Central government
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying operates under the Government of India's Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. It was constituted through a Cabinet Secretariat notification dated 17 June 2019. Its origins lie in 1 February 1991, when the animal husbandry and dairy development divisions were carved out of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation to form a separate department; in 1997, the fisheries division and a portion of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries were brought within its remit. The department is headquartered at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.
Its functions are carried out through divisions handling administration, trade, international cooperation, budget and finance, animal quarantine and certification services, and Kisan Credit Cards for livestock farmers.
The department administers livestock and dairy development schemes, among them the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and the National Livestock Mission. It also runs breed multiplication and breeder farm programmes for poultry, pigs, sheep and goats, maintains the Bharat Pashudhan animal database, and confers the National Gopal Ratna Award.
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India
One-time capital subsidy of 50%, up to Rs. 25 lakh, funds entrepreneurs establishing a poultry unit under the National Livestock Mission.
Agri Food Rural · Nationallivestockmission · Poultry · Capitalsubsidy
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India
Capital subsidy up to 50% (max Rs. 50 lakh) funds entrepreneurs establishing sheep or goat breeding units under the National Livestock Mission.
Agri Food Rural · Nationallivestockmission · Goatfarming · Sheepfarming
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India
One-time 50% capital subsidy (up to Rs. 50 lakh) funds entrepreneurs establishing indigenous horse, donkey, or camel breeder farms.
Agri Food Rural · Nationallivestockmission · Camelfarming · Horsebreeding
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India
One-time 50% capital subsidy up to Rs. 30 lakh under the National Livestock Mission funds entrepreneurs setting up a piggery farm.
Agri Food Rural · Nationallivestockmission · Piggery · Pigfarming
Details last verified on 9 September 2026. Source: the issuer's published information.