Parliament Question: National Livestock Mission

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 430 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02nd DECEMBER, 2025 NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION 430. SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH: Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the key objectives and components of the National Livestock Mission (NLM) and related programmes such as the NLM, Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP), Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) and Rashtriya Gokul Mission aimed at promoting dairy farming and livestock development; (b) the total number of farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers, who have benefited under the NLM during the last three years, State-wise; (c) the details of beneficiaries engaged specifically in cow-based dairy farming, along with the type of assistance and support provided; (d) whether any projects or financial assistance have been extended under this Mission, State- wise including the State of Maharashtra particularly in the Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency; and (e) if so, the details thereof, including the number of farmers covered, breed improvement initiatives undertaken and measures to enhance milk productivity and income generation at the grassroots level? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH) (a) Yes Sir, the Central Government is implementing the National Livestock Mission (NLM), Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) which are aimed at promoting dairy farming and livestock development, the details of which is as under: (I) National Livestock Mission (NLM): The re-aligned National Livestock Mission (NLM), launched in the year 2021-22. The scheme focuses on employment generation, entrepreneurship development and enhancing per-animal productivity, thereby targeting increased production of meat, goat milk, eggs, and wool. The scheme was further modified on 21st February 2024, adding the breed-upgradation of camels, horses and donkeys, along with initiatives for fodder production utilizing wasteland, rangeland and degraded forest land. The scheme has following objective: i. Employment generation through entrepreneurship development in small ruminant, poultry, pig, camel, donkey, mule, horse sector & Fodder sector ii. Increase per animal productivity through breed improvement iii. Increase in production of meat of sheep, goat, pig and poultry, goat, sheep, camel, donkey, milk, wool, egg and fodder.iv. Increasing availability of fodder and feed substantially to reduce the demand – through strengthening the fodder, fodder seed processing and grading units, seed supply chain and availability of certified fodder seeds v. Encouraging establishment of fodder processing Infrastructure and to reduce the demand supply gap vi. Increase area under fodder cultivation vii. Promoting risk management measures including livestock insurance for farmers viii. Promoting applied research in prioritized areas of poultry, sheep, goat, feed and fodder ix. Capacity building of state functionaries and livestock owners through strengthened extension machinery to provide quality extension service to farmers. x. Promoting skill-based training and dissemination of technologies for reducing cost of production, and improving production of livestock sector There are three sub-missions under the scheme as under: (i) Sub-mission on Breed Development of Livestock and Poultry (ii) Sub-mission on Feed and Fodder Development (iii) Sub-mission on Innovation and Extension Under the NLM, the Entrepreneurship Programme (NLM-EDP) is a key component under which 50% capital subsidy up to Rs.50.00 lakh is provided to individuals, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Joint Liability Groups (JLGs), Farmer Cooperative Organizations (FCOs) and Section 8 companies. This subsidy supports the establishment of rural poultry breeding farms, sheep/goat, pig, camel, horse, donkey breeding farms, as well as fodder value-addition units such as hay, silage, Total Mixed Ration (TMR), fodder blocks and fodder seed processing, grading and storage units. The entire scheme is fully end to end digitalized. The subsidy ceiling for different components ranges from ₹3 lakh to ₹50 lakh depending on the type of project. (II) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) through its Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) scheme has been