THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI NITISH KUMAR)
(a) to (d) : A statement is placed on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 219 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4th DECEMBER, 2000
(a) Under the Technology Mission on Dairy Development (TMDD), the following activities were taken up to provide facilities to the farmers and dairy owners:
(i) Operational Linkage Programme- In order to provide cost effective animal husbandry services like health care, breeding services and animal husbandry extension etc. and to optimize the resources available, operational linkages between the Dairy Cooperative Societies(DCS) and infrastructure available with the State Governments and other agencies were brought about.
(ii) Strengthening of Frozen Semen Stations-In order to increase the frozen semen production capacity to meet the future requirement of semen for artificial insemination programmes, selected Frozen Semen Stations in the Government sector and in the Non Government Organisation sector have been strengthened.
(iii) Liquid Nitrogen Delivery System-In order to make available liquid nitrogen for artificial insemination programme at cheaper rate, liquid nitrogen delivery system in Gujarat and Karnataka have been installed.
(iv) Fodder Seed Production Programme- The Mission helped in providing high quality fodder seeds at reasonable prices to dairy farmers.
(b) The tenure of TMDD ended in March, 1999. However, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), which was the implementing agency for the Mission, was permitted to complete the ongoing and unfinished activities during the year 1999-2000. No new schemes and programmes were, therefore, initiated during the year 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
(c) State-wise Financial Assistance provided under TMDD Programme for the last three years is given in Annex-I. Implementation of various programmes by the Mission has resulted in the following:
i) Additional Coverage of 5374 dairy co-operative societies for providing animal health care; and 2079 dairy co-operative societies for artificial insemination, vaccination etc.
ii) District Rural Development Agencies have started giving focused attention to dairy and animal husbandry development and providing financial assistance for infrastructure creation and distribution of milch animals in the existing milk routes.
iii) Frozen Semen Production increased from 108 lakh doses to 241 lakh doses per annum.
iv) Establishment of a model system for bulk procurement, storage and delivery of liquid nitrogen for artificial insemination programme.
v) Orientation of additional 380 officers of State Animal Husbandry Departments and 29 District Magistrates/Collectors.
vi) Production of additional 9538 Metric tonnes of high quality fodder seed.
(d) As the tenure of TMDD has already ended, no amount is proposed to be allocated to any of the States in the next two years.
STATE-WISE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER
TMDD PROGRAMME FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
( Rs. in lakh )
S.No. Name of the State Year
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 55.01 31.78 27.29
2 Bihar 36.89 149.21 5.56
3 Goa 0 0 13.76
4 Gujarat 78.1 119.01 72.48
5 Haryana 2.05 0.41 0
6 Himachal Pra. 4.18 0 0
7 Karnataka 138.41 22.11 38.68
8 Kerala 0.02 1.72 2.71
9 Madhya Pradesh 11.73 13.41 38.89
10 Maharashtra 0 0.69 33.55
11 Orissa 16.16 57.99 7.93
12 Pondicherry 0 0 0
13 Punjab 0 30.76 11.13
14 Rajasthan 0.09 9.04 10.14
15 Tamil Nadu 0 2.5 0.01
16 Uttar Pradesh 58.75 34.83 20.86
17 West Bengal 0 4.33 5.96
