Livestock - Animal Husbandry - Poultry Notes for IBPS AFO & NABARD - Agriinsights

Major products by Animal Husbandry in India

Dairy

• India’s share in World Milk production- 21%

• India’s rank in world Milk production- 1st

• The per capita availability of milk was- 407 grams per person per day

• Milk production was low immediately after independence, but it increased rapidly over the next six decades, a phenomenon known as the White Revolution and Operation Flood.

• The Father of "White Revolution" is - Dr. Verghese Kurien

• Target to double milk processing capacity from existing 53 MT to 108 MT by 2025.

• The estimated demand for Milk and Milk products by 2030 at an all-India level is- 266.5 MMT

The schemes launched to address the issues in the Diary sector are:

• National Programme for Bovine Breeding and dairy development (NPBBDD)

• This was started in 2014

• to provide artificial insemination at farmers’ doorstep

• promote indigenous breeds to prevent the extinction

• Rashtriya Gokul Mission

• This was launched in 2014

• as an initiative to develop and conserve the indigenous bovine breeds for improving milk production and productivity in a scientific manner which includes superior nutrition and farm management

• National Diary Plan

• To produce milk as per the national demand and 

• to help the organized processing sector to have access to rural organic milk producers

• National Mission on Bovine Productivity

• This was launched in 2016

• to increase the milk productivity of bovine resulting in the higher overall national production

Meat

• The annual meat production in the country is 5.9 MT.

• meat obtained from -

• goats and sheep - 54%

• cattle and buffalo - 26%

• pigs - 7%poultry birds - 13%

• Uttar Pradesh is the largest meat-producing state in India

• produces over 19% of the total meat production of the country

Poultry

• The term poultry refers to domestic fowl 

• which are reared for their flesh, eggs, and feathers

• which includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, etc.

• Andhra Pradesh, along with Telangana, has the largest number of poultry birds

• about 18.2% of total poultry birds in India

• The largest egg-producing state in India is Andhra Pradesh (19.1%) > Tamil Nadu (18.2%) > Telangana (13.2%)

• The total egg production in the country during 2019-20 was 114.38 billion

• The per capita availability of eggs in 2019-20 was 86 eggs per annum

• India is one of the top 5 chicken meat-producing countries in the world.

• Total Meat production in the country in 2019-20 was- 8.6 MT

• Entirely unorganized farming practices to commercial production systems with technological innovations

• Central poultry development organizations have been set up

• to provide necessary services including training farmers to upgrade their skills

• The ‘Poultry Development Scheme’ is being implemented to provide assistance to state poultry farms, for rural poultry development.

• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

• Providing financial assistance as a Central share for the control & containment of animal diseases. 

• It has been continuing since the 10th Five-Year Plan Period. 

• The Scheme was modified during the 11th Plan and 12th Plan periods by the inclusion of new components and modifying existing components. 

• The Classical Swine Fever-Control Programme is being focussed in the North Eastern Region, while the other disease Control Programmes are being implemented across the country.

C. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)

• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing the National Programme for Dairy Development scheme since 2014-15.

• Objective: To create and strengthen dairy infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk and milk products by the State Implementing Agencies (SIAs) i.e. State Cooperative Dairy Federations/ District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union.

• Aim: The NPDD scheme is designed to provide technical and financial assistance for dairy development and thereby create any infrastructure related to the processing, production, marketing and procurement by the milk federation/unions while extending their activities by providing training facilities to the farmers.

D. Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey

• Centrally Sponsored Scheme

• “Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey” under the development programmes category with two components

• Livestock Census (LC)

• The Livestock Census started in the country in the year 1919. 

• So far, 20 livestock censuses have been conducted.

• Integrated Sample Survey (ISS).

• Under this scheme, the quantum of four major livestock products i.e. Milk, Egg, Meat and Wool are estimated based on the annual sample survey namely the “Integrated Sample Survey” both at the National and State levels.

• The scheme is being implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying through State Animal Husbandry Departments.

E. National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)

• Govt. of India announced the creation of the DIDF under NABARD with a total corpus of Rs. 8000 crores over a period of 3 years (i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20), in the Union Budget of 2017-18.

• Ministry/Department: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

• Aim: is to boost the dairy sector.

G. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)

• SDCFPO is a Central Sector Scheme initiated under Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund through NABARD. 

• The funds from NABARD will be monitored and released for farmers by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

• The goal of this scheme is to provide a stable market platform by creating the necessary infrastructure for milk producers and distributors to gain access to the organised milk sectors.

Livestock Census

• The Livestock Census started in the country in the year 1919. 

• So far, 20 livestock censuses have been conducted.

• It has been conducted once every 5 years.

• It covers all domesticated animals and their headcounts.

• It is conducted by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in participation with State Governments and UT Administrations.

• The household-level data through online transmission from the field has been used for the first time in 20th Livestock Census.