The Union Cabinet has authorized the amendment to the Livestock Health and Disease Control Program

Through a range of activities, the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP), which has been implemented nationally since 2022, aims to reduce threats to animal health.

Concerning the Livestock Disease and Health Control Program (LHDCP): By putting in place preventative immunization programs against a variety of livestock and poultry diseases, the LHDCP seeks to improve the animal health sector.

It addresses capacity building, veterinary infrastructure strengthening, and disease surveillance.

Its three primary components are Pashu Aushadhi, Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC), and the National Animal Disease Control Program (NADCP).

In order to increase the availability of generic veterinary medicine through the network of PM-Kisan Samriddhi Kendra and Cooperative Societies, Pashu Aushadhi was added as a new component.

LH&DC consists of three sub-components:

To protect farmers from financial losses, the crucial Animal Disease Control Programme (CADCP) is supposed to address two crucial diseases: swine fever and pest des petits ruminants.

establishment and strengthening of existing veterinary clinics and dispensaries, such as the Mobile Veterinary Unit (ESVHD-MVU), which makes it easier to provide animals with medical care at their doorstep.

Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases, or ASCAD: To fight state-priority zoonotic, exotic, and emergent animal diseases including Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)

Other actions taken to support cattle

The National Livestock Mission (NLM) aims to increase the production of feed and fodder, as well as entrepreneurship and breed advancement in pigs, sheep, goats, and poultry.

Increasing the capacity for processing meat and milk is the goal of the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF).

The Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) aims to increase cow productivity and milk production.