Why in news
- The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying launched the Livestock Insurance Portal under the National Livestock Mission.
Key terms
National Livestock Mission
A central scheme designed to drive sustainable growth, risk coverage, and productivity in the livestock sector.
Livestock Risk Management
Financial protection mechanisms like insurance that shield rural households against livestock mortality and disease loss.
Sub-Mission on Livestock Development
A core pillar under NLM addressing breed improvement, risk management, and farmer extension services.
DAHD
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
What is the National Livestock Mission (NLM)?
- Launched in 2014-15, NLM is a central scheme focused on sustainable development of the livestock sector, breed improvement, feed availability, and risk coverage.
- Administered by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), it includes a dedicated risk management component for livestock insurance.
Key Changes Introduced by the Portal
- Establishes a unified digital platform (rashtriyapashubima.dahd.gov.in) to digitize insurance application, claim settlement, and policy tracking.
- Replaces fragmented state-level manual processing with direct integration between insurance companies, state officials, and farmers.
- Aims to reduce processing delays and expand risk coverage across rural livestock owners.
Why it matters
- Livestock serves as a primary source of secondary income and distress buffer for small and marginal rural households.
- Digitization enhances transparency and helps scale up climate and disease risk management in rural distress management.
Prelims facts
- The Livestock Insurance component functions as a risk management activity under the National Livestock Mission.
- The scheme is administered by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD).
Mains discussion
- Evaluate the role of risk management and digital insurance delivery in safeguarding smallholder farmers against climate and disease vulnerabilities in animal husbandry.
Source: PIB English
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