actively contributing towards changing the landscape of India’s livestock and allied processing sector by incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs), MSMEs, Section 8 companies and cooperatives to establish (i) Dairy processing and value addition infrastructure, (ii) Meat processing and value addition infrastructure (iii) Animal Feed Plant (iv) Breed Improvement technology and Breed Multiplication Farm (v) Setting up of Veterinary Vaccine and Drugs Manufacturing facilities (vi) Animal Waste to Wealth Management (Agri Waste Management) and vii) early wool processing across the country. AHIDF scheme is transforming livestock sector wherein, the objectives of the scheme are as follows: • To help increasing of milk and meat processing capacity and product diversification thereby providing greater access for unorganized rural milk and meat producers to organized milk and meat market. • To make available increased price realization for the producer • To make available quality milk and meat products for the domestic consumer • To fulfill the objective of protein enriching quality food requirement of the growing population of the country and prevent malnutrition in one of the highest malnourished children’s population in the world• Develop entrepreneurship and generate employment • To promote exports and increase the export contribution in the milk and meat sector • To make available quality concentrated animals feed to the cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry to provide balanced ration at affordable prices (III) 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 key objectives of the RGM scheme are: (i) Targeted raising productivity of indigenous bovine breeds through identification and propagation of elite animals of indigenous breeds; (ii) To create National Milch Herd of high genetic merit animals which consists of donors and propagation of elitist of elite animals through use modern reproductive bio techniques; (iii) Mainstreaming use of modern breeding technologies such as sex sorted semen, IVF technology, genomics etc. for enhancing productivity of bovines at farmer’s level and (iv) To enhance Artificial insemination coverage through delivery of Artificial insemination services at farmers’ doorstep. The components of RGM are 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. (ii) Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection is being implemented to produce high genetic merit bulls, including bulls of indigenous breeds. (iii) Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology and sex sorted semen is being implemented for rapid genetic upgradation of bovine population. (iv) Multi-purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) are trained and equipped to deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep. (v) Establishment of Breed Multiplication Farm. (b) The expected no. of farmers, who have benefited under the NLM during the last three years, State-wise is placed at Annexure I. (c) to (e) The details of the assistance made available to dairy farmers, breed improvement initiatives and measures to enhance milk productivity taken under the key components of RGM are as follows: (i) At present NAIP is implemented in 33 districts of Maharashtra and as on date, 58.08 lakh animals have been covered, 79.23 lakh artificial inseminations performed, and 37.30 lakh farmers benefitted. In Jalgaon District of Maharashtra, 2.26 lakh animals have been covered, 3.09 lakh artificial inseminations performed, and 1.43 lakh farmers benefitted under NAIP. State-wise details of NAIP are at Annexure-II. (ii) Under Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection, Gaolao breed of cattle and Pandharpuri breed of buffalo of Maharashtra are covered under the programme; (iii) Under Accelerated breed improvement programme using IVF technology and sex sorted semen 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) In Maharashtra a total of 1270 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.Under AHIDF as on 27.11.2025, a total of six projects have been approved for cow based dairy farming under the category of Breed improvement and multiplication of cattle only, the details of which is as under: S.N State District Total Approved Loan IS Status Released o Project Cost Amount (INR In Cr.) (INR In (INR) Cr.) 1 Jammu And Kashmir Kathua 1.01 0.4 10,977 2 Rajasthan Jaipur 4.15 1 274,065 3 Maharashtra Solapur 4.15 1.5 299,677 4 Maharashtra Pune 5.33 2 226,027 5 Maharashtra