What are Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund | AHIDF Schemes 2021-2022
The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) is a Central Sector Scheme under the Prime Minister’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan stimulus package for incentivizing investments
The dairy processing and value addition infrastructure,
Meat processing and value addition infrastructure and
Animal Feed Plant with a budget allocation of Rs.15000 crore.
Who are eligible under Animal Husbandry (AHIDF)
The following entities will be eligible under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development AHIDF
- a) Farmer Producer Organization (FPO)
- b) Private companies
- c) Individual entrepreneurs
- d) Section 8 companies
- e) Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
What activities can be covered under Dairy Sector?
Establishment of new units and Strengthening of existing dairy Processing Units with quality and hygienic milk processing facilities, packaging facilities, or any other activities related to dairy processing.
Animal Husbandry
Product Diversification The Eligible Entities can also avail loans for the establishment of new units and strengthening of existing manufacturing units for value addition of the following milk products:
Ice Cream unit, Cheese manufacturing unit, Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Milk processing unit with tetra packaging facilities, Flavored Milk manufacturing unit, Milk Powder manufacturing unit, Whey powder manufacturing unit, Any other milk products, and value addition manufacturing unit.
What activities can be covered under Meat Sector?
Establishment of the new meat processing unit and strengthening of existing meat processing facilities for sheep/goat/ poultry/pig/buffalo in rural, semi-urban, and urban areas.
Large-scale integrated meat processing facilities/ plant/ unit.
Product Diversification: Establishment of new or strengthening of existing value addition facilities for meat products like Sausage, nuggets, ham, salami, bacon, or any other meat products. These facilities could either be an integral part of meat processing units or a Standalone meat value addition unit.
What activities can be supported related to animal feed?
Establishment of Animal Feed manufacturing and strengthening of existing units/plants of the following categories:
Establishment of Mini, Medium, and Large Animal Feed Plant, Total Mixed Ration Block Making Unit, Bypass protein unit, Mineral Mixture Plant, Enrich Silage making unit, Animal Feed Testing Laboratory, and any other activities related to animal feed manufacturing.
What will be the loan amount for a beneficiary under Animal Husbandry AHIDF?
The project under the AHIDF shall be eligible for a loan up to 90% of the estimated/ actual project cost from the Scheduled Bank based on the submission of viable projects by eligible beneficiaries.
What will be the beneficiary contribution?
The beneficiary contribution in the case of Micro and Small units as per MSME defined ceiling could be 10% while in the case of Medium Enterprises as per defined MSME ceiling, the beneficiary contribution could go up to 15%. The beneficiary contribution in other categories of enterprises could go up to 25%.
What will be the lending rate of interest?
The lending rate of interest is to be fixed by scheduled banks and it should not exceed 200 basis points plus External Bench Mark Based Lending Rate (EBLR) for the Eligible Entities whose project costs are falling within MSME defined ceilings.
However, the rate of interest to be fixed by scheduled banks for other projects could be based on a commercial interest rate of Banks.
What will be the interest subvention provided by the Department?
Interest subvention of 3% is provided to all eligible entities by the Department. However, Interest subvention will not be allowed for the loan sanctioned for procurement of land, working capital, old machinery, and vehicle for personal use. The Eligible Entities will not be able to get the interest subvention if the Eligible Entities is defaulter of re-payment of the loan amount in any given year.
Whether any credit guarantee is provided under the scheme?
Yes, the credit guarantee will be provided only for those projects which are viable and are covered under MSME defined ceilings and the guarantee coverage would be up to 25% of the credit facility available to the borrower.
The Credit Guarantee will not be provided to other beneficiaries who are not covered under MSME norms, however, those EEs will be eligible to get interest subvention.
