Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)

• The government recently launched the realigned AHIDF Scheme.
• Under the realigned scheme, the following will be the benefit-
  • Interest Subvention of 3% payable up to 8 years
  • Individuals, FPO, Dairy Cooperatives, Private Companies, Section 8 companies, MSME
  • Credit guarantee cover unto 25% of the term loan.
  • No ceiling on the loan amount
  • Loan up to 90% of the estimated/actual project cost
  • Dovetailing with capital subsidy schemes of other ministries or state level schemes
  • Ease of application process through online portal www.ahidf.udaymimitra.in.

About Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) scheme

• It is a Central Sector Scheme.
• It is aimed at incentivizing investments by individual entrepreneurs, private companies, MSME, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Section 8 companies to establish-
  • the dairy processing and value addition infrastructure
  • meat processing and value addition infrastructure and
  • Animal Feed Plant.