National Programme For Dairy Development
National Programme For Dairy Development
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) is implementing Central Sector Scheme- “National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)” across the country since 2014-15 with the aim to enhance quality of milk and milk products and increase share of organized procurement, processing, value addition and marketing. The infrastructure created/strengthened under the scheme benefits all the milk producers associated with the State Cooperative Milk Federations/Unions/Producer Companies covered under the scheme.
Under NPDD scheme, about 31,908 dairy cooperative societies (DCS) have been organized/revived with 17.63 lakh additional milk producer enrolment and increase of 120.68 lakh kilogram per day milk procurement. State-wise details of number of DCS organized, milk producers enrolled & increase in milk procurement is at Annexure-I.
Under NPDD scheme, about 61,677 village level milk testing laboratories and 5,995 Bulk Milk Coolers with chilling capacity of 149.35 lakh litres have been established. In addition, 279 number of dairy plant laboratories have been upgraded with milk adulteration detection systems including FTIR Technology based Milk Analyser. State wise details of village level laboratories, Bulk Milk Coolers and dairy plant laboratories established/upgraded is at Annexure-II.
Under the revised NPDD scheme, DAHD has approved State-wise targets for organization of 21,902 new dairy cooperative societies across the country during 2025-26. A total financial outlay of Rs. 407.37 Crore has been approved which includes Rs.211.90 Crore as the Government of India’s share and Rs. 195.47 Crore as the share of the implementing organizations. As per the information provided by States, till date, about 1804 dairy cooperative societies have been organised providing employment opportunity to about 37,793 number of new milk producers during 2025-26.
As on date, total 4019 Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) are operational in the country including 406 in Madhya Pradesh and 340 in Andhra Pradesh. In addition, about 96,86,350 livestock farmers and 2,01,49,217 animals have been benefited from the service provided through these MVUs. In Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, till date, 15,307 livestock farmers and 19,472 animals have been benefitted by the doorstep delivery of MVUs. State-wise details of MVUs operational, number of livestock farmers benefitted and animals treated through MVUs is at Annexure-III.
Annexure-I
State-wise details of number of DCS organized, milk producers enrolled & increase in milk procurement under NPDD scheme (as on 31.07.2025)
S. No.
State
DCS organized /Revived (Nos.)
Additional Farmer Member enrolled (in ‘000 Nos.)
Additional Average Daily Milk Procurement (TKgPD)
1
Andhra Pradesh
3483
237432
371.13
2
Arunachal Pradesh
0
0
0.00
3
Assam
0
0
0.00
4
Bihar
8285
509496
796.61
5
Chhattisgarh
0
768
16.20
6
Goa
0
0
0.00
7
Gujarat
935
33097
4215.20
8
Haryana
0
0
0.00
9
Himachal Pradesh
359
4939
106.00
10
Jammu & Kashmir
1775
79150
245.00
11
Jharkhand
256
15782
119.82
12
Karnataka
2033
274937
1561.10
13
Kerala
0
63188
249.90
14
Ladakh
10
700
2.90
15
Madhya Pradesh
0
0
57.42
16
Maharashtra
369
35362
192.90
17
Manipur
50
1043
4.30
18
Meghalaya
51
1185
0.00
19
Mizoram
3
60
0.80
20
Nagaland
54
1342
4.10
21
Odisha
973
57416
161.70
22
Pondicherry
7
600
33.00
23
Punjab
2144
28935
1513.92
24
Rajasthan
4245
173896
836.14
25
Sikkim
287
6938
50.40
26
Tamil Nadu
1278
87072
818.80
27
Telangana
640
15895
225.91
28
Tripura
6
530
0.00
29
Uttar Pradesh
4179
77152
398.18
30
Uttarakhand
416
52700
82.90
31
West Bengal
70
3532
3.70
Grand total
31908
1763147
12068.03
Nos.-Numbers, TKgPD-Thousand Kilogram Per Day
Annexure-II
State wise details of village level laboratories, Bulk Milk Coolers and dairy plant laboratories established/upgraded under NPDD scheme (as on 31.07.2025)
S. No.
State
Strengthening of village level laboratory (Nos.)
Bulk Milk Cooler (BMC)
Strengthening of dairy plant level Laboratory (Nos.)
Number
Capacity (KL)
1
Andhra Pradesh
3848
53
320.00
7
2
Arunachal Pradesh
0
0
0.00
0
3
Assam
0
0
0.00
1
4
Bihar
7413
72
199.00
12
5
Chhattisgarh
95
29
58.00
6
6
Goa
0
0
0.00
1
7
Gujarat
5533
2088
7305.00
5
8
Haryana
513
59
48.00
5
9
Himachal Pradesh
335
47
88.00
13
10
Jammu & Kashmir
2232
58
275.00
3
11
Jharkhand
339
13
26.00
5
12
Karnataka
5621
686
2080.00
50
13
Kerala
2160
108
392.50
11
14
Ladakh
0
0
0.00
0
15
Madhya Pradesh
1135
201
181.00
16
16
Maharashtra
639
95
199.50
23
17
Manipur
61
38
8.40
1
18
Meghalaya
107
100
41.76
4
19
Mizoram
46
9
4.50
4
20
Nagaland
0
28
14.50
3
21
Odisha
1023
38
109.00
14
22
Pondicherry
95
15
14.50
1
23
Punjab
6014
497
687.50
19
24
Rajasthan
7355
980
1171.50
17
25
Sikkim
588
225
73.10
3
26
Tamil Nadu
8967
485
1531.00
24
27
Telangana
2128
22
19.50
3
28
Tripura
158
11
11.50
1
29
Uttar Pradesh
3897
32
70.00
13
30
Uttarakhand
1275
2
4.00
11
31
West Bengal
100
4
2.00
3
Grand total
61677
5995
14934.76
279
Nos.-Numbers, KL-Thousand Litres
Annexure-III
State-wise details of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs), number of livestock farmers and animals benefited
S. No.
States/UT
Number of MVUs Operational
Number of Livestock Farmers benefitted
(Total cumulative)
Number of Animals treated
(Total cumulative)
1
Andhra Pradesh
340
2049550
2211886
2
Arunachal Pradesh
25
43318
51326
3
Assam
159
261511
627616
4
Bihar
307
233072
583058
5
Chhattisgarh
163
609605
2847011
6
Delhi
3
187
201
7
Goa
2
602
804
8
Gujarat
127
450369
699480
9
Haryana
70
47903
204591
10
Himachal Pradesh
44
17549
18047
11
Jammu & Kashmir
50
26737
48103
12
Jharkhand
236
66525
101907
13
Karnataka
275
386714
571415
14
Kerala
29
22556
25034
15
Ladakh
9
1649
1449
16
Madhya Pradesh
406
855434
1008773
17
Maharashtra
80
101080
206554
18
Manipur
33
9127
9067
19
Meghalaya
17
308
3011
20
Mizoram
26
35765
55280
21
Nagaland
16
18347
47754
22
Puducherry
4
2084
7609
23
Rajasthan
536
905948
3598443
24
Sikkim
6
3546
5580
25
Tamil Nadu
245
342676
1092710
26
Tripura
13
5678
39383
27
Uttar Pradesh
520
3040776
5707893
28
Uttarakhand
60
142245
287102
29
West Bengal
218
5489
88130
Total
4019
9686350
20149217
This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 5th August, 2025.