Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

Rate source: the 3% for sanctions after 1.04.2024 comes from the DAHD 5th Addendum (26.03.2024, cl. h) 9.1.2); the newer Guidelines 3.0 (cl. 9) prints 3% only for sanctions before 31.03.2023 and is silent on new ones — ask the lender to confirm the current rate. Dairy cooperatives are also eligible (cl. 4(f)). Paid by the Department to your lender, for 8 years including the 2-year moratorium (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 13.2), and only while the account is not an NPA (cl. 9.3.3). Not on loan for land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, existing infrastructure, old machinery or personal vehicles (cl. 8.3). The figure here is 3% of the full loan; it falls as you repay. MSMEs and dairy cooperatives can also get a credit guarantee of up to 25% of the credit facility (cl. 10.1.3–10.1.4). You cannot take interest subvention under any other Central or State scheme for the same project (cl. 14).

“Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Covers new or expanded milk processing and packaging; ice cream, cheese, UHT, flavoured milk, milk and whey powder units; dairy equipment manufacture; and, since the 2024 addendum, bulk vending, parlours, cold storage, refrigerated vans/insulated tankers, R&D labs and renewable energy for a dairy plant (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.1). Dairy cooperatives are also eligible (cl. 4(f)), but there is no dairy-only class here, so cooperatives are not shown as eligible (understates). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(i) Dairy processing and value addition infrastructure … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Covers sheep/goat/poultry/pig/buffalo meat processing, large integrated plants and value-added products (sausage, nuggets, ham, salami, bacon). Each plant must include an effluent treatment plant, microbiology and residue testing labs, and cold storage (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.2). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(ii) Meat processing and value addition infrastructure … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Covers mini, medium and large feed plants, total mixed ration block units, bypass protein, mineral mixture and enriched silage units, feed testing labs and supplement/premix plants (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.3). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(iii) Animal Feed Plant … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

For cattle and buffalo: IVF centres, sex-sorted semen labs (at least 5 lakh doses a year) and breed multiplication farms — sheds, fodder godowns, tractors/balers/silage machines, breeding animals, IVF/semen, milk equipment and the first year’s feed (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.4.1). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(iv) Breed Improvement technology and Breed Multiplication Farm … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Sheep & goat breeding farms with technology upgradation (not traditional farming), goat frozen-semen and sheep semen stations; pig breeding and fattening farms and semen stations; technology-assisted poultry farms with parent/grandparent stock — environment-controlled hatcheries, layer and broiler-breeder farms, and integrated poultry farm-plus-feed projects (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.4.2–6.4.4). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(iv) Breed Improvement technology and Breed Multiplication Farm … 6.4.4 (d): Integrated projects for poultry farm and poultry feed with related activities … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Covers GMP plant and machinery, buildings, cold storage, refrigerated vans for vaccines, QC labs, R&D and clinical trials in India, technology transfer and product registration; veterinary drug plants; and veterinary diagnostic labs for non-OIE-listed diseases (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.5). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(v) Setting up of Veterinary Vaccine and Drugs Manufacturing facilities … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Covers phosphate-rich organic manure (PROM), bio-CNG, lignin extraction and other agri/animal waste plants; cow dung and urine collection, sheds, pits, tanks and processing machinery; and processing/marketing centres with packaging and a mobile marketing unit (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 6.6). Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(vi) Animal Waste to Wealth Management (Agri Waste Management) … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”

Primary wool processing is listed in Guidelines 3.0 (Background (vii), cl. 6.7) but not in the 2024 addendum’s list; the 3% for new sanctions comes from the addendum, so confirm with the lender that it applies to wool. Same benefit as every AHIDF activity: 3% a year off the interest for up to 8 years (2-year moratorium included), paid to your lender while the account is not an NPA; loan up to 90% of the project cost (Guidelines 3.0, cl. 8.1, 13.2). Not on land, working capital, pre-operative expenses, interest during construction, old assets or personal vehicles. One project claims it once, and not alongside another Central/State interest subvention (cl. 14).

“(vii) Primary Wool Processing Infrastructure … 9.1.2 … Henceforth new sanction made after 1.04.2024 will avail 3% Interest Subvention under the new realigned AHIDF Scheme.”