Citizen Services provided by the Animal Husbandry & Dairying Department of Haryana

Since long, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Department Haryana has been implementing different programmes and schemes for the benefit of people engaged in livestock rearing occupation. In addition to the major tool of socio-economic development of the society and nation, livestock is also a major tool of human health development. Today per capita milk availability in Haryana is 1085 gms per day as compare to 375 gms at the national level, which is the second-highest in the country.

The main objectives of the department are as under:-

  • To provide veterinary healthcare and diagnostic facilities to the livestock.
  • To provide prophylactic measures including vaccination and vaccine production.
  • To provide quality breeding services for genetic improvement of the livestock.
  • Conservation and up-gradation of indigenous breeds.
  • Quality control of feed, milk and milk products.
  • Veterinary Extension and in-service training.
  • Promotion of Dairying for self-employment.
  • Special livestock production programs for social upliftment.
  • Quality fodder seeds production.
  • Improvement of farm practices for enhancing animal health and productivity through extension.
  • Other livestock and poultry development activities

To facilitate the animal breeders different programmes are being implemented by the department for the development of world-famous livestock of the State which are summarized as under:-

There are 1020 Government Vety. Hospitals, 1820 Government Vety. Dispensaries and 6 Polyclinics and one Pet Animal Medical-cum-Training Centre i.e. 2884 Veterinary Institutions providing veterinary and breeding services for all type of small and large animal/ species of livestock. Thereby every 3 villages are being covered by one Veterinary Institution in which facilities of health and breeding services are being provided by Veterinary Surgeons / VLDA’s as per timings given below.

From 16 April to 15 October (7.30 A.M. to 2.00 P.M.)

From 16 October to 15 April (8.30 A.M. to 3.00 P.M.)

Note:-

(i) Institutions will be remain closed on Sundays and Gazetted Holidays.

(ii) In an emergency, if the sick animal cannot be brought to hospital, then services are provided at farmers’ doorstep but to and fro arrangements to carry the Vety. Surgeon/ Paravet have to be made available by the owner of the animal.

Veterinary Services:-

To keep the state’s livestock healthy, two types of services are being provided.

(A) Vaccination for Prevention of Diseases.

Healthy animals are vaccinated against various infectious & non infectious diseases. The department is manufacturing/purchasing different type of vaccines. The vaccination facility for the following diseases is being provided free of cost to the farmers.

Sr.No. Name
1. Heamorrhagic Septicaeamia Vaccine. (H.S.)
2. Black Quarter Vaccine. (B.Q.)
3. Sheep Pox Vaccine (S.P.)
4. Enterotoxaemia Vaccine (E.T.V.)
5. P.P.R. Vaccine (in Sheep)
6. Foot & Mouth Disease Vaccine (F.M.D.)
7. Swine Fever Vaccine (S.F.)

Livestock owners can get their animal vaccinated by the nearest Veterinary Hospital/Dispensary.

(B)Treatment of the Sick Animals:-

In addition to veterinary services provided in Hospitals and Dispensaries, the department organizes infertility-cum-health management camps in different villages. Farmers can have the benefit of these camps and can get veterinary health care services for their livestock. The medicines are given free of cost in veterinary institutions as well as in infertility-cum-health management camps.

Livestock Breeding Services

Artificial Insemination services are being provided using frozen semen of high quality pedigreed bulls at all Veterinary Institution and even at farmers doorstep at subsidized rate of Rs.30 and Rs. 100 respectively. This facility is available in every Veterinary Institution.

1. Scheme for Integrated Murrah Development
The State has the repository of the best genetic resources of Murrah buffaloes not only in the country but also in the world. Other than the trading in milk and its products, Haryana State has since long been the prime source of Murrah buffaloes for the rest of India and abroad. This thriving trade in animals has not only been the source of livelihood to many but also provides the driving force behind the traditional breeding and development of these animals in Haryana.  The owners of such high yielder top quality buffaloes are awarded incentive money is given as under:

                               Yield (Kgs)                                                Incentive (Rs.)

