Union Animal husbandry Budget 2023-24

Pashu Sandesh,01 Feb 2023

Nirmala Sitaraman presented the Union Budget today for the year 2023-24, dubbed as the "Amritkaal budget" remained a non-inspiring Budget for the Animal Husbandry Sector which has seen only a marginal increase in the allocation in comparison to the last year. The government on many occasions acknowledged the importance of the Animal husbandry sector in the nation's economic growth. Still, the budget outlay says the contrary and there are no new program launch announcements.

Budget allocation to the department of animal husbandry and Dairying(DAHA) for the year 2023-24 stands at Rs 4,327.85 Crore. This is slightly higher than last year, in 2022-23 allocation for DAHD was Rs 4,288.84 crore.  Sector-wise details of allocation for the year 2023-24 are as follows-

Establishment expenditure of centre- Rs 188.40 crore

Secretariat Rs 56.40 crore, animal health institute - Rs 27 crore, small livestock institute-Rs 45 crore, breed improvement institute- Rs 60 crore

Central sector schemes/Projects – Rs 2689.71 crore

Livestock health and disease control programme- Rs 2349.71 crore, Infrastructure Development fund- Rs 340.00 crore

Other central sector  Expenditure – Rs 43.81 crore

Animal welfare bord-Rs 12 crores, CPCSEA- Rs 1.51crore, the veterinary council of India- Rs 30.30 crore

Centrally sponsored schemes- Rs 1405.93 crore

Dairy development- Rs326.93 crore, Rashtriya Gokul Mission- Rs 600 crore, National Livestock Mission- Rs 410 crore, Dairying through cooperatives- Rs 19 crore, Livestock census and integrated Sample survey- Rs 50 Crore

Footnote-

1. Secretariat: The provision is for the expenditure of the Secretariat, network-based
   information system at headquarter and contribution to different international bodies. This also includes the provision of establishment expenses of PAO (DMS) New Delhi and PAO AHD&F Mumbai.
   2. Animal Health Institute: Provision is for Animal Quarantine Services Stations and
   Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Animal Health etc.
   3. Small Livestock Institute: The provision is for Central Poultry Development
   Organization, Regional Fodder Stations and Central Sheep Breeding Farm.
   4. Breed Improvement Institute: The provision is for Central Cattle Breeding Farms,
   Central Herd Registration Scheme and Central Frozen Semen Production & Training Institute.
   5. Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme: Livestock Health and Disease
   Control and National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis has been merged into a single scheme which is renamed as Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme. Funds are kept for supplementing the activities of the State Govts. for sustainable livestock health by providing central assistance under various Immunization, Skill Development and creation of Veterinary
   Infrastructure. The provision also includes grants to the Veterinary Council of India and State Veterinary Councils as part of Professional Efficiency Development
   6. Infrastructure Development Fund: The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development
   Fund (AHIDF) and The Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) have been merged into one single fund.
   The scheme for supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmers Producers Organisation is also subsumed into it. The scheme is an interest subvention scheme to be implemented through NABARD with the objective to focus on processing and chilling infrastructure and milk adulteration testing equipment at the village level. The budget provision is also for supporting the working capital requirement of the State Cooperative Dairy Federation
   (erstwhile Support to State Co-operative Dairy Federations).
   7. Animal Welfare Board: The provision is for the Establishment Expenditure of Animal
   Welfare Board.
   8. Committee for the purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animal
   (CPCSEA):..The provision is for the establishment expenses of the office and implementation of the scheme. The office was established as per the prevention of cruelty to Animals Act 1960 (59 of 1960) and allocated to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Earlier the provision was clubbed with the budget of NIAW.
   9. Veterinary Council of India: The provision is for salary, other expenses and
   construction of the Building of the Veterinary Council of India.
   10. Delhi Milk Scheme(DMS):..The provision is for establishment-related expenditure which is initially provided by Govt. and subsequently matched by revenue receipts from the sale of milk and ghee etc.
   11. Development Programmes:..White Revolution scheme has been renamed as
   Development Programmes after revisiting and realigning various components of the White Revolution. The components of DP are i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission, ii) National Programme for Dairy Development, iii) National Livestock Mission and iv) Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey (v) Dairying through Cooperatives (EAP)
   11.01. Dairy Development: The provision is for the release of funds to different Milk Unions/State Milk Federations for approved projects.
   11.02. Rashtriya Gokul Mission: The allocation for the National Programme for Bovine Breeding, Indigenous Breeds and the new scheme of National Mission on Bovine Productivity have been clubbed together under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. The scheme aims to conserve and develop Indigenous Breeds in a scientific and holistic manner to increase bovine productivity.
   11.03. Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey: The provision is for the scheme of
   Livestock Census in which preparatory works of 20th Livestock Census 2017 have been initiated and for Integrated Sample Survey in which production of major livestock products namely, milk, eggs meat and wool etc. are estimated on the basis of sample surveys conducted by all States and Union Territories.
   11.04. National Livestock Mission: The provision is for the scheme with the objective of
   sustainable development of the livestock sector especially cattle, ruminants and other small livestock.
   11.05. Dairying Through Cooperatives (EAP): The provision is for Dairying Through
   Cooperatives component - B of Dairy Development Scheme which has been initiated in cooperation with Japan International Co-operative Agency (JICA) which will provide ODA loan assistance