Solapur 4.39 1.5 400,016 6 Haryana Karnal 4.08 1.65 335,844 TOTAL 23.11 8.05 1,546,606 No project has been approved under AHIDF in Jalgaon District. The State-wise and category wise details of approved projects and interest subvention with expected farmers benefitted are placed under Annexure III. Under the NLM-EDP in Maharashtra, a total of 366 projects have received approval, amounting to a project cost of Rs.216.80 Cr and an approved subsidy of Rs.101.89 Cr. These projects are expected to benefit 11054 farmers. Although the data is not maintained at Lok Sabha Constituency level, it is available District wise. In the Jalgaon district 5 projects have been approved involving project cost of Rs.3.12 Cr and an approved subsidy of Rs.1.50 Cr which is expected to benefit 330 farmers. The project-wise and state-wise detail is placed at Annexure IV. Apart from this, assistance is also given for carrying out vaccination pan India. Vaccination prevents disease which in turn prevents productivity loss. The year-wise and state-wise details of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, Peste des Petits (PPR) and Classical Swine Fever vaccination is available at Bharat Pashudhan Portal (https://bharatpashudhan.ndlm.co.in)Annexure-I LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 430 Name of MP: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh Date of Reply: 02.12.2025 State wise expected no. of farmers benefitted during the last three years in NLM is as under: Sl No. States Farmer Impacted 1. Andhra Pradesh 47205 2. Arunachal Pradesh 413 3. Assam 7148 4. Bihar 2236 5. Chhattisgarh 6668 6. Goa 13 7. Gujarat 66377 8. Haryana 116682 9. Himachal Pradesh 26491 10. Jammu And Kashmir 35569 11. Jharkhand 11334 12. Karnataka 71496 13. Kerala 17742 14. Madhya Pradesh 53377 15. Maharashtra 11844 16. Manipur 87 17. Meghalaya 1381 18. Mizoram 1513 19. Nagaland 1927 20. Odisha 79230 21. Puducherry 2820 22. Punjab 58113 23. Rajasthan 3577 24. Sikkim 1101 25. Tamil Nadu 181311 26. Telangana 9408 27. Tripura 224 28. Uttar Pradesh 161872 29. Uttarakhand 111337 30. West Bengal 1704 Grand Total 1090200Annexure-II LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 430 Name of MP: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh Date of Reply: 02.12.2025 State wise no. of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme (NAIP) with Farmers expected to be benefitted due to Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme under Rashtriya Gokul Mission are as under: State/UT Total Animals Total AI Done Total Farmers Inseminated Benefitted Andhra Pradesh 7422589 14118298 3418617 Arunachal Pradesh 3856 4416 1788 Assam 1708046 2210006 1448019 Bihar 3970368 5512367 2689084 Chhattisgarh 1928449 2624455 1147940 Goa 28037 46843 9069 Gujarat 5716801 9243132 3407508 Haryana 627406 918621 454025 Himachal Pradesh 1888257 3115646 1364238 Jammu & Kashmir 2420184 4366726 1627387 Jharkhand 2773822 3789426 1860786 Karnataka 8572671 17041768 5285132 Ladakh 7523 9428 6076 Madhya Pradesh 8610290 10823273 5031102 Maharashtra 5808152 7923419 3730670 Manipur 27282 32142 15724 Meghalaya 50643 82033 16286 Mizoram 8404 11578 3899 Nagaland 41526 54600 16902 Odisha 4974212 6749072 3094871 Punjab 1195739 1896192 636970 Rajasthan 6075568 8079833 4199261 Sikkim 44997 56038 34426 Tamil Nadu 5027257 8544839 2335024 Telangana 3462362 4707354 1730192 Tripura 257336 338681 214033 Uttar Pradesh 14130975 22355695 7906103 Uttaranchal 1488069 2397531 1051650 West Bengal 5368974 8594837 3497941 Total 93639795 145648249 56234723Annexure-III LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 430 Name of MP: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh Date of Reply: 02.12.2025 State-wise and category wise details of approved projects and interest subvention with expected farmers benefitted is as under: S. State Animal Feed Plant Animal Waste to Breed Dairy Processing & Meat Processing & Veterinary Vaccine Expecte N Name Wealth improvement Value Addition Value Addition and Drugs d o Management Technology and farmers Breed to be Multiplication farm benefitte Appro Interest Appro Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest d ved Subventio ved Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventi Projec n Released Projec n Released Projects on Projects n Released Projects on Projects on ts ts Released Released Released No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No 1 Andhr 3 4.16 - - 3 0.14 10 1.96 3 1.41 - - 1,20,761 a Prade sh 2 Assa 3 