Subsidy Scheme For Establishment Of 100 Broiler Birds' Farm For Schedule Caste

What is the Subsidy Scheme For Establishment Of 100 Broiler Birds' Farm For Schedule Caste?

The Subsidy Scheme For Establishment Of 100 Broiler Birds' Farm For Schedule Caste is a livestock-livelihood scheme of the Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat, which works under the state's Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department. It gives a Scheduled Caste family capital assistance to set up a backyard broiler poultry unit of 100 birds.

The scheme belongs to the group of Scheduled Caste sub-plan components the Directorate operates each year. The same budget line under which, for example, the Directorate allocated 290 units of the Cattle Shed (ICDP); Scheduled Caste (2 animal) component for 2025-26. Poultry, cattle sheds and small-ruminant units are the three usual shapes this assistance takes.

Why a 100-bird broiler unit

• A 100-bird unit is deliberately small. It is an income supplement rather than a commercial enterprise, sized to be run alongside existing farm or wage work by one household.
• Broilers reach market weight in roughly six to seven weeks, so a small unit can turn over several batches in a year; far faster than any assistance tied to cattle or goats.
• The capital requirement is a shed, feeders, drinkers, chicks and the first batch of feed, which is exactly the kind of one-off cost a capital subsidy is designed to clear.

Where it sits in Gujarat's poultry sector

According to the Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat has 2 regional and 9 district poultry breeding farms, 3 government and 17 private hatcheries, 3,457 private broiler farms and 391 private layer farms, along with 1 feed testing laboratory and 2 disease diagnosis laboratories. The Directorate also runs 16 farmers' training centres, which had trained 6,555 participants in poultry farming at the time of the published figures. That existing chain of hatcheries, feed testing and training is what makes a 100-bird household unit viable, the beneficiary is plugging into an established supply and advisory network rather than starting from nothing.

Who is eligible for the 100 broiler birds farm subsidy?

You can apply if:

• You belong to a Scheduled Caste notified for Gujarat and hold a valid caste certificate from a competent authority. This is the defining condition of the scheme.
• You are a resident of Gujarat.
• You have a suitable site for a small poultry shed — homestead land is usually enough for 100 birds, and can produce a land or premises record.
• You have an active bank account in your own name for the direct transfer of the subsidy.
• You apply within the announced window on the iKhedut portal, against the district's sanctioned physical target for the component.

You cannot apply if:

• You do not belong to a Scheduled Caste. Scheduled Tribe and general category applicants are covered by parallel components of the Directorate's poultry programme, not by this one, and applying under the wrong component guarantees rejection.
• You are not a resident of Gujarat, since this is a state-funded component.
• You cannot produce a verifiable caste certificate, or the name on it does not match your Aadhaar and bank records.
• You have no site for the unit and no premises proof to attach.
• You are applying outside the announced iKhedut window, or after the district target has been exhausted.
• You have already received the same component in a previous year, where the year's circular bars repeat assistance.

What documents are required?

Take originals plus one photocopy set to the district office. Documents uploaded on iKhedut are still verified against originals at the counter.

How to apply for the 100 broiler birds farm subsidy in Gujarat

1. Check that the window is open. Open ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in, go to the scheme section for Animal Husbandry (Pashupalan) schemes, and confirm that the broiler component for Scheduled Caste beneficiaries is currently accepting applications. Gujarat opens iKhedut components for limited periods against fixed district targets, so timing decides most outcomes.
2. Register or log in as an applicant on iKhedut. If you have applied for any Gujarat agriculture or animal husbandry scheme before, use the same applicant record rather than creating a second one.
3. Select the broiler poultry component for Scheduled Caste beneficiaries and fill the application with your personal details, caste certificate number, Aadhaar number, bank account details and the site details for the unit.
4. Submit and confirm the application. An iKhedut application that is saved but not confirmed does not enter the queue, confirmation is a separate and essential step.
5. Print the confirmed application and sign it.
6. Submit the printed application with your documents to the district animal husbandry office or the officer named on the printout, within the period stated on the acknowledgement. Collect a dated receipt.
7. Wait for pre-sanction verification. The district office verifies the caste certificate, the site and the documents, and issues a sanction order if the district target has not been exhausted.
8. Establish the unit and claim the subsidy. After the unit is set up and physically verified, the subsidy is released to your bank account by direct transfer.

How do I check my application status?

1. Log in to ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in and open the application status view for your application number.
2. Keep the acknowledgement receipt from the district office. The reference on it is what the district clerk uses to trace a file.
3. Call or visit your district animal husbandry office, which holds the sanction file and the district's physical target position.
4. Escalate to the Directorate of Animal Husbandry in Gandhinagar on 079-23256141 if the district file has stalled.

Why applications get rejected, and how to fix it

• Applied outside the window. The commonest reason of all. iKhedut components open and close; there is no late submission.
• District target exhausted. Applications beyond the sanctioned number of units for the district are not sanctioned even if fully eligible. Apply on the first days of the window rather than the last.
• Caste certificate not verifiable, out of date or in a different name. Get a fresh certificate from the competent authority before applying.
• Aadhaar, bank and caste certificate names do not match. The three have to agree; correct the weakest record first.
• Application confirmed online but printed copy never submitted to the district office. Both halves are required.
• No premises proof. Attach the 7/12 and 8-A extracts, or the equivalent proof for a homestead site.
• Bank account inactive or not Aadhaar-seeded, which stops the transfer after sanction and looks to the applicant like a rejection.

Help and contact

• Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat: B-Block, 2nd Floor, Krishi Bhavan, Sector 10-A, CH Road, Gandhinagar to 382010
• Phone: 079-23256141
• Email: dir-anml@gujarat.gov.in
• Application portal: ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in
• District level: the district animal husbandry office, plus the network of 33 veterinary polyclinics, 675 veterinary dispensaries and 460 mobile veterinary units the Directorate operates for on-farm advice once the unit is running

A note on completeness. The unit cost, the subsidy percentage and the annual application window for this component are fixed by the Directorate's scheme circular for each financial year and are not published on the Directorate's open web pages. This guide therefore does not quote a rupee figure. Confirm the current year's unit cost, subsidy share and window with your district animal husbandry office or on the component's own iKhedut page before you commit any money to a shed or to chicks.