Rashtriya Gokul Mission (revised)
Funded, but no order confirms it is still open: Union Expenditure Budget 2026-27 (Feb 2026, Demand No. 44 (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying), item 10 Rashtriya Gokul Mission, BE 2026-27 ₹800.00 crore; Notes item 10)
Breeding support for cows and buffaloes: up to half the cost of sex-sorted semen (for mostly female calves), and 3% interest relief on loans to buy high-genetic-merit IVF heifers. Most other components are free services run through state agencies.
- Lead benefit
- 50%of the cost, at most
- Components
- 2each read from the document
- Who can apply
- 7kinds of applicant
- Closing date
- Noneapply any time
What it pays
Up to half the cost of sex-sorted semen used to inseminate your cow or buffalo, so that about 9 in 10 calves born are female.
What the document says, word for word
The Department’s administrative approval for 2026-27 (April 2026, archived) covers implementation up to 30 September 2026 or until the scheme is approved for the 16th Finance Commission cycle, with ₹800 crore; ask your State Livestock Development Board or milk union whether the component is running in your district.
“3. Funding Pattern — All the components of Scheme will be implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis except the components of: i) promoting sex sorted semen under the component assistance upto 50% of the cost of sex sorted semen will be made available to participating farmers;”The government pays 3% a year of the interest on your loan to buy up to 6 high-genetic-merit heifers born through IVF.
What the document says, word for word
The bank’s rate may not exceed its external benchmark rate plus 2% (6.2); repayment is at most 5 years including a 2-year moratorium (6.5). You lose the subvention for any year you default (6.4), and it is recalled if you do not buy the animals within a year or stop rearing them within 5 years (6.10). The Department’s administrative approval for 2026-27 (April 2026, archived) covers implementation up to 30 September 2026 or until the scheme is approved for the 16th Finance Commission cycle, with ₹800 crore; ask your State Livestock Development Board or milk union whether the component is running in your district.
“Annexure-IX — 5. Eligible entities (i) All farmers across the country engaged in dairying/ interested in dairying are eligible for obtaining support upto 6 heifers/ farmer under the component of 3% interest subvention on procurement of HGM animal born through IVF technology. 6. INTEREST SUBVENTION AND LENDING RATE OF INTEREST 6.1 Interest subvention: 3% for all Eligible Entities (EE)”How much can I claim?
Your rate 50% of the eligible cost
The guidelines say “up to 50%” and the dose price is set by the implementing agency in your state, so we show the rate only.
Who can apply
- Other farmer
- Small or marginal farmer
- SC farmer
- ST farmer
- Woman farmer
- Tenant or sharecropper
- Landless
Papers you need
How to apply
- Sex-sorted semen is given through the State Livestock Development Board, State Animal Husbandry Department, milk union or NDDB; ask your AI technician or veterinary hospital (Annexure-VII, 4.2, 5.1).
- Only heifers and cows in their 1st to 3rd lactation are covered; the animal is registered on Bharat Pashudhan (Annexure-VII, 3.14, 4.4).
- For the heifer loan, borrow from a milk union, bank or other lending institution to buy an IVF heifer from a Heifer Rearing Centre or a Breed Multiplication Farm set up under RGM; the Department pays the 3% to the bank (Annexure-IX, 1.1, 6.3).
Applying is free. Never pay anyone to apply for you.
When to apply
The guidelines set no closing date.
Combining with other schemes
The documents do not say whether this can be combined with other schemes. Ask the implementing office before you count on both.