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🔹 Budget 2025–26 | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Department: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Budget Head: Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP)
Objective: Ensure sustainable livestock health through nationwide disease control, vaccination, and skill-driven veterinary infrastructure.
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1️⃣ Budget Snapshot & Scheme Summary
This scheme combines:
• 🐄 National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)
o Target: FMD & Brucellosis eradication via mass vaccination
• 🏥 Veterinary Infrastructure Expansion
o Mobile vet clinics, diagnostic labs, animal quarantine
• 🎓 Skill development for para-vets, livestock assistants
👉 It is implemented through state governments with heavy central funding (often >80%)
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2️⃣ Key Analytical Insights
1. FMD costs India ~$6 billion/year in lost trade & productivity – eradicating it is key to dairy sector scale-up
2. Disease-free zones = Export zones: Big push from WTO and Codex to align India with global meat/milk standards
3. Digital infrastructure + veterinary upskilling = next leap in rural biosecurity
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3️⃣ Who Benefits Directly
Target Group Support Provided
Livestock farmers Free vaccinations (FMD, Brucellosis), disease surveillance
Veterinarians & Para-vets Certification, continuous learning via ICT-enabled tools
State Animal Departments Infra upgrades, cold chain for vaccines, mobile vet units
Animal health startups Integration into surveillance, diagnostics, e-health infra
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4️⃣ Startup Opportunities
A. 🧬 Livestock Diagnostics-on-the-Go
Startup Idea: “Gaumitra Dx” – Rapid testing kits for FMD/Brucellosis deployable at doorstep by para-vets
Model: B2G (Government buy-back) or Franchise to vet practitioners
Alignment: Reduces diagnostic time → faster immunization → fewer outbreaks
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B. 📲 Vaccination Record + Reminder App
Startup Idea: “PashuSuraksha” – Aadhaar-linked livestock immunization app for farmers & officials with auto reminders, GPS tagging
Monetization: Freemium for farmers, premium analytics for states & insurance firms
Alignment: Supports real-time coverage tracking (a NADCP bottleneck)
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C. 🧑⚕️ Vet-Tech Capacity Building Platform
Startup Idea: “VetVerse” – A gamified, vernacular LMS (Learning Management System) for para-vets, combining disease protocols, video SOPs, and quizzes
Leverage: CSR funds + National Skill Mission alignment
Value: Bridge the para-vet knowledge gap for ~1M+ livestock workers
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D. 🚐 Smart Vet Mobile Clinics
Startup Idea: “Animal First Vans” – Modular units fitted with cold storage, IoT diagnostics, and tele-vet support
Use Case: Tender for states launching mobile veterinary clinics
Scale: Viable as PPP model with DADF/state co-funding
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5️⃣ FOMO Alert – What Startups Might Miss
⚠️ Govt is digitizing disease surveillance — if you're not part of that ecosystem now, later integration will be tough
⚠️ LHDCP will decide who gets farm-gate access: startups plugged into this become default animal health partners
⚠️ Central funds are flowing now — delay could mean missed grant windows or tenders
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🧭 Strategy for Smart Founders
• Get listed on DAHD’s approved vendor directory
• Partner with state Livestock Development Boards for pilots
• Co-develop reporting modules with ICAR-NIVEDI (disease intel body)
• Seek convergence with insurance startups (vaccinated = insurable)
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📊 Key Metrics to Track
• 🐄 % Vaccination coverage achieved (national target: >80% by 2027)
• ⏱️ Time from diagnosis to treatment intervention (cut by 30% = huge gain)
• 🧑⚕️ No. of para-vets upskilled using digital tools
• 🧫 % drop in FMD/Brucellosis outbreaks by district (govt targets zero in DZones)
