Digital Push in Livestock Sector: Bharat Pashudhan Platform Expands to 94 Million Owners
SDG 2: Zero Hunger | SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Institutions: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD)
A workshop under the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) was held in New Delhi with representatives from 7 states/UTs, emphasizing accelerated implementation of Bharat Pashudhan, a farmersβ digital registry for livestock. The platform already records 9.4 crore livestock owners and 34.5 crore animals, marking significant scale in the digitization of Indiaβs livestock livelihoods.
Speakers, including Secretary Naresh Pal Gangwar and Animal Husbandry Commissioner Dr Praveen Malik, stressed data integrity, wider digital literacy among livestock owners, and use of field-level data to improve decision-making, disease surveillance, and breed improvement.
Digital registration of livestock at scale strengthens policy targeting (subsidies, health interventions), improves epidemic control, and enhances market trust via traceability. For state and central agencies, ensuring system adoption, digital infrastructure in rural areas, and interoperability with agriculture-dairy platforms will be critical.
What is Bharat Pashudhan / NDLM?
The National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) aims to build a farmer-centric digital ecosystem for livestock management, covering breed improvement, disease surveillance, and product traceability, using the Bharat Pashudhan platform.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders:
How can India extend Bharat Pashudhanβs digital benefits to small and marginal livestock owners who may lack smartphones, connectivity, or literacy support?
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