Livestock Insurance Scheme

Brief objective

Aims to provide protection mechanism to the farmers and cattle rearers against any eventual loss of their animals due to death and to demonstrate the benefit of the insurance of livestock to the people and popularize it with the ultimate goal of attaining qualitative improvement in livestock and their products.

Benefits

1. The rural insurance policy is designed to offer insurance cover to indigenous cattle owned by farmers, cooperative societies, dairy farms and the like. 

      2. Security in case of death of cattle shall be provided for the following: -

• Natural accidents. (flood, famine, earthquake, etc.)
• Unpredictable circumstances. ( Accidental in Origin.)
• Diseases.
• Surgical Operations.
• Terrorist Act.
• Strikes and Riots 
• Civil Commotion risk  
   

 Eligibility

Farmers (large/small/marginal) and cattle rearers having the crossbred and high yielding cattle and buffaloes.

How to apply

You can contact Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries and at the state level State Livestock Development Boards.

Whom to contact 

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB) with the objective of bringing about genetic up-gradation of cattle and buffaloes by artificial insemination as well as acquisition of proven indigenous animals. NPCBB is implemented through State Implementing Agencies (SIAs) like State Livestock Development Boards. In order to bring about synergy between NPCBB and Livestock Insurance, the latter scheme will also be implemented through the SIAs. Almost all the states have opted for NPCBB. In states which are not implementing NPCBB or where there are no SIAs, the livestock insurance scheme will be implemented through the State Animal Husbandry.

For more details about the scheme, click here.