AHIDF

AHIDF

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund Scheme Background

The recently announced Prime Minister’s AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan stimulus package mentioned about setting up of Rs. 15000 crore animal husbandry infrastructure development fund (AHIDF).

The animal husbandry infrastructure development (AHIDF) has been approved for incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, farmers producers organizations (FPOs) and Section 8 companies to establish

(I) The dairy processing and product diversification infrastructure,

(II) Meat processing and product diversification infrastructure and

(III) Animal feed plant.

Objectives of Scheme

A) To help increasing of milk and meat processing capacity and product diversification thereby providing greater access for unorganized rural milk and meat producers to organized milk and meat market

B) To make available increased price realization for the producer

C) To make available quality milk and meat products for the domestic consumer

D) To fulfill the objective of protein enriched quality food requirement of the growing population of the country and prevent malnutrition in one of the highest malnourished children population in the world

E) Develop entrepreneurship and generate employment

F) To promote exports and increase the export contribution in the milk and meat sector.

G) To make available quality concentrated animals feed to the cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry to provide balanced ration at affordable prices.

The AHIDF will incentivize the following activities :

A) Incentivizing the dairy processing and diversified products’ infrastructure

B) Incentivizing the meat and meat product processing infrastructure

C) Incentivizing establishment of feed manufacturing unit.