  18-22                                                              15,000

>22-25                                                              20,000           

> 25  Kgs. & Above                                          30,000

2. Scheme for the conservation and development of indigenous cattle (Gosamvardhan)

This scheme is being implemented in the State with an objective of conservation and development of the indigenous cows. To enhance the potential of productivity of the Indigenous breeds of cattle through professional management and superior nutrition. Therefore, it is essentially required to promote the conservation and development of indigenous breeds. The livestock sector has an important role in the integrated farming system particularly for the small as well as landless farmers in the State of Haryana. It has great potential for further growth of national economy provided it gets much-needed policy support including an emphasis on genetic resource conservation, improvement of valuable indigenous breeds, their health and nutrition etc. For encouraging the farmers to rear the indigenous breeds of cows this scheme has been included in the State Plan through which incentive money is being provided to the owners of the high milk yielder 'Hariana, Sahiwal & Belahi 'breeds of the cow is given as under:-

        Peak Milk Yield                                              Incentive Money

 Hariana Cows

                         8-10                                                Rs.10,000/-

                     > 10-12                                               Rs.15,000/-

                      > 12 & above                                    Rs.20,000/-

Sahiwal Cows

                        10-12 Kg                                         Rs.10,000/-

                      >12-15 Kg                                         Rs.15,000/-

                      >15 Kg                                               Rs.20,000/-

Belahi Cows

                        5-8 Kg                                             Rs. 5,000/-

                      >8-10 Kg                                           Rs.10,000/-

                      >10 Kg                                               Rs.15,000/-

3. Scheme for the establishment of Hi-Tech and mini Dairy Units

The main objectives of the scheme are as under:-

  1. To create self-employment opportunities to unemployed youth of the State.
  2. To enhance the production of milk to cope up with the increasing demand of consumers in general and milk plants of the state in particular.
  3. To help to provide additional income to the families of the young entrepreneurs.
  4. Creation of a pool of quality germ plasma of Murrah buffaloes.
  5. To encourage clean and quality milk production.
  6. To commercialize dairy units by encouraging owners of small dairy unit to increase sizes of their unit up to 50 milch animals.

 

Under the scheme, a primary objective of providing self-employment opportunities, the unemployed persons would be assisted by way of establishing 3-5, 6-10, 11-20 and 21-50 milch animals dairy units. The pattern of assistance would be in the form of interest subvention (interest subsidy in popular terms) on loan availed by the beneficiary from banks/financial institutions (loan amount will not be more than 75% of the animal unit cost). The applicant should be of 18 to 55 years of age, a resident of Haryana and must be unemployed. There would be no mandatory educational qualifications or training required for availing assistance under the Scheme. Interest subsidy on loan availed on the purchase of milch animals by the beneficiary for the establishment of the dairy unit cost would be provided for five years. In case of 3-5, 6-10, 11-20 and 21-50 milch animals dairy units of indigenous breeds of cows i.e. Hariana, Sahiwal, Belahi, Red Sindhi, Tharparkar and Gir etc. no margin money would be required to be arranged by the beneficiary and total cost (100%)of purchase of indigenous cows would be arranged as loan from banks/financial institutions. The beneficiaries would be provided assistance in the form of interest subvention up to 5 years on loan raised by them for the establishment of the dairy unit.

4. Scheme for Special Livestock Insurance for Scheduled Castes (SCSP)

This scheme has been formulated as an SCSP scheme for the benefit and welfare of the scheduled caste families engaged in the rearing of livestock. The free insurance coverage is being provided to all the heifer, Dairy units of milch animals, piggery units and sheep units owned by the Scheduled castes beneficiaries. The entire cost of insurance premium and expenditure on publicity is being borne by the State Govt. under the scheme.

5. Scheme for Employment opportunities to Scheduled Castes by establishing Livestock Units for Scheduled Castes (SCSP).

The scheme is being implemented in the State with the objective of providing employment opportunities to the Scheduled Castes in the State by establishing 3 milch animals and Piggery units. Under the scheme, financial assistance to the tune of 50% of the unit cost is being provided by the Govt. whereas the remaining part will be the contribution of the beneficiaries either as loan from the financial institutions or self.

6. Mukhya Mantri Bhed/ Bakri (Sheep & Goat) Palaak Uthan Yojana for Scheduled Castes (SCSP).

This scheme has been modified in the year 2019-20 from the previously launched scheme where there is a provision to provide 50% subsidy on the unit cost to the beneficiaries with the objectives for the promotion of stall feeding of sheep & goats in the State as the grazing land is decreasing and multiple cropping is increasing. In view of the facts,   the grazing land is not available. Due to this reason, the scheme has been amended to provide sheep & goat unit (20 female + 1 male) with green fodder-cum-salt block feeder free of cost and after 1½ year, the department will retrieve back half unit (10 female + 1 male) from the beneficiary.

