Parliament Question: RGM and AHIDF in Karnataka

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3707 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH AUGUST, 2025 RGM AND AHIDF IN KARNATAKA

3707. DR. K SUDHAKAR:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) the status of implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) State-wise including Karnataka;

(b) the details of new veterinary dispensaries, mobile veterinary units, or first aid centres have been established by the Government during the last two years, State-wise;

(c) the steps taken by the Government to conserve and promote indigenous cattle breeds like Hallikar, Amrit Mahal and Malnad Gidda;

(d) whether any investments have been made under AHIDF to support dairy processing, chilling infrastructure and fodder development in Karnataka and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether any findings of irregularities, misuse of funds or delays in project delays have been observed with respect to various schemes of the Government, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) and (c) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States and Union Territories, to conserve and promote indigenous bovine breeds including Hallikar, Amritmahal and Malnad Gidda, Government of India is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) for development and conservation of indigenous breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and enhancement of milk production and productivity of bovines. All indigenous bovine breeds are covered under the scheme including Hallikar, Amritmahal and Malnad Gidda of Karnataka. Following steps are being taken under

the scheme:

(i) Implementation of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme using semen of high merit bulls including bulls of indigenous breeds.

(ii) The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has established sex sorted semen production facilities and implementing 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. Government has launched indigenously developed sex sorted semen technology to deliver sex sorted semen at reasonable rates to farmers including sex sorted semen of indigenous breeds.

(ii) Implementation of progeny testing and pedigree selection for production of high genetic merit bulls including bulls of indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar, Kankrej, Hariana, Rathi, Gaolao breeds of cattle and Murrah, Mehsana, Jaffarabadi, Pandharpuri, Nili Ravi, Banni breeds of buffalo. High genetic merit bulls of indigenous breeds produced under the programme are being made available to semen stations for semen production.(iii) Implementation of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Technology: To propagate elite animals of indigenous breeds, the Department has established 23 IVF laboratories. The technology has important role in genetic upgradation of bovine population in single generation. Further, to deliver technology at reasonable rates to farmers Government has launched indigenous IVF media.

(iv) Genomic Selection: 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 buffaloes—specifically designed for initiating genomic selection of high genetic animals in the country.

(v) Funds have been released to the States for establishment of 16 Gokul Grams for development and conservation of indigenous breeds of cattle and buffaloes in scientific and holistic manner. Two National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres have been established as repository of germplasm of indigenous breeds. Both the activities have been discontinued under revised realigned Rashtriya Gokul Mission from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

(vi) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing National Milk Recording programme and Surabhi Chayan Shrankhla for identification, location of donors and propagation of elitist of elite animals of indigenous breeds. So far under Surabhi Chayan Shrankhla, 1773 animals of Malnad Gidda, 692 animals of Hallikar and 664 animals of Amritmahal breed of cattle have been identified and recorded in Bharat Pashudhan data base.

Karnataka has been participating under Rashtriya Gokul Mission and an amount of Rs 107.37 crore have been released since inception of the scheme. Following specific efforts have been made under Rashtriya Gokul Mission in Karnataka for development and conservation of Hallikar, Amritmahal,

Malnad Gidda breed of cattle:

(i) Funds have been released to the State for establishment of Gokul Gram at Lingadahalli, Chikkamagaluru district for scientific and holistic development of Amritmahal breed of cattle.

State Government has also established 11 Amritmahal cattle breeding subcentres and 1623 animals of Amritmahal breed of cattle are maintained in these subcentres.

(ii) Funds have been released to the State for implementation of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme. Under the programme semen of elite bulls of all indigenous breeds (Hallikar, Amrithmahal, Malnad Gidda, Khillar, Krishna Valley, Deoni, Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar etc.) have been used for genetic upgradation of indigenous breeds.

(iii) Funds have been released for training and equipping community resource persons-Multi- purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs) for extending AI coverage including AI coverage among indigenous breeds.