1.36 - - 6 1.57 - - - - - - 11,283 m 3 Bihar 3 8.89 - - 1 1.04 1 0.33 1 3.14 - - 56,678 4 Chhat 3 3.21 - - 6 8.68 - - - - - - 24,886 tisgar h 5 Delhi - - - - - - 1 0.10 - - - - - 6 Gujar 3 1.73 1 2.36 3 0.69 10 28.58 - - 1 0.94 26,129 at 7 Harya 8 1.97 - - 2 0.05 8 7.44 5 7.77 - - 97,524 na 8 Hima 1 - - - - - 2 0.03 1 - - - 3,281 chalS. State Animal Feed Plant Animal Waste to Breed Dairy Processing & Meat Processing & Veterinary Vaccine Expecte N Name Wealth improvement Value Addition Value Addition and Drugs d o Management Technology and farmers Breed to be Multiplication farm benefitte Appro Interest Appro Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest d ved Subventio ved Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventi Projec n Released Projec n Released Projects on Projects n Released Projects on Projects on ts ts Released Released Released No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Prade sh 9 Jamm 1 0.11 1 0.01 1 - - - - - - - 826 u Kash mir 1 Jhark 2 0.63 - - 2 0.38 4 6.73 - - - - 34,109 0 hand 1 Karna 11 15.31 - - 17 7.08 4 5.95 1 1.45 - - 87,833 1 taka 1 Keral 1 0.31 - - 1 0.02 1 0.06 1 0.35 - - 16,998 2 a 1 Madh 4 8.79 - - 3 1.00 13 27.10 - - 2 1.61 3,05,258 3 ya Prade sh 1 Maha 23 6.80 - - 18 6.32 35 56.80 1 2.26 1 0.51 10,09,35 4 rasht 5 ra 1 Odish 6 6.30 - - 6 1.02 3 0.47 - - - - 37,467 5 a 1 Puduc 1 0.13 - - - - - - - - - - 544 6 herry 1 Punja 15 2.19 1 1.95 5 1.51 3 6.80 6 5.77 - - 93,958S. State Animal Feed Plant Animal Waste to Breed Dairy Processing & Meat Processing & Veterinary Vaccine Expecte N Name Wealth improvement Value Addition Value Addition and Drugs d o Management Technology and farmers Breed to be Multiplication farm benefitte Appro Interest Appro Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest Approv Interest d ved Subventio ved Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventio ed Subventi ed Subventi Projec n Released Projec n Released Projects on Projects n Released Projects on Projects on ts ts Released Released Released No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No Crores No 7 b 1 Rajast 5 6.28 - - 4 0.47 9 3.47 - - - - 73,213 8 han 1 Tamil 15 10.58 1 1.13 11 7.88 10 42.11 2 1.87 - - 3,58,745 9 Nadu 2 Telan 8 10.34 - - 1 0.39 8 32.11 2 6.98 - - 48,221 0 gana 2 Uttar 11 10.81 - - 5 2.72 17 14.78 1 0.14 - - 2,21,092 1 Prade sh 2 Uttara 2 0.56 - - 1 - - - - - - - 3,209 2 khand 2 West 14 2.96 - - 9 2.86 8 7.18 1 0.56 - - 91,646 3 Benga l Grand 143 103.45 4 5.46 105 43.84 147 241.99 25 31.70 4 3.06 27,23,01 Total 6Annexure-IV LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 430 Name of MP: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh Date of Reply: 02.12.2025 State-wise and category wise detail of project approved under NLM-EDP is as under: Sl No. States No. of Approved Projects Project Approved Farmer Feed and Piggery Poultry Sheep and Goat Grand cost (In Cr) Subsidy Impacted fodder Total 1. Andhra Pradesh 3 10 18 262 293 251.22 118.14 4671 2. Arunachal Pradesh 0 30 1 15 46 30.73 12.98 273 3. Assam 0 13 5 22 40 26.25 11.09 7015 4. Bihar 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 0.28 52 5. Chhattisgarh 1 2 1 23 27 16.5 6.19 1647 6. Gujarat 1 0 0 5 6 2.99 1.4 42 7. Haryana 1 2 0 18 21 14.68 6.28 210 8. Himachal Pradesh 0 2 0 15 17 9.13 3.9 152 9. Jammu And 1 0 1 25 27 12.23 4.8 194 Kashmir 10. Jharkhand 0 0 0 1 1 1.16 0.5 50Sl No. States No. of Approved Projects Project Approved Farmer Feed and Piggery Poultry Sheep and Goat Grand cost (In Cr) Subsidy Impacted fodder Total 11. Karnataka 6 40 39 1048 1133 801.9 379.12 19814 12. Kerala 0 8 3 4 15 8.55 3.88 3976 13. Madhya Pradesh 52 4 25 400 481 349.26 164.61 6627 14. Maharashtra 42 4 41 279 366 216.8 101.89 11054 15. Manipur 0 6 0 0 6 2.2 0.6 12 16. Mizoram 0 76 0 2 78 49.98 18.54 1513 17. Nagaland 0 62 4 11 77 35.26 17.1 1338 18. Odisha 0 0 0 3 3 3 1.32 121 19. Puducherry 0 0 0 1 1 0.64 0.3 0 20. Punjab 6 1 0 14 21 16.16 5.84 213 21. Rajasthan 1 3 2 164 170 89.65 38.73 1559 22. Sikkim 0 6 0 3 9 5.59 2.42 34 23. Tamil Nadu 1 6 5 169 181 115.8 51.67 3441 24. Telangana 5 0 45 442 492 437.2 211.11 7076 25. Tripura 0 16 5 5 26 19.64 7.28 224 26. Uttar Pradesh 8 37 3 173 221 112.42 47.54 6928Sl No. States No. of Approved Projects Project Approved Farmer Feed and Piggery Poultry Sheep and Goat Grand cost (In Cr) Subsidy Impacted fodder Total 27. Uttarakhand 0 9 9 52 70 30.73 12.94 6325 28. West Bengal 1 1 0 11 13 7.08 3.05 1704 Grand Total 129 338 207 3169 3843 2667.45 1233.5 86265