7. Mukhya Mantri Bhed/ Bakri (Sheep & Goat) Palaak Uthan Yojana for General/ OBC beneficiaries.

This scheme has been modified in the year 2019-20 from the previously launched scheme where there is a provision to provide 25% subsidy on the unit cost to the beneficiaries with the objectives for the promotion of stall feeding of sheep & goats in the State as the grazing land is decreasing and multiple cropping is increasing. In view of the facts,   the grazing land is not available. Due to this reason, the scheme has been amended to provide sheep & goat unit (20 female + 1 male) with green fodder-cum-salt block feeder free of cost and after 1½ year, the department will retrieve back half unit (10 female + 1 male) from the beneficiary.

8. Scheme for providing employment opportunities by establishing Piggery units

To promote the piggery farming in the State, the Piggery Unit containing 10 female + 1 male and 20 female+2 male will be established. The subsidy on the establishment of the piggery units to the tune of 25% of the unit cost will be provided to the beneficiary and the remaining part of the unit cost will be met out from the loan from banks/ financial institutions.     

9. Scheme for providing Grant-in-aid to the Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs)

It is a new scheme being included in the Annual Plan of the department to provide Grant-in-aid to the societies for prevention of cruelty to animals. The Government of Haryana under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960) have declared 45 Veterinary Institutions/Government veterinary hospitals of the State Government to be infirmaries under the provisions of the said Act for the treatment and care of animals in respect of which offenses against this Act have been committed and may authorize the detention therein of any animal pending its production before the magistrate. Thus, such institutions are basically set up to provide shelter and other basic facilities to the Infirm & helpless animals. Since the issuance of this notification, no provision has been made for creation of required infrastructure and other basic facilities in these Govt. Vety. Hospitals designated as Infirmaries. In order to make the Infirmaries functional, apart from the infrastructure to be provided, additional manpower needs to be deployed at these Govt. Vety. Hospitals.

10. “The Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan & Gausamvardhan Act, 2015”

For an effective and complete ban on cow slaughter in the State, “The Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan & Gausamvardhan Act, 2015” has been enacted and is in force w.e.f. 19-11-2015. Under the Act, stringent provisions have been made for the prevention of cow slaughter and illegal transport. Provision of imprisonment up to ten years and fine up to Rs. One lac has been made for the offense of cow slaughter and for illegal trafficking of cows for slaughter purposes, provision of imprisonment up to seven years and a fine up to Rs. 70,000/- has been made in addition to the confiscation of vehicles used for illegal transport. In case of default in payment of fine, additional imprisonment, which may be extended up to one year, may also be imposed in lieu of the fine.

11. Scheme for Establishment of Backyard Poultry Units

It is a continued State Plan scheme in which low input 50 chicks of 8-10 day old of Chabbrro breed with 2 drinkers and feeder are supplied to the economically weaker section of the society. The department is having its Poultry Hatchery at Hisar which will be further strengthened to produce quality chicks of low input technology that are highly suitable for backyard poultry farming in the State.

12.  Pandit  Deen Dayal Upadhyay Samoohik Pashudhan Beema Yojna:-

To Provide socio-economic security to the livestock owners of the State, a Risk Management scheme “Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Samoohik Pashudhan Beema Yojna” has been launched in the State in a Mission Mode on the payment of lowest rates of insurance premium @ Rs. 100/- for each large animal up to 5 animals per beneficiary and Rs. 25/- for each small animal for one year and the remaining part of the premium is being paid by the Government. In the case of scheduled caste beneficiaries, the insurance premium of their livestock is 100% free and will be borne by the Govt.

13. Sex sorted semen 

In order to tackle the menace of stray bulls in the state especially of exotic and crossbred cattle, a proposal to supply good quality sexed sorted semen in the veterinary institutions for artificial insemination of crossbred & indigenous cattle wherein 85-90% calves born will be female. Further, the process of establishing the production of sexed sorted semen in the State has also been initiated by the State Government.

14. HS+FMD ( Dual Vaccine)

The department has been successfully engaged in making the State free of any foot–and–mouth and HS disease among cattle and buffaloes in the State by using a combined vaccine. As a result, no case of the disease has been reported for the last year.

