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AHIDF · Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

Bank loans of up to 90% of project cost for dairy and meat processing, animal feed, breeding farms, waste-to-wealth and veterinary vaccine units, with 3% interest subvention and a credit guarantee for MSMEs and dairy cooperatives. In the 2026-27 budget it runs as the Infrastructure Development Fund, merged with the Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF).

Running
3%

interest relief a year

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What you get

  • 3%3% a year off the interest on the loan, for up to 8 years.interest relief a year

Who can apply

✓ Farmer producer organisation✓ Entrepreneur

How to apply

  1. Prepare a Detailed Project Report with land papers and the statutory clearances your project needs (cl. 15–17).
  2. Submit the proposal and DPR on the portal ahidf.udyamimitra.in (cl. 18.1).
  3. The Department marks it eligible and sends it to the lender you chose; the lender appraises it and uploads the loan sanction (cl. 18.2).
  4. The Project Approval Committee approves the interest subvention, which the Department pays to your lender (cl. 19, 11.1).
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Documents you need

  • Detailed Project Report (cl. 17)
  • Proof of land free of encroachment and encumbrance — owned, or on a lease of at least 10 years (cl. 15.3, 15.6)
  • Statutory clearances needed for the project (Annexure I)