Question : Production of Milk

(a) the details of production and per capita availability of milk in various States of the country during the last three years and current year, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has estimated the milk production in the country for the next five years vis-à-vis the estimated demand patterns, if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the production of milk in the country is not sufficient to meet the demand of increasing population in the country;

(d) if so, the details of the milk production through milk cooperatives during the last three years and current year;

(e) whether the Government is considering to repeat the success of Anand Milk Unions Limited (AMUL), Gujarat in other States as well; and

(f) the steps being taken by the Government to increase the milk production including deployment of new technological advances and policy support?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE
(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)
(a) The production and per-capita availability of milk in various States of the country during the last three years and current year is enclosed as per statement given under Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.

(b) The milk production is estimated annually based on the results of the sample survey namely Integrated Sample Survey conducted in participation with all States/UTs. As per the survey outcomes of the period during the year 2014-15, the milk production in the country has reached 146.31 million tonnes shows an increase of over 6% annually as compared to 2013-14.

(c) The demand of the milk depends on the consumption of milk and milk products which varies across the country. The per-capita availability of milk shows a gradual increasing trend over the past several years including 2014-15. The per capita availability of milk has increased from 307 grams per day during 2013-2014 to 322 grams per day during 2014-15.

(d)Trend in milk procurement by the dairy cooperatives during the years (2012-13 to 2014-15) is given in Annexure-III.

(e) The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries is already promoting Gujarat Model (AMUL Model) of dairy development in the country through the schemes: National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development, National Dairy Plan-I and Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme.

(f) The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries is implementing following schemes to increase milk production and deployment of new technological advances :

i. National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development

ii. National Dairy Plan-I

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