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Union Cabinet approves revision of Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme

Posted 06 Mar 2025

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Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) is being implemented across the country with the primary objective of reducing risks to animal health through various measures since 2022.

About Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP)

  • Objective: To improve the animal health sector by way of implementation of prophylactic vaccination programmes against various diseases of livestock and poultry.
    • It includes capacity building, disease surveillance, and strengthening of veterinary infrastructure.
  • Consists of three components: National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) and Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC), and Pashu Aushadhi.
    • Pashu Aushadhi is the new component added to the scheme for improving availability of generic veterinary medicine through network of PM-Kisan Samriddhi Kendra and Cooperative Societies
  • LH&DC has three sub-components:
    • Critical Animal Disease Control Programme (CADCP)
      • It is proposed to cover two critical diseases (Peste des Petits Ruminants, Swine fever) for its control and eradication for saving losses to farmers.
    • Establishment and Strengthening of existing Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries - Mobile Veterinary Unit (ESVHD-MVU).
      • It supports door-step delivery of livestock health care.
    • Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD): To target state-prioritized exotic, emergent, and zoonotic animal diseases, including Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)

Other steps taken for Livestock Promotion

  • National Livestock Mission (NLM): To focus on entrepreneurship development and breed improvement in poultry, sheep, goat and piggery including feed and fodder development.
  • Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): To help increase milk and meat processing capacity.
  • Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM): To enhance productivity of bovines and increase milk production.
  • Tags :
  • National Livestock Mission
  • Rashtriya Gokul Mission
  • National Animal Disease Control Programme
  • Critical Animal Disease Control Programme
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