BACKGROUND:

Government of India has approved the continuation of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) as a component under Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF) subsuming Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF). The revised outlay of AHIDF is ₹ 29110. 25 crores up to FY 2025-2026 till 31.03.2026. The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) has been approved for incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, MSME, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs), Section 8 companies and dairy cooperatives to establish (i) Dairy processing and value addition infrastructure, (ii) Meat processing and value addition infrastructure (iii) Animal Feed Plant(iv) Breed Improvement technology and Breed Multiplication Farm (v) Setting up of Veterinary Vaccine and Drugs Manufacturing facilitiesand (vi) Animal Waste to Wealth Management (Agri Waste Management) and (vii) Primary Wool Processing Infrastructure.

OBJECTIVES:

• 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.
• To make available increased price realization for the producer.
• To make available quality milk and meat products for the domestic consumer.
• 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’s population in the world.
• Develop entrepreneurship and generate employment.
• To promote exports and increase the export contribution in the milk and meat sector.
• To make available quality concentrated animals feed to the cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and poultry to provide balanced ration at affordable prices.