(iv) As per information from State Government, State is implementing Amrita Siri scheme to encourage breeding of indigenous breeds. Under the scheme females calves/ heifers of indigenous breeds including Amritmahal, Hallikar and Malnad Gidda are made available to interested farmers.

The details of status of implementation of the scheme state wise including Karnataka is given at Annexure-I

(b) The details of new mobile veterinary units established during the last 2 years and status of veterinary dispensaries including, mobile veterinary units, or first aid centres available state wise is given at Annexure-II and III respectively.

(d) The details of investments made under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

(AHIDF) to support dairy processing, chilling infrastructure and fodder development in Karnataka is given at Annexure-IV.

(e) No, Sir.Annexure-I The details of status of implementation of the RGM scheme state wise including Karnataka Nationwide Artificial Sex Insemination Programme sorted No.

PT PS S Name of (NAIP) semen of BM Projec Projec N State Farmers doses IVF F Animal t t AI done Benefitte produce Lab Covered d d Andhra 1 7271593 13534121 3385494 - 1 - 2 19 Pradesh Arunachal 2 3896 4553 1808 - - - - 1 Pradesh 3 Assam 1728956 2259202 1469462 - - - - - 4 Bihar 3939394 5426332 2699120 - - - 2 1 Chhattisgar 5 1899186 2555961 1136298 - - - 1 1 h 6 Goa 25869 43346 8741 - - - - - 7 Gujarat 5851560 9414998 3472009 3 5 1929919 3 16 8 Haryana 616051 888738 447974 1 1 - 1 2 Himachal 9 1826836 2984525 1333501 - 1 - 1 - Pradesh Jammu & 10 2378443 4258437 1610132 - - - - 7 Kashmir 11 Ladakh 7409 9374 6049 - - - - - 12 Jharkhand 2687916 3606125 1820869 - - - - - 13 Karnataka 8316189 16365745 5213640 - - - - 9 14 Kerala - - - - 1 - 1 2 Madhya 15 7897299 9691938 4677115 - - 876820 1 4 Pradesh Maharashtr 16 5657630 7673491 3660588 2 - 5040475 3 33 a 17 Manipur 27786 32608 16248 - - - - - 18 Meghalaya 51326 85953 16630 - - - - - 19 Mizoram 8712 12650 3989 - - - - - 20 Nagaland 41209 53282 16966 - - - - - 21 Odisha 4918641 6635012 3074382 - - - - - 22 Punjab 1195739 1896192 636970 1 2 - 2 - 23 Rajasthan 5952426 7869493 4138417 2 1 - - 7 24 Sikkim 43868 54931 33777 - - - - - Tamil 25 5043636 8532152 2338501 - 1 658157 2 4 Nadu 26 Telangana 3244563 4237569 1665755 - - - 1 12 27 Tripura 248420 333665 209181 - - - - - Uttar 1401546 28 22167599 7892528 - 1 2066148 1 8 Pradesh 3 Uttarakhan 29 1511187 2447353 1064152 - - 2000249 1 5 d West 30 5218518 8166218 3437398 - - - 1 1 Bengal 9162972 14124156 1257176 Total 55487694 9 14 23 132 1 3 8 *BMF- Breed Multiplication Farms; PS-Pedigree selection; PT-Progeny testingAnnexure-II Details of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) established during the last 2 years and Status of MVUs S. No of MVUs No of MVUs Operational States/UT No. Sanctioned 2022 - 23 2023 - 24 2024 -25 2025 -26 1 Andhra Pradesh 340 340 0 0 0 Arunachal 2 Pradesh 25 25 0 0 0 3 Assam 159 0 159 0 0 4 Bihar 307 0 0 307 5 Chhattisgarh 163 0 163 0 0 6 Delhi 3 0 0 0 3 7 Goa 2 2 0 0 0 8 Gujarat 127 0 127 0 0 9 Haryana 70 0 70 0 0 Himachal 10 Pradesh 44 0 44 0 0 Jammu & 11 Kashmir 6 50 0 0 0 12 Jharkhand 236 0 0 236 0 13 Karnataka 275 275 0 0 0 14 Kerala 29 29 0 0 0 15 Ladakh 9 0 0 9 9 16 Madhya Pradesh 406 0 406 0 0 17 Maharashtra 80 0 80 0 0 18 Manipur 33 0 0 33 0 19 Meghalaya 17 0 0 17 0 20 Mizoram 26 26 0 0 0 21 Nagaland 16 16 0 0 9 22 Puducherry 4 0 0 4 0 23 Rajasthan 536 0 536 0 0 24 Sikkim 6 6 0 0 0 25 Tamil Nadu 245 0 0 245 0 26 Tripura 13 13 0 0 0 27 Uttar Pradesh 520 520 0 0 9 28 Uttarakhand 60 60 0 0 0 29 West Bengal 218 218 0 0 0 Total 4340 1580 1585 851 3Annexure-III The details of Veterinary Institutions State wise Number of Veterinary Institution (As on 31.03.2024) Veterinary Veterinary Veterinary S.No States/UTs Hospitals/Poly Total Dispensaries Aid Centre clinics 1 Andhra Pradesh 337 1577 1558 3472 2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 183 311 510 3 Assam 21 431 767 1219 4 Bihar 1096 39 1595 2730 5 Chhattisgarh 364 847 55 1266 6 Goa 5 25 47 77 7 Gujarat 34 891 1139 2064 8 Haryana 1050 1815 91 2956 9 Himachal Pradesh 466 1762 1228 3456 10 Jammu & Kashmir 19 1256 225 1500 11 Jharkhand 35 424 433 892 12 Karnataka 697 2176 1381 4254 13 Kerala 279 870 15 1164 14 Madhya Pradesh 1063 1583 65 2711 15 Maharashtra 39 1976 2841 4856 16 Manipur 59 151 23 233 17 Meghalaya 4 126 121 251 18 Mizoram 11 67 69 147 19 Nagaland 13 55 100 168 20 Odisha 62 479 3553 4094 21 Punjab 1389 1489 22 2900 22 Rajasthan 3066 7167 102 10335 23 Sikkim 23 74 49 146 24 Tamil Nadu 182 2766 921 3869 25 Telangana 107 909 1101 2117 26 Tripura 16 65 462 543 27 Uttarakhand 331 10 779 1120 28 Uttar Pradesh 2208 267 2575 5050 29 West Bengal 113 616 2609 3338 30 A & N Islands 10 13 49 72 31 Chandigarh 5 9 - 14 32 Ladakh 4 9 127 140 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 33 1 2 12 15 and Daman & Diu 34 Delhi 48 29 - 77 35 Lakshadweep 0 9 0 9 36 Puducherry - 17 107 124 All India 13173 30184 24532 67889 ‘-‘ Not available/not received, *Previous year data used

Source: State/UTs Animal Husbandry DepartmentAnnexure-IV The details of investments made under AHIDF S No District Approved Projects Project Cost Loan Interest (Rs in Cr.) Amount Subvention (Rs in Released (Rs crore) in Crore) I Dairy Processing 1 Vijayapura 1 28.84 20.70 0.75 2 Dakshina Kannada 1 67.89 22.50 0.49 3 Mysuru 1 81.63 60.00 4.65 II Animal Feed Category 1 Chikkaballapura 1 93.21 69.00 4.80 2 Chitradurga 1 9.29 8.00 0.68 3 Dakshina Kannada 1 0.92 0.80 0.03 4 Dharwad 1 1.04 0.65 0.03 5 Hassan 1 54.55 30.55 0.16 6 Mandya 1 40.14 11.00 0.69 7 Ramanagara 1 1.26 0.94 0.05 8 Shivamogga 1 0.82 0.20 0.01 9 Tumakuru 2 150.00 115.00 8.63