circulated to them for its implementation.ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 5180 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2026 RAISED BY SHRI TEJASVI SURYA ON ‘MILK
PRODUCTION’
State-wise number of producer members associated with Dairy Cooperatives
S. No. State/UTs. Number of producer
members associated
(Number in
Thousands)
1 Uttar Pradesh 718
2 Rajasthan 1,129
3 Madhya Pradesh 407
4 Gujarat 3,754
5 Maharashtra 1,560
6 Punjab 402
7 Andhra Pradesh 689
8 Karnataka 2,702
9 Bihar 1,426
10 Haryana 328
11 Tamil Nadu 1,704
12 West Bengal 204
13 Telangana 271
14 Jharkhand 40
15 Jammu & Kashmir 63
16 Odisha 336
17 Kerala 1,064
18 Chhattisgarh 38
19 Uttarakhand 169
20 Himachal Pradesh 48
21 Assam 58
22 Delhi 0
23 Tripura 6
24 Meghalaya 1
25 Sikkim 18
26 Goa 19
27 Chandigarh 0
28 Puducherry 42
29 Nagaland 2
30 Manipur 4
31 Arunachal Pradesh 0
32 Ladakh 0
33 Mizoram 1
34 A&N Islands 0
35 Daman & Diu & D & N Haveli 0
36 Lakshadweep 0
All India 17,203