Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Posted On: 22 MAR 2022 5:04PM by PIB Delhi

Under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme, so far, 12.26 lakh farmer-members have been brought under the ambit of dairy cooperative network. These farmer-members have availed the benefit of the scheme activities including training/orientation programs etc. The State wise details of farmers’ inducted/enrolled/added in the dairy cooperative network under NPDD scheme is at Annexure.

Supplementing the efforts of the State Government, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been implementing following dairy development schemes, wherein provisions have been made for financial assistance to dairy cooperatives, milk producer companies etc, primarily for strengthening/creation of dairy infrastructure for quality milk procurement, its processing, marketing and working capital requirements:-

    1. National Programme for Dairy Development
    2. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
    3. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organisations engaged in dairy activities

The above schemes benefit farmer-members, including financially weaker farmers in the dairy sector.

 

Annexure

State wise numbers farmers enrolled/added under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme (As on 28.02.2022)

 

 

S.No.

 

State/UT

No of Farmer Member enrolled/added

(in thousands)

1

Andhra Pradesh

21.62

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

3

Assam

0.00

4

Bihar

195.15

5

Chhattisgarh

4.46

6

Goa

0.00

7

Gujarat

74.25

8

Haryana

0.00

9

Himachal Pradesh

0.00

10

Jammu & Kashmir

39.50

11

Jharkhand

2.75

12

Karnataka

698.39

13

Kerala

45.45

14

Madhya Pradesh

16.52

15

Maharashtra

35.36

16

Manipur

1.04

17

Meghalaya

0.62

18

Mizoram

0.06

19

Nagaland

2.80

20

Odisha

26.43

21

Pondicherry

0.00

22

Punjab

8.30

23

Rajasthan

14.08

24

Sikkim

2.76

25

Tamil Nadu

0.10

26

Telangana

8.00

27

Tripura

0.20

28

Uttar Pradesh

11.52

29

Uttarakhand

13.13

30

West Bengal

3.53

 

Grand total

1226.02

 

This information was given by The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri. Parshottam Rupala in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

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MV/MG

 



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