**Executive Summary**
The Government of India launched the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) to create a digital database of livestock and related services nationwide. As of December 16, 2025, the system, implemented in all states and territories, has registered 35.96 crore livestock. The NDLM aims to enhance productivity, improve breeds, strengthen disease surveillance, and provide livestock owners with traceability and information.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM)**
* Launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) to create a national digital database.
* Implemented across all states and territories.
* **Bharat Pashudhan**
* Technology-enabled farmer-centric digital ecosystem.
* Mobile and web interfaces for field workforce data recording.
* Issues a unique 12-digit barcoded ear tag ID to livestock animals.
* Records information like animal registrations, breeding activities, ownership changes, vaccinations, e-prescriptions, ration balancing, and disease reporting.
* **Statistical Highlights (as of December 16, 2025)**
* 9.5 Crore Livestock Owners Registered
* 35.96 Crore Pashu Aadhar Registered
* 4 Lakhs Field Workers User IDs Issued
* 146.6 crores Vaccination records entered
* 250 Crores total transaction records
* **NDLM Objectives**
* **Breed Improvement:** Manage breeding activities for optimal germplasm based on agroclimatic conditions.
* **Disease Monitoring and Control:** Develop a system for livestock disease monitoring, prediction, and response.
* **Product Traceability:** Integrate tag IDs, locations, and processing facilities to create a traceability system for livestock products.
* **Farmer-centric Ecosystem:** Empower farmers with information on government facilities and services.
* **Open Source Architecture:** Database built on open-source architecture for integration with other systems and stakeholders (financial institutions, insurance, etc.).
* **1962 - Livestock Owner App:**
* Provides livestock owners with information about their animals and schemes.
* Connects to the NDLM database and the DAHD website.
* Replaced the e-Gopala livestock owners application.
* **Integration with Other Programs:**
* Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM), NADCP, and other programs are integrated with the NDLM platform.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** *Livestock Owners*
**Impact:**
* Benefit from enhanced productivity and breed improvement.
* Gain access to disease surveillance and control measures.
* Receive traceability of livestock products.
* Receive information about their animals and available schemes via the 1962 Livestock Owner app.
**Action Required:**
* Register their livestock with the NDLM and utilize the Bharat Pashudhan system.
* Use the 1962 Livestock Owner app to access information and services.
**Stakeholder:** *Field Workers*
**Impact:**
* Use the Bharat Pashudhan mobile application for recording field activities.
**Action Required:**
* Use the Bharat Pashudhan mobile application for recording field activities.
**Stakeholder:** *Government of India (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying)*
**Impact:**
* Gains a comprehensive digital database for better planning, monitoring, and service delivery in the livestock sector.
**Action Required:**
* Continue to expand and enhance the NDLM and its associated systems.
Key Entities Referenced
National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM): A mission to create a digital database of livestock and related services across India.
Bharat Pashudhan: A mobile application and web interface developed under the NDLM for recording field activities related to livestock.
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD): The government department responsible for launching and managing the NDLM.
Uttar Pradesh: The state where the implementation of the Mission is specifically mentioned in the document.
National Animal Disease Control Programme: One of the schemes that the government proposes to integrate with the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM)
O.I.H
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2631
TO BE ANSWERED ON 16TH DECEMBER, 2025
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIVESTOCK MISSION
2631. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:
Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
मत्स्यपालन, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has launched the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) for
creating a digital database of livestock and related services in the country;
(b) if so, the major objectives of this Mission and the present progress made under it;
(c) whether the said Mission has been implemented in all States/Union Territories, particularly in the
districts of Etah, Kasganj, Etawah, Auraiya, Mainpuri, Kannauj and Aonla (Bareilly) in Uttar
Pradesh;
(d) the number of livestock registered so far under NDLM;
(e) the steps taken by the Government to include small dairy producers and livestock rearers; and
(f) whether the Government proposes to integrate this Mission with schemes such as e-Gopala, the
National Gokul Mission and the National Animal Disease Control Programme and if so, the details
thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING
(SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)
(a) to (f) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India 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 successfully including the districts of Etah, Kasganj, Etawah, Auraiya,
Mainpuri, Kannauj and Aonla (Bareilly) in Uttar Pradesh. All the Livestock owners and their
associated animals are already part of the NDLM system. Number of Pashu Aadhaar issued and
Registered in NDLM as on date are 35.96 crore. A detail note on NDLM functioning is placed at
Annexure I.ANNEXURE – I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2631 FOR ANSWER ON 16.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA
ON ‘NATIONAL DIGITAL LIVESTOCK MISSION’
DETAILED NOTE ON NATIONAL DIGITAL LIVESTOCK MISSION (NDLM)
FUNCTIONING
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India has launched the National
Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) for creating a digital database of livestock and related services
across the country. In India most of the livestock is held by small and marginal farmers and are
scattered across all villages due to which targeting market mechanisms and service delivery
mechanisms in India is much more challenging. Therefore, in order to tap the full potential of the
sector and to help in planning schemes and programmes for the sector a technology enabled farmer
centric digital ecosystem has been developed by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
(DAHD) under the project name “Bharat Pashudhan”
2. A Mobile applications as well as web interfaces have been made named as, “Bharat
Pashudhan” 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 being 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 like , Animal registrations,
Artificial inseminations and all breeding activities, Change in ownership, Vaccinations, E-
prescriptions, Ration balancing, Disease reporting, milk recording, etc. The system has been
implemented in all States successfully including all the districts of Uttar Pradesh.
3. Statistical Highlights of Bharat Pashudhan as on date :
• Livestock Owners Registered 9.5 Crores
• Pashu Aadhar Registered 35.96 Crores
• Field Workers User IDs Issued 4 Lakhs
• Vaccination records entered in systems are 146.6 crores
• All type of transactional records available in Bharat Pashudhan 250 Crores
4. Major objective of NDLM are :
(i) Breed Improvement: With the integrated systems it would be possible to create/manage breeding
activities for achieving the best quality germplasm that is appropriate for various agroclimatic
conditions of India.
(ii) Disease Monitoring and Control: In order to have an overview of Livestock animal disease
status an integrated Disease monitoring and control system that can prevent, predict, respond and
treat major diseases that affect animals is a part of this project.
(iii) Product Traceability: With integration of Tag-IDs, geographical locations, processing facilities
a fool proof traceability system for livestock products is being made as a part of NDLM involving all
the stakeholders. The traceability aspect will provide opportunities for branding of products,
exploring new markets.
(iv) Farmer centric Ecosystem: Primary aim is to empower the Farmers by providing them
information for fully utilizing Government facilities, schemes and avail the services required for the
livestock.
(v) Open source Architecture and API enabled environment: This Database has been build up on
open source architecture so that it can be integrated with any system. All stakeholder groups like
Financing institutions, Insurance sector, private practitioners and other organizations working in this
field can be integrated in this system for seamless information exchange across the sector.
5. Further, one of the objective of Bharat Pashudhan initiative is to empower farmers with
information about their animals, schemes and facilities available for them in Livestock sector. In order
to fulfil this objective 1962 - Livestock owner app has been developed. This app is connected toNDLM database for providing information to livestock owner about his/her animals registered and is
also connected with DAHD website to provide latest information about Ministry’s
schemes/programmes available for the Livestock owners.
6. The programmes like Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM), NADCP, etc. are presently working
on this platform and are very much a part of NDLM. The e-Gopala livestock owners application has
been replaced by 1962 Livestock owner application as a part of NDLM initiative.
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