15. Milk and Milk Product Order 1992

Under MMPO 1992, the Milk Plant handling the milk and milk products more than 10,000 liters per day are required to be registered. The milk plant / chilling center handling up to 2 Lac liters per day or 10,000 liters solid milk per day are to be registered with State registering Authority and units handling more than 10,000 liters milk/milk products per day are to be registered with Central registering authority at the Government of India level. There is the provision of the issue of registration certificate within 45 days after the receipt of the complete set of documents containing all relevant information. No milk unit in the State can deal with milk and milk products without the registration and it is mandatory for each unit to follow the provisions of MMPO 1992.

16. Cattle Feed Ordinance 1999

The Cattle feed ordinance has come into force. Since 4th November 1999 in the state. Under this act, no manufacturer/ dealer is allowed to manufacture, sell and supply the concentrate Cattle feed supplement or mineral mixture without registration license. The firm engaged in manufacture/ distribution/ selling is to be registered with the State Government, by depositing the required fees (in the Head Dairying 0404) along with the application form to be submitted through the Deputy Director Animal Husbandry of the concerned district to the registration authority.

The detail of the registration/renewal fee for three years is given below.

S.No

Fees for Registration

Renewal Fees

Fees for Providing Duplicate Copy of the Registration Certificate

1.

For Manufacturing Unit.            Rs. 1000/-

Rs.500/-

Rs.50/-

2.

For Selling / Distribution units. Rs.  500/-

Rs.250/-

Rs.50/-

The dealing firm should apply for renewal of registration license one month prior to the expiry of the registration along with forms and fees to the registering authority. The forms and applications related to dairy development schemes are available on the department website.

(a)       Officers at Headquarter and their Telephone Numbers

SN

Officer Name

Office Address

Tel. No.

1.

Director-General, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Haryana

Bays No. 9-12 Pashudhan Bhawan, Sector-2, Panchkula

0172-2574662

2.

Joint Director (Administration)/ CCFST/OSD

-do-

0172-2574664

3.

Joint Director (Animal Breeding)

-do-

0172-2574664

4.

Joint Director (Planning)

-do-

0172-2574664

5.

Credit Development Officer

-do-

0172-2574664

6.

Poultry Development Officer

-do-

0172-2574664

7.

Deputy Director (Animal welfare)

-do-

0172-2574664

8.

Deputy Director (Veterinary Education - Training)

-do-

0172-2574664

9.

Gaushala Development Officer

-do-

0172-2574664

 

(b)       State Level Officers other than Directorate

S.No.

                        Name of Post

 Tel. No.

1.

Chief Supdt., Govt. Livestock Farm, Hisar

01662-225728

2.

Principal, Haryana Veterinary Training Institute, Hisar

01662-276958

3.

Institute Director, Haryana Veterinary Vaccine Institute, Hisar

01662-275243

4.

Deputy Director, Sheep Breeding Farm, Hisar

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5.

Deputy Director, Wool Grading-cum-Marketing Centre, Hisar/Loharu

01662-225630

6.

Sector Superintendent-I, State Cattle Breeding Project, Hisar

01662-278509

7.

Sector Superintendent-II, State Cattle Breeding Project, Hisar

01662-291199

8.

Sector Superintendent-III, State Cattle Breeding Project, Hisar

01662-275879

(c)       Field Officers Address & Phone Number

SN

Name Of Post

Name of Office

Tel. No.

1.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Hisar

01662-225819

2.

Deputy Director

Haryana Veterinary Vaccine Institute, Hisar

01662-237093

3.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Ambala

0171-2530613

4.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Karnal

0184-2267644

5.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Kurukshetra

01744-220216

6.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Jind

01681-245229

7.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Bhiwani

01664-242593

8.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Gurugram

0124-2202115

9.

Deputy Director

Intensive Cattle Development Project, Sirsa

01666-245007

10.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Kaithal

01746-225075

11.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Panchkula

0172-2572916

12.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Panipat

0180-2638524

13.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Jhajjar

01251-257067

14.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Faridabad

0129-2421558

15.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Narnaul

01282-250221

16.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Rewari

01274-225936

17.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Yamunanagar

01732-242891

18.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Fatehabad

01667-224642

19.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Rohtak

01262-276439, 276869

20.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Palwal

01275-245632

21.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Nuh

01267-244277

22.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Sonipat

0130-2220170

23.

Deputy Director

Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ch. Dadri

01250-226006