Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing following schemes / components to provide financial support to entrepreneurs to set up and develop dairy farming: (i) Establishment of Breed Multiplication Farm preferably of indigenous breeds on hub and spoke model is promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. Under the component 50% capital subsidy is available for eligible entrepreneurs (individual/ SHGs/FCO/FPO/JLGs and section 8 companies). Entrepreneurs assisted under establishment of breed multiplication farm are also eligible for interest subvention under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund. Till date, 49 applications and a sum of Rs. 97.34 crore towards subsidy have been approved by DAHD. (ii) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (discontinued from March 2020) provided 25% back ended subsidy to general category beneficiaries and 33.33% back ended subsidy to Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe category beneficiaries on induction of dairy animals.

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

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(Release ID: 1906850)