Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, informed the Lok Sabha about the government's comprehensive efforts to strengthen the dairy and livestock sectors through multiple intervention programs. The government stated that milk procurement prices are determined by dairy cooperatives and private dairies based on market conditions, with no reports received indicating that dairy farmers are not receiving remunerative prices due to procurement-retail price gaps.
Under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), significant infrastructure development has been achieved with 36,611 new Dairy Cooperative Societies organized and 34,557 village-level dairy cooperative societies strengthened as of June 2026. The program has created 168 lakh litres per day of milk chilling capacity and distributed 76,748 milk quality testing devices. The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) has approved projects with total milk processing and value addition capacity of 418 lakh litres per day.
The Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) has made substantial progress in indigenous breed development, genetic improvement and productivity enhancement. Tamil Nadu specifically received Central assistance of ₹12,521.83 lakh during the last three years, which was fully utilized for 36.13 lakh artificial inseminations, strengthening of four semen stations, training of 475 MAITRIs, establishment of two IVF laboratories, creation of sex-sorted semen facilities, establishment of three Breed Multiplication Farms, and assistance for Heifer Rearing Centres.
Nationwide achievements under various missions include over 17.27 crore artificial inseminations carried out under the Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme during the last five years, benefiting nearly 5.98 crore farmers. The program has trained 47,687 MAITRIs (Multi-Purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India), established 24 IVF laboratories, sanctioned 48 semen stations, and approved 28 heifer rearing centres.
Under the National Livestock Mission, 4,084 breed multiplication farms have been approved, 1.61 lakh metric tonnes of quality fodder seed produced, and 204 silage and Total Mixed Ration units sanctioned. The Entrepreneurship Development Programme under this mission has sanctioned 4,291 projects involving a total project cost of ₹2,956.79 crore with approved subsidies of ₹1,356.53 crore. These projects are expected to generate approximately 21,000 direct employment opportunities and indirectly benefit about 91,000 farmers, implemented through a fully digitised portal with subsidy disbursement via the Public Finance Management System.
The Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme continues large-scale vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease, Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminants and Classical Swine Fever. The national mock exercise, Pashujanya Yudh Abhyas (PYA), conducted in Madhya Pradesh from 29 June to 3 July 2026, has been successfully evaluated, strengthening preparedness for zoonotic disease outbreaks through improved coordination, surveillance, biosafety, laboratory protocols, infection prevention, emergency response and inter-agency communication.