National Livestock Mission: Commercial Livestock Entrepreneurship

The National Livestock Mission (NLM), implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), promotes sustainable livestock development, quality animal fodder availability, and rural entrepreneurship across poultry, goat, sheep, and pig farming.

Sub-Missions & Financial Subsidies: 1. Commercial Sheep & Goat Breeding Units:

• 50% capital subsidy up to ₹50 Lakhs for setting up breeding farms (500 females + 25 males capacity).
• Smaller units (100 females + 5 males) receive proportionate 50% subsidy up to ₹10 Lakhs.

2. Rural Poultry Entrepreneurship:
   • 50% capital subsidy up to ₹25 Lakhs for establishing parent breeding farms and hatcheries producing low-input rural backyard chicks.
3. Piggery Entrepreneurship Units:
   • 50% capital subsidy up to ₹30 Lakhs (100 sows + 10 boars) or ₹15 Lakhs (50 sows + 5 boars).
4. Fodder & Feed Development:
   • 50% subsidy up to ₹50 Lakhs for setting up Total Mixed Ration (TMR) plants, silage making units, and fodder block seed production.

Eligibility Criteria: - Individual farmers, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Cooperatives, and Section 8 private companies. - Applicant must have unencumbered land (owned or registered leased for at least 10 years). - Applicant must arrange at least 10% equity contribution; the remaining can be funded via bank loan and NLM central subsidy.

Online Application via Udyam Mitra: Applications must be submitted electronically through the SIDBI Udyam Mitra portal at nlm.udyamimitra.in. Subsidies are disbursed in two equal tranches through the State Livestock Development Agency after joint field inspection.