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🔹 Budget 2025–26 | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying

Department: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Scheme: Animal Health Institute

Objective: Strengthen animal health surveillance, biosecurity at borders, and domestic disease control through Quarantine Services, Diagnostics, and the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH).

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1️⃣ Budget Essence

• 💉 Focuses on preventive animal health, specifically:

o Animal Quarantine & Certification Services (AQCS): To monitor and prevent entry of foreign animal diseases

o National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH): Apex institution for diagnostics, reference testing, and disease surveillance

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2️⃣ Analytical Insights

1. India's livestock sector = ₹9.6 lakh crore but is highly vulnerable to epidemics (LSD, FMD, ASF).

2. Current testing, certification, and border quarantine systems are under-capacity — long lead times hurt farmers and exporters.

3. Government is moving toward paperless livestock movement, health cards, and vaccine traceability.

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3️⃣ Startup-Relevant Beneficiary Ecosystem

Stakeholder Startup Enablement Angle

Dairy & poultry exporters E-certificates, traceability for global compliance

Livestock transporters Digital health cards, GPS-tagged animal movement records

Quarantine stations AI-powered health diagnostics, real-time disease alerts

State AH departments SaaS for mass surveillance, mobile labs

Farmers & cooperatives On-farm disease testing kits, tele-vet consults

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4️⃣ Startup Opportunities Aligned to Animal Health Institute

A. 🧫 Disease Surveillance-as-a-Service

• Startup Idea: “VetSecure” – Mobile diagnostic units & cloud analytics for real-time outbreak tracking (LSD, FMD, etc.)

• Clients: State AH departments, export farms

• Tech: Portable ELISA kits + data dashboards

• Pitch: Early detection = export retention

B. 🐄 Livestock Passporting & Traceability

• Startup Idea: “CowID” – GPS + ear-tag digital health card platform with vaccination logs

• Target: Dairies, meat exporters, insurance companies

• Value: Zero-paper certification, fraud prevention, welfare tracking

C. 🌍 Cross-Border Compliance Companion

• Startup Idea: “ClearMoo” – Pre-export quarantine + documentation aggregator for meat/dairy exporters

• USP: AI checklist for country-specific phytosanitary norms

• Revenue Model: Per-batch compliance or SaaS B2B licensing

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5️⃣ What Startups Might Miss If They Stay Out

⚠️ India is shifting toward “One Health” models where animal-human-environment health intersect. Startups who ignore animal health tech risk missing a huge frontier.

⚠️ Global meat and dairy buyers demand disease-free certification. Startups not creating tech to help meet this demand → miss out on export-linked revenues.

⚠️ The ₹13,000+ Cr National Animal Disease Control Programme and this budget head are converging on data-driven, traceable systems — and will need private innovation partners.

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