Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH & DC)
During 10th plan, a centrally sponsored macro-management scheme called “Livestock Healthand Disease Control” is being implemented with an outlay of Rs. 525.00 crores. The Scheme
has the following components.
(i) Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD)
Under this component, assistance is provided to State / Union Territory Governments for
control of economically important diseases of livestock and poultry by way of immunization,
strengthening of existing State Veterinary Biological Production Units, strengthening of
existing State Disease Diagnostic Laboratories, holding workshops/seminars and in-service
training to Veterinarians and Para-veterinarians. The programme is being implemented on
75:25 sharing basis between the centre and the states; however, 100 % assistance is
provided for training and seminar/workshops. The states are at liberty to choose the diseases
for immunization as per the prevalence and importance the disease in their state / region.
Besides this, the programmes envisage collection of information on the incidence of various
livestock and poultry diseases from States and Union Territories and compile the same for the
whole country. The 10th plan allocation for this scheme is Rs. 255.00 crores.
(ii) National Project on Rinderpest Eradication (NPRE)
The objective of the scheme is to strengthen the veterinary services and to eradicate
Rinderpest and Contagious Bovine Pleuro - Pneumonia (CBPP) and to obtain freedom from
Rinderpest & CBPP infection following the pathway prescribed by Office International des
Epizooties (OIE), Paris.
The first stage of “Provisional freedom from Rinderpest disease” for the whole country was
achieved with effect from 1st March 1998. The second stage of “Freedom from Rinderpest
disease” for the country with zones was approved by OIE on 27-05-2004. For attaining the
third and final stage of “Freedom from Rinderpest Infection”, the dossier has been submitted
to OIE.
Eradication programme for Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) has been initiated in
8 districts of Assam. The country is provisionally free from CBPP from October 2003. The
dossier for seeking the freedom from CBPP Infection has also been submitted to OIE. The 10th
plan allocation for this component is Rs. 40.00 crores.
(iii) Foot & Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMD-CP)
To prevent economic losses due to FMD and to develop herd immunity in cloven-footed
animals, Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMD-CP) is being implemented in 54
specified districts of the country in the first phase with 100% central funding as cost of
vaccine, maintenance of cold chain and other logistic support to undertake vaccination. The
State Governments are providing other infrastructure and manpower. Five rounds of vaccinations will be done during the tenth plan and allocation for this component is Rs. 200.00
crores. About 1500 lakh vaccination will be carried during the five rounds of vaccination.
(iv) Professional Efficiency Development (PED): -
The objective of this scheme is to regulate veterinary practice and to maintain register of
veterinary practitioners as per the provisions of Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984 (IVC Act).
The scheme envisages establishing Veterinary Council of India at the Centre and the State
Veterinary Councils in those states, which adopted the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984. At
present it is implemented in all the States and Union Territories except Jammu and Kashmir.
100 % Central Assistance is provide to the VCI and the Union Territories and 50 % to the
states. The 10th plan allocation for this component is Rs. 30.00 crores.
Directorate of Animal Health
This is a Central Sector Scheme having following components
a) Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS)
While efforts have been made to ensure better livestock health in the country, simultaneous
efforts are equally necessary to prevent entry of any disease from outside into the country
through import of livestock and livestock products. With this objective in view, four Animal
Quarantine and Certification Service Stations one each at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai
have been established. These Stations are equipped to deal with all imports coming into the
country.
Objectives:
· To strengthen Animal Quarantine and Certification Services
· To develop and implement Animal Quarantine and Certification procedures so as to prevent
entry of exotic animal diseases in the country.
· To test or arrange to test samples taken from consignment of livestock and livestock
products meant for import and export with facilities for pre-export and post-import
quarantining of all types of livestock.
b) Disease Diagnostic Laboratories (Central/Regional Laboratories)
In order to provide referral diagnostic services one Central and five Regional Disease
Diagnostic Laboratories have been set up/strengthened by the Central Government. The
Centre for Animal Disease Research and Diagnosis (CADRAD) of IVRI, Izatnagar is working as
the Central Laboratory. The Regional Laboratories are located at Kolkata (Eastern), Pune
(Western), Jallandhar (Northern), Bangalore (Southern) and Guwahati (North-eastern). The
networking of these laboratories with other laboratories of the State Governments, ICAR and
Universities have been initiated for better coordination and efficient disease diagnosis,
monitoring and reporting.
Objectives:
· Provide referral services for diagnosing various animal diseases.
· Networking of these referral laboratories with the ICAR, University and State laboratories to
support their programmes on disease diagnosis.
· Study the problems of emerging diseases of animals.
· Undertake surveillance against emerging and exotic infections threatening the country.
c) National Veterinary Biological Products Quality Control Centre (Institute of Animal Health)
The Centre is under construction to ensure the quality of veterinary biologicals in the country
The Institute has the following objectives
· To recommend licensing of manufacturers of veterinary vaccines, biologicals, drugs,
diagnostics and other animal health preparations in the country. · To establish standard preparations to be used as reference materials in biological assays.
