Parliament Question: Promotion of Cooperative Dairy and Milk Infrastructure

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 575 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD FEBRUARY 2026 PROMOTION OF COOPERATIVE DAIRY AND MILK INFRASTRUCTURE

575. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is promoting cooperative dairy and milk infrastructure through schemes run in collaboration with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) or State cooperative dairies, focusing on cold‑chain, chilling centres, farmer training, and value‑addition, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any such dairy cooperative development projects have been implemented in Katni and Panna districts in Khajuraho Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh;

(c) if so, the details of infrastructure created, number of cooperative members (especially women and small holders) trained or covered, and volume of milk procured or processed; and

(d) if not, the reasons for exclusion of these regions and steps planned to extend dairy cooperative benefits to these areas? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India (GoI) is implementing the following schemes through National Dairy Development Board

(NDDB) and State/ District cooperative dairies/ Milk Producer Organization/ Private dairies to supplement the efforts made by the State Government to promote sustainable dairy development and support to small and marginal dairy farmers across the country including Madhya Pradesh (MP):

1. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD): NPDD is implemented with following 2 components:

(i) Component ''A'' of NPDD focuses on creating/strengthening of infrastructure for quality milk testing equipment as well as primary chilling facilities for State Cooperative Dairy Federations/ District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Milk Producer Companies/ Farmer Producer Organizations.(ii) Component ''B'' of the NPDD scheme "Dairying through Cooperatives” Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted, aims to increase sale of milk and dairy products by increasing farmer’s access to organized market, upgrading dairy processing facilities and marketing infrastructure and enhancing the capacity of producer owned institutions.

2. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO): To assist the State Dairy Cooperative Federations by providing interest subvention (regular 2% and additional 2% on prompt repayment) with respect to soft working capital loan to tide over the crisis on account severely adverse market conditions or natural calamities.

3. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): AHIDF provides interest subvention at the rate 3% per annum for creation/ strengthening of livestock product processing and diversification infrastructure thereby providing greater access for unorganized producer members to organized market.

These schemes are helping in expanding network of dairy cooperatives, strengthening of dairy infrastructure, working capital requirement, enhancing availability of feed and fodder. These interventions help to reduce the cost of milk production and also help to enhance income of milk producer from dairy farming.

(b) Under Component A of NPDD, Jabalpur and Bundelkhand Milk Unions are covered as Implementing Agencies. Katni is part of Jabalpur Milk Union and Panna is part of Bundelkhand Milk Union.

(c) The physical progress reported by MP State Cooperative Milk Federation is tabulated

below:

Bulk Milk Coolers Dairy Cooperative Producer Average Milk Area (BMC) Societies (DCSs) Members Procurement Number Capacity Organised Functional (Numbers) (Kilograms per Day) Katni 1 3000 Litres 23 14 651 732 Panna 1 2000 Litres 96 39 690 2696

(d) Does not arise in view of (b) above. *****