- Launched in - 2022
- Aim - To assist in disease control, boost vaccination coverage, entail more mobile vet units and ensure affordable medicines for animals.
- Developed by - Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
- Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
- Funding - It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
- Diseases Covered - Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Classical Swine Fever (CSF), Lumpy Skin Disease, Anthrax, Rabies, and others.
- Components - The scheme has 3 components namely
- National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP),
- Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH&DC) and
- Pashu Aushadhi.
- LH&DC – It has 3 sub-components
- Critical Animal Disease Control Programme (CADCP),
- Establishment and Strengthening of existing Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries -Mobile Veterinary Unit (ESVHD-MVU) and
- Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD).
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