The government will fast-track the National Dairy
Plan (NDP) in the coming years to meet the fast-growing demand of milk
in the country, according to agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who
briefed members of Parliament (MPs) about the first phase of the plan,
which is being implemented in fourteen states.
He said the country would need about 150 million tonne (MT) of milk by 2017 and over 180MT by 2022, and added that though the milk production has grown from 17MT at the time of Independence to more than 130MT, the productivity of milch cattle would need to be increased significantly to meet the growing demand.
Elaborating the importance of the dairy sector and the strategies being adopted under the National Dairy Plan, Pa war said, “The dairy sector in the country is one of the most vibrant sectors of the Indian economy. The value of milk production in the country is much higher than value of paddy and wheat production together.”
“This sector engages around seven crore households, mainly women from the families of small and marginal farmers. While the world milk production grew at the rate of 2.2 per cent in the last decade, our growth rate at 4.2 percent is almost double than the world average,” he added.
“In fact, not only in the dairy sector, but in a majority of sectors of agriculture and allied activities such as food grain production, vegetable and fruit production, and even in fisheries, we have achieved great success. Over the last few years, agriculture and the allied sectors have been credited with more than satisfactory performance,” Pa war stated.
With growing incomes, the demand for milk is increasing rapidly in India. Emerging trends indicate that the milk demand is likely to be 150MT at the end of the 12th Five-year Plan and over 180MT by the end of the 13th Five-year Plan. To meet these demands, the incremental annual production of milk must grow at a rate of 6MT per year over the next 10 years.
Access to good quality milk as a source of nutrition, especially for children and women, could be ensured from higher levels of production of milk. Furthermore, it is essential to assist rural farmers to gain greater access to organicism markets.
In this background, Phase I of the National Dairy Plan was launched by the ministry last April with an expected investment of Rs 2,242 crore, and a focus to improve milch animal productivity and increase milk production through a scientific approach to breeding and feeding.
The NDP strategy involves increasing the genetic potential of bovines, producing the required number of quality bulls, producing superior quality frozen semen and adopting adequate bio-security measures.
The scheme is being implemented by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) through various end implementing agencies like State Livestock Development Boards, State Milk Federations, producer companies, subsidiaries of statutory bodies, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes and veterinary, dairy institutes, universities and trusts.
NDP-I will focus on fourteen major milk-producing states which account for over 90 per cent of the country’s milk production. The coverage of NDP-I would, however, be across the country in terms of benefits accruing from the scheme.
As a part of scientific approach, the programme implementation requires an enabling policy environment by the 14 eligible states, such as the notification of the bovine breeding policy, prevention and control of infectious and contagious diseases in the Animal Act, adoption of common protocol and standard operating procedure, only the best grade (A&B) semen to be used for breeding purposes, etc.
All the fourteen states have either complied or committed to comply with the requisite policy measures within a given timeline. Although the compliance of key policy measures by the state governments took some time in procedural formalities during the first year of programme implementation, the speed of project approval, and implementation has gained momentum during the current financial year.
So far, 117 sub-projects from the 14 states have been approved with a total outlay of Rs 786 crore. Under project management and learning either projects with a total outlay of Rs 18 crore have been approved.
The consultative committee of DPs was called specifically to discuss the implementation of the NDP. Tariq Anwar, minister of state for agriculture and food processing industries; Lok Sabha MPs A Ganeshaamurthi, K P Dhanapalan, Kunvarjibhai Bavalia, M Krishna and Pulin Bihari Bake, and Rajya Sabha MPs K P Ramalingam, Mohsina Kidwai and Renubala Pradhan attended the meeting.
He said the country would need about 150 million tonne (MT) of milk by 2017 and over 180MT by 2022, and added that though the milk production has grown from 17MT at the time of Independence to more than 130MT, the productivity of milch cattle would need to be increased significantly to meet the growing demand.
Elaborating the importance of the dairy sector and the strategies being adopted under the National Dairy Plan, Pa war said, “The dairy sector in the country is one of the most vibrant sectors of the Indian economy. The value of milk production in the country is much higher than value of paddy and wheat production together.”
“This sector engages around seven crore households, mainly women from the families of small and marginal farmers. While the world milk production grew at the rate of 2.2 per cent in the last decade, our growth rate at 4.2 percent is almost double than the world average,” he added.
“In fact, not only in the dairy sector, but in a majority of sectors of agriculture and allied activities such as food grain production, vegetable and fruit production, and even in fisheries, we have achieved great success. Over the last few years, agriculture and the allied sectors have been credited with more than satisfactory performance,” Pa war stated.
With growing incomes, the demand for milk is increasing rapidly in India. Emerging trends indicate that the milk demand is likely to be 150MT at the end of the 12th Five-year Plan and over 180MT by the end of the 13th Five-year Plan. To meet these demands, the incremental annual production of milk must grow at a rate of 6MT per year over the next 10 years.
Access to good quality milk as a source of nutrition, especially for children and women, could be ensured from higher levels of production of milk. Furthermore, it is essential to assist rural farmers to gain greater access to organicism markets.
In this background, Phase I of the National Dairy Plan was launched by the ministry last April with an expected investment of Rs 2,242 crore, and a focus to improve milch animal productivity and increase milk production through a scientific approach to breeding and feeding.
The NDP strategy involves increasing the genetic potential of bovines, producing the required number of quality bulls, producing superior quality frozen semen and adopting adequate bio-security measures.
The scheme is being implemented by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) through various end implementing agencies like State Livestock Development Boards, State Milk Federations, producer companies, subsidiaries of statutory bodies, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes and veterinary, dairy institutes, universities and trusts.
NDP-I will focus on fourteen major milk-producing states which account for over 90 per cent of the country’s milk production. The coverage of NDP-I would, however, be across the country in terms of benefits accruing from the scheme.
As a part of scientific approach, the programme implementation requires an enabling policy environment by the 14 eligible states, such as the notification of the bovine breeding policy, prevention and control of infectious and contagious diseases in the Animal Act, adoption of common protocol and standard operating procedure, only the best grade (A&B) semen to be used for breeding purposes, etc.
All the fourteen states have either complied or committed to comply with the requisite policy measures within a given timeline. Although the compliance of key policy measures by the state governments took some time in procedural formalities during the first year of programme implementation, the speed of project approval, and implementation has gained momentum during the current financial year.
So far, 117 sub-projects from the 14 states have been approved with a total outlay of Rs 786 crore. Under project management and learning either projects with a total outlay of Rs 18 crore have been approved.
The consultative committee of DPs was called specifically to discuss the implementation of the NDP. Tariq Anwar, minister of state for agriculture and food processing industries; Lok Sabha MPs A Ganeshaamurthi, K P Dhanapalan, Kunvarjibhai Bavalia, M Krishna and Pulin Bihari Bake, and Rajya Sabha MPs K P Ramalingam, Mohsina Kidwai and Renubala Pradhan attended the meeting.
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