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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (AHIDF) IN TAMIL NADU

Posted On: 02 APR 2025 3:33PM by PIB Delhi

The district wise details of projects approved under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) in Tamil Nadu, including number of projects, sanctioned amount and project types are mentioned in the Annexure –I

The district-wise fund disbursement and number of beneficiaries, particularly small and marginal farmers, cooperatives and FPOs is mentioned in the Annexure – II

To ensure equitable fund distribution under AHIDF across all districts nationwide, the following measures have been adopted:

To increase the uptake of the scheme, a diverse range of entities, including individual enterprises, private companies, Section 8 companies, Farmer Producer Organizations, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and cooperatives, have been made eligible. A dedicated end-to-end digitized portal (ahidf.udyamimitra.in) has been developed for application submission, ensuring a transparent and fair mechanism that promotes ease of doing business. The portal is also linked to Common Service Centers, enabling applications to be submitted even from remote locations across the country. Additionally, state-level nodal officers and bank nodal officers have been appointed to facilitate project monitoring and provide handholding support to applicants. In Review Meetings States are also requested to sponsor cases.

As far as employment generation is concerned, total of 4595 persons are directly employed and 3.78 lakh indirect employment generation has been estimated in the State of Tamil Nadu. The livestock production capacity which has been added to the supply chain from the sanctioned projects of Tamil Nadu under AHIDF is of 24.34 Lakh litres per day under Dairy processing and value addition category projects. For Animal Feed category, production capacity of 12.76 lakh metric tonnes per annum of Cattle and poultry feed is added through AHIDF. 39718 Metric tonnes per annum capacity of meat processing is being added through projects sanctioned under AHIDF. 3.32 crores birds per annum and 126.99 crores eggs per annum will be added to supply chain. The district wise details for the State of Tamil Nadu are at Annexure –III.

Annexure – I

The district wise details of projects approved under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) in Tamil Nadu, including number of projects, sanctioned amount and project types are as under:

 

 

 

 

Category of Infrastructure

 

 

 

S No

District

Approved Projects

Animal Feed Plant

Breed improvement Technology and Breed Multiplication farm

Dairy Processing & Value Addition

Meat Processing & Value Addition

Project Cost (In Cr.)

Term Loan (In Cr.)

Interest Subvention Released (In Cr.)

1

Coimbatore

6

6

-

-

-

104.31

64.77

3.38

2

Dharmapuri

1

-

-

1

-

75.13

24.82

2.74

3

Dindigul

5

-

2

2

1

114.32

55

2.89

4

Erode

4

1

-

3

-

1310.52

935.52

20.38

5

Karur

1

-

1

-

-

7.11

5

1.71

6

Krishnagiri

3

1

1

-

1

15.45

9.74

0.57

7

Namakkal

3

2

-

1

-

102.09

73

0.32

8

Perambalur

1

1

-

-

-

0.34

0.3

0.01

9

Salem

1

-

-

1

-

140.14

112.11

1.33

10

Tiruppur

6

3

2

1

-

177.69

129.32

6.95

Grand Total

31

14

6

9

2

2047.1

1409.58

40.27

               Annexure – II

The district-wise fund disbursement and number of beneficiaries are as follows:

S No

District

Approved Projects

Cooperatives

Farmer Producer Organization (FPO)

Individual Entrepreneur

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise

Private Company

Project Cost (In Cr.)

Term Loan (In Cr.)

Interest Subvention Released (In Cr.)

1

Coimbatore

6

-

-

-

6

-

104.31

64.77

3.38

2

Dharmapuri

1

-

-

-

-

1

75.13

24.82

2.74

3

Dindigul

5

-

-

-

3

2

114.32

55.00

2.89

4

Erode

4

-

-

-

2

2

1310.52

935.52

20.38

5

Karur

1

-

-

-

1

-

7.11

5.00

1.71

6

Krishnagiri

3

-

-

1

1

1

15.45

9.74

0.57

7

Namakkal

3

1

-

-

2

-

102.09

73.00

0.32

8

Perambalur

1

-

1

-

-

-

0.34

0.30

0.01

9

Salem

1

1

-

-

-

-

140.14

112.11

1.33

10

Tiruppur

6

-

-

-

2

4

177.69

129.32

6.95

Grand Total

31

2

1

1

17

10

2047.10

1409.58

40.27

 

ANNEXURE-III

The district-wise impact of AHIDF on employment generation, income growth, and livestock productivity of in Tamil Nadu is present are as under

S No

District

Animal Feed Plant

Breed improvement Technology and Breed Multiplication farm

Dairy Processing & Value Addition

Meat Processing & Value Addition

Total Approved Projects in Tamil Nadu

Projects

Employment

Farmers Benefitted

Capacity (Lakh MTPA)

Projects

Employment

Farmers Benefitted

Capacity (Cr. Eggs/Annum & Birds/Annum)

Projects

Employment

Farmers Benefitted

Capacity (Lakh LPD)

Projects

Employment

Farmers Benefitted

Capacity (Metric Tonnes per annum)

Projects

Employment

Farmers Benefitted

1

Coimbatore

6

961

36281

4.84

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

961

36281

2

Dharmapuri

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

65

2100

42000

-

-

-

 

1

65

2100

3

Dindigul

-

-

-

-

2

80

450

124 (E)

2

85

7000

1.40

1

50

2318

21000

5

215

9768

4

Erode

1

200

4535

0.60

-

-

-

-

3

943

39702

10.62

-

-

-

 

4

1143

44237

5

Karur

-

-

-

-

1

200

1228

3.36 (E)

-

-

-

 

-

-

-

 

1

200

1228

6

Krishnagiri

1

15

907

0.12

1

9

28

0.97 (B)

-

-

-

 

1

120

52

468

3

144

987

7

Namakkal

2

55

19048

2.52

-

-

-

-

1

125

0

2.00

-

-

-

 

3

180

19048

8

Perambalur

1

18

454

0.60

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

-

-

-

 

1

18

454

9

Salem

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

428

228000

7.00

-

-

-

 

1

428

228000

10

Tiruppur

3

171

9615

1.27

2

69

9479

3.31 (B)

1

107

6000

1.20

-

-

-

 

6

347

25094

 

Grand Total

14

1420

70839

 

6

358

11185

 

9

1753

282802

 

2

170

2370

21468

31

3701

367196

 

Note: B represents Birds and E represents Eggs

This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 2nd April, 2025.

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