Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Uttarakhand

Choosing the right scheme

• A broiler farm of at least 500 birds: the Broiler Farm scheme, which pays a per-bird subsidy over six batches plus a yard-construction subsidy.
• A commercial layer farm or broiler parent farm: the Uttarakhand Poultry Policy 2025, valid until 31 December 2030.
• A bank loan for a listed livestock or poultry unit: the Chief Minister State Livestock Mission, which pays 90 percent of the loan interest.
• A goat unit financed with an NCDC loan: Goat Valley.
• Entrepreneurship in poultry, sheep, goat or piggery, including feed and fodder: the National Livestock Mission programme.

How applications work

• The National Livestock Mission programme is applied for through the Udyami Mitra portal.
• Goat Valley applications go through the Apuni Sarkar portal.

How selection works

• Goat Valley beneficiaries are chosen by a block-level committee after it scrutinises applications.

Check before you apply

• The poultry policy says it has no domicile restriction, while the Broiler Farm scheme page names Uttarakhand residency. Confirm the terms of the scheme you want with the department before you apply.

The Department of Animal Husbandry is the Government of Uttarakhand's department for livestock and poultry. It runs state schemes that pay subsidies for farm and rearing units, and its poultry documents include the Uttarakhand Poultry Policy 2025. The office is in Pashudhan Bhawan, Dehradun.

How the schemes work

The schemes come in a few forms. Some pay a share of the cost of a unit, some pay interest on a bank loan, and some supply inputs or open a market for produce.

The Chief Minister State Livestock Mission pays 90 percent of the interest on a bank loan that an applicant takes to set up a listed unit. It is built around self-employment at local level. The listed units include a commercial broiler farm of 1000 birds and a 250-bird layer farm.

The Broiler Farm scheme covers farms of at least 500 birds. It pays a per-bird subsidy over six batches, plus a one-time subsidy for yard construction. Because the payment is per bird, the size of the farm and the number of batches set how much is paid.

Goat Valley finances each goat unit of 15+1 animals through a loan from NCDC, a state subsidy and a contribution from the beneficiary. The Poultry Valley scheme sets up farms of 250 low-input poultry birds and supplies 500 one-day chicks through M-PACS, from the state sector budget.

The Poultry Feed Subsidy pays a per-bird feed subsidy on the end product, to beneficiaries of the Broiler Farm and Poultry Valley schemes. It began in its initial year, 2025-26.

The poultry policy

The Uttarakhand Poultry Policy 2025 covers commercial layer farms and broiler parent farms. Each unit gets a fiscal subsidy, with maxima that differ between plains and hilly areas, and the hill maxima are the lower ones.

Beneficiaries who adopt advanced technologies or methods may also receive innovation incentives. The department decides these on inspection, from an administrative fund with a maximum limit.

The policy runs until 31 December 2030, or until a new policy supersedes it.

Who can apply

The poultry policy's text says it is open to everyone residing in India or abroad, and that NRIs and entrepreneurs from other countries are also eligible. The Broiler Farm scheme page names Uttarakhand residency for its beneficiaries. These two do not agree, so check the terms of the scheme you want before you apply. The livestock mission applies to anyone who takes a bank loan for a listed unit, and the feed subsidy applies to beneficiaries of the Broiler Farm and Poultry Valley schemes.

Scale

The 2025-26 feed subsidy is planned for 816 broiler farm beneficiaries and 781 Poultry Valley beneficiaries. These are planned numbers, not results.

The poultry policy cites the 2019 livestock census, which counted 50.19 lakh poultry birds in Uttarakhand. It gives 2022-23 egg production as 5,413 lakh, against a requirement of 20,857 lakh eggs under ICMR guidelines.

Who runs it

The department is part of the Government of Uttarakhand. It publishes its scheme details and documents on its own website.

Locations

The office is in the Administrative Building, Pashudhan Bhawan, Motharowala, Dehradun.