Parliament Question: Schemes of NPDD

O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1558 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29TH JULY 2025 SCHEMES OF NPDD 1558: SHRI HARIBHAI PATEL:

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

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is running National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) Scheme, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the State Cooperative Dairy Federations/District Cooperative Milk Producers Unions/SHG Self Help Organization provide any assistance to private dairies/milk producing farmers for construction/strengthening of infrastructure for primary chilling facilities along with the quality milk testing equipment under the Scheme, if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details for NPDD Scheme in Gujarat including Lok Sabha Constituency, Mehsana? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) Yes, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing “National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)” scheme across the country since 2014-15. NPDD is implemented with the 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” 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.

(b) Under NPDD scheme, financial assistance is provided to State Cooperative Dairy Federations/ District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union/SHGs/Milk Producer Companies/Farmer Producer Organizations for construction/strengthening of infrastructure for primary chilling facilities along with the quality milk testing equipment. Under the scheme, till date, 5707 Bulk Milk Coolers with

140.65 lakh litres chilling capacity, 47,785 Automatic Milk Collection Unit and Data Processing and Milk Collection Unit, 7840 Milk Analysers and 7550 Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Equipment have been installed at primary/village level dairy cooperative societies.

(c) Under NPDD scheme, 8 projects have been approved in Gujarat with the total outlay of Rs.552.82 crore (including Central share of Rs.337.52 crore) against which an amount of Rs.246.10 crore has been released to implementing agencies. This includes Rs.66.89 crore (Central share Rs.39.96 crore) approved for Mehsana Milk Union for installation of 290 Bulk Milk Coolers, 678 Automatic Milk Collection Unit with Milk Analyzer, 500 Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Machine and Strengthening of Mehsana Dairy Plant laboratory.

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