YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam

What is YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam?

YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam is a livestock death relief scheme of the Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The scheme pays a fixed cash compensation to a family whose milch animal, sheep or goat dies, so that the household can replace the animal instead of falling into debt. The name is Telugu; pasu means cattle, nasta means loss and parihara means relief or compensation, and readers often search for it as "Pasu Nasta Parihara" or as part of the wider YSR Bima cover.

According to the Animal Husbandry Department, the scheme was introduced in 2019 and works as a state-funded relief cover rather than a commercial insurance policy. The livestock owner pays no premium. The state absorbs the entire cost and settles the claim through Direct Benefit Transfer once a departmental veterinary officer has certified the death.

The design point that matters most for a reader is this: there is no application form and no registration window. Eligibility is established at the moment the animal dies. What the owner must do is report the death fast enough for a government veterinarian to physically examine the carcass.

Key objectives

• Protect small and marginal livestock owners from the sudden loss of a productive asset.
• Keep dairy and small-ruminant households in the business after an unexpected death rather than forcing a distress sale of the remaining herd.
• Replace the low uptake of paid cattle insurance with a state-funded relief route that costs the owner nothing.

How much compensation does YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam pay?

The compensation is a flat amount that depends on the type and breed of the animal, not on its market value or milk yield.

Two limits apply on top of the rates above:

• Sheep and goats attract the benefit where at least three animals die at the same time, and the total small-ruminant payout to one family is capped at Rs 1,20,000 in a year.
• Per-family volume cap, a maximum of 5 cattle or 20 sheep and goats in one year.

The distinction between "improved or indigenous" and "non-descript" is made by the inspecting veterinary officer on the spot and recorded in the inspection report. A crossbred Jersey or Holstein-Friesian milch cow, a Murrah buffalo or a recognised indigenous breed falls in the higher Rs 30,000 slab; an unclassified local animal falls in the Rs 15,000 slab.

Who is eligible for YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam?

You are covered if:

• You are a permanent resident of Andhra Pradesh and the animal was kept in the state.
• The animal is a cow aged 2 to 10 years, a female buffalo aged 3 to 12 years, or a sheep or goat aged 6 months and above.
• The animal was in your ownership at the time of death, with the department ear tag intact.
• The death is reported before the carcass is disposed of, so that the veterinary officer can conduct the post-mortem.

You are not eligible if:

• The animal was outside the prescribed age band, a calf under 2 years or a cow over 10 years is not covered.
• The animal is a male buffalo. Only female buffaloes qualify.
• The carcass was buried, sold or removed before inspection, because the post-mortem certificate can then never be issued.
• You have already exhausted the annual family cap of 5 cattle or 20 sheep and goats.
• Fewer than three sheep or goats died together, where the small-ruminant benefit is being claimed.
• The animal cannot be identified as yours, typically because the ear tag is missing and no departmental record links the animal to your household.

Institutional herds, a commercial dairy company, a trust-run farm or a government livestock farm; are not the intended beneficiary of this scheme. It is written for household livestock keepers.

What documents are required for YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam?

Keep the animal's ear tag number and any vaccination or artificial insemination record from the veterinary dispensary. Where an ear tag has fallen off, the dispensary's own register is usually the strongest evidence that the animal was yours.

How to apply for YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam

There is no online form and no counter to visit in advance. The claim route is a reporting route, and speed decides whether it succeeds.

1. Call 155251 immediately when the animal dies, or in the alternative call 0866-2492542. Give your name, village, mandal and the type of animal that has died. You can equally walk into your Rythu Bharosa Kendra or the nearest government veterinary dispensary and report it there.
2. Do not move, bury or sell the carcass. Keep it where it is, protected from scavengers, until the department has seen it. Removing the body before inspection ends the claim.
3. Let the veterinary officer conduct the post-mortem. The officer records the cause of death, the breed classification, the age of the animal and the ear tag number, then issues the post-mortem certificate.
4. Hand over your documents — Aadhaar or Voter ID, bank passbook and residence proof; to the veterinary officer or the Rythu Bharosa Kendra staff so that the claim file can be completed.
5. Collect the acknowledgement with the claim reference and keep it. This is what you will quote if the payment does not arrive.
6. Wait for the DBT credit into the bank account you gave. The amount is released after the district animal husbandry office approves the inspection report.

How do you check the status of a livestock compensation claim?

1. Call the helpline 155251 with your claim reference number and the date the death was reported.
2. Ask at the Rythu Bharosa Kendra where the report was filed; the village livestock assistant holds the local register of claims.
3. Approach the Assistant Director or Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry at the mandal or district office, who signs off on the claim before payment.
4. Check the passbook or bank SMS for a DBT credit, since no separate letter of sanction is posted to the beneficiary.

The scheme's records are maintained alongside the state's other YSR Bima livelihood covers at ysrbima.ap.gov.in.

Why livestock compensation claims get rejected in Andhra Pradesh

• The carcass was disposed of before the post-mortem. This is the single biggest cause of rejection and it cannot be fixed afterwards.
• The animal was outside the age band: under 2 years for a cow, under 3 for a buffalo, or past the upper age limit.
• The ear tag was missing and no departmental record could link the animal to the claimant.
• A male buffalo was reported, which the scheme does not cover.
• Fewer than three sheep or goats died, where the small-ruminant slab was claimed.
• Bank account inactive or not Aadhaar-seeded, which holds the DBT payment even after the claim is approved.
• The annual family cap of 5 cattle or 20 small ruminants had already been used.

Where a claim is approved but the money has not arrived, the problem is almost always the bank account rather than the claim. Update the account details through the veterinary officer before assuming the claim was rejected.

How to raise a grievance

• Helpline: 155251, the same number used to report a death also takes complaints about a pending claim.
• Department landline: 0866-2492542.
• District Animal Husbandry Office. The Joint Director or Deputy Director for your district is the appellate authority for a rejected claim.
• Rythu Bharosa Kendra, the first point of escalation at village level, and the place where the paper trail begins.

No fee is payable at any stage of a YSR Pasu Nasta Parihara Padhakam claim. The inspection, the post-mortem and the certificate are all free, and no officer or agent may charge for "processing" or "sanctioning" a livestock death claim.