Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and one of the objectives of the schemes is to make available increase price realization for the producer. Through the Infrastructure development in the livestock sector, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is supporting individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs), MSMEs, Section 8 companies and dairy cooperatives, with benefits of 3% interest subvention for period of 8 years, with 2 years moratorium. These units can secure term loans of up to 90% of the project cost from any scheduled bank/NABARD/NCDC/NDDB/SIDBI. There is no ceiling on the eligible term loan amount under this Scheme.
Additionally, a credit guarantee of 25% on the term loan to projects falling within the MSME by NABSanrakshan Trustee Pvt. Ltd., a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of NABARD.
Under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund, projects are being approved to establish dairy and meat processing units, animal feed plants, veterinary vaccine and drug manufacturing facilities, technologically assisted breed improvement farms (cattle/Buffalo/Sheep/Goat/Pig/ Poultry) animal waste to wealth management units, and primary wool processing infrastructure. These projects incentivize investment to enhance processing capacity and product diversification, thereby improving market access for unorganized rural milk and meat producers and ensuring availability of quality products to domestic consumers.
Since the inception of the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF), 402 projects have been approved with a total project cost of ₹14,413.88 crore and term loan of ₹10,095.23 crore.
Additionally, 37 projects with the project cost of Rs. 6776.80 crores and term loan of Rs. 4575.25 crores have also been approved under the Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) which has now been subsumed in AHIDF vide cabinet approval dated 01.02.2024.
These AHIDF-approved projects are at various stages of implementation and have the potential to generate employment for 43,372 personnel, benefiting approximately 25 lakh farmers. Through these units additional capacity creation of 214.73 lakh LPD in dairy processing, 9.70 lakh MTPA in meat processing, 100.22 lakh TPA in animal feed production, and 10,351 MTA under animal waste to wealth management; veterinary vaccine and drug manufacturing capacity of 3 crore injectable doses, 70 lakh vials, 52.75 lakh liquid drugs, 1 crore ointments, 36 crore tablets, 90 lakh bolus and 60,000 kg powder, and technologically assisted breed improvement and multiplication farms covering 25 crore poultry birds, 2300 cattle, 110 pigs, and 191 crore eggs have been envisaged.
The amount of funds allocated for Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) being implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is as follows:
(Rs in crores)
| Financial Year | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Total
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| Budget allocation | 77 | 113.5 | 115 | 179 | 195 | 260 | 679.5 |
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 Rajya Sabha on 6th August, 2025.
Source : DAirynews7x7 Aug 7th 2025 PIB