Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

 DAIRY  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  DEVELOPMENT  SCHEME

                                      

By- Anshika

This was first launched under the name Dairy/Poultry venture Capital Fund scheme in 2004 with a budget of 2025 crore rupees. But in FY 2008-09 it was split into two different schemes Dairy Venture Capital Fund & Poultry Venture Capital Fund.

Later, in September 2010 the former scheme was launched as Dairy Entrepreneurship Development scheme to enhance its effects and wider the coverage under the scheme. 

The nodal agency responsible for its implementation is NABARD and is also responsible to refinance Commercial Banks, Co-operative Banks and Regional Rural and urban Banks, State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank and these banks can then implement the scheme.

🐮Objectives Of The Scheme:

1. The primary objective is to encourage self employment in rural areas
2. To set up a modern dairy farm for clean and hygienic production of milk.
3. Encourage rearing of heifer cows for conserving and developing good breeding lines.
4. To upgrade the organization sector to set up initial processing of milk in villages itself.
5. Value addition of milk by the processing of milk & production of milk products.
6. To upgrade traditional technology of handling milk

🐮Beneficiary Under The Scheme

• Farmers, individual entrepreneurs and groups of organized and unorganized sectors.
• Under the scheme, more than one member of the family can be assisted given that they set up different separate units in different locations
• There are also provisions to form a cluster for dairy farmers/ women/ cooperatives etc.
•  Priority to be given to SC/ ST/ women/ landless/ small and marginal/ BPL farmers and also farmers in drought areas.

🐮DEDS Assistance Pattern:

• Under this scheme, livestock farmers can get a   loan of up to 7 lakh rupees for the livestock department to set up a dairy farm of 10 buffaloes.
• Back ended capital subsidy of 26% to general category and 33% to women & SC/ST category is also given.
• Entrepreneur contribution (Margin) for loans  beyond 1.6 lakh -10% of the outlay (Minimum)
•  9 lakhs for 20 calf units (upper limits being 20 calves) in case of heifer calf rearing
• 20 lakh rupees to Purchase milking machine milk testers & BMCs
• 13.20 lakhs to purchase milk processing equipment for the manufacture of indigenous milk products

🐮Activities Covered Under The Scheme:

• Establishment of a small dairy unit from 2 to 10 milch animals.
• Rearing of heifers (a cow that has not borne a calf,or has borne only one calf)
• Vermicomposting
• Purchase of milking machine
• Purchase of milking machine, milk testers & BMCs (Bulk Milk Cooler)
• Purchase of milk processing equipment for the manufacture of indigenous milk products
• Transport & cold storage facilities
•  Establishment of a private veterinary clinic
• Setting up milk parlour for enhancement of milk  production & procurement
• Post-harvest technology and harvesting