Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana

What is the Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana?

Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana. The Chief Minister's Indigenous Cow Development Scheme; is one of the schemes running under Uttar Pradesh's Nand Baba Dugdh Mission. The mission is a Dairy Development Department programme, delivered jointly with the Animal Husbandry Department, and its purpose is to raise milk production in the state by improving the quality of the animals that produce it.

The specific problem this scheme addresses is straightforward. Uttar Pradesh has a very large cattle population but comparatively low average milk yield per animal. High-yielding indigenous breeds; Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar and similar Indian breeds; give far more milk than the average local cow, retain heat tolerance and disease resistance that exotic crossbreeds lack, and are mostly concentrated in breeding tracts outside Uttar Pradesh. The scheme therefore supports livestock keepers who buy such cows from outside the state and bring them in to rear.

According to the Nand Baba Dugdh Mission portal, the mission runs four schemes: Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana, Mukhyamantri Pragatisheel Pashupalak Protsahan Yojana, Nandini Krishak Samridhi Yojana and Mini Nandini Krishak Samridhi Yojana. The Nandini schemes fund the setting up of dairy units of a fixed number of animals; the Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana is specifically about indigenous breed conservation and improvement.

What does the scheme give?

Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana provides grant assistance, not a loan. The assistance is directed at the three real costs of bringing a high-yielding indigenous cow into Uttar Pradesh:

• The purchase price of the animals from a breeding tract in another state.
• The transport cost of moving them to Uttar Pradesh.
• The insurance premium for covering the animals after arrival.

The exact unit cost, the number of animals per beneficiary and the grant share are fixed in the scheme guideline notified for each financial year on nandbabadugdhmission.up.gov.in. These figures are revised between years, so the guideline on the portal at the time you apply is the only reliable source. This guide deliberately does not restate a figure from an earlier year.

The assistance is paid by direct benefit transfer into the beneficiary's own bank account, normally after the animals have been purchased, brought into the state, physically verified and insured.

Who is eligible for the Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana?

You can be considered if:

• You are a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
• You are a livestock keeper or dairy farmer, or intend to become one, and will rear the cows within the state.
• You have land or a shed of your own or on lease where the animals can be housed, with proof of it.
• You have a bank account in your own name, Aadhaar-seeded, for the direct benefit transfer.
• You are willing to buy the animals from outside Uttar Pradesh and to insure them, which is the design of the scheme.
• You apply within an announced application window on the mission portal.

You are not eligible if:

• You are not a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
• You have no land or shed to house the animals. The scheme funds rearing, so a place to rear is a precondition.
• You intend to buy non-indigenous or crossbred animals. The scheme is restricted to high-yielding indigenous breeds.
• You have already taken benefit under this scheme or under another Nand Baba Dugdh Mission scheme within the same cycle. Duplicate benefit across the mission's four schemes is not allowed.
• You apply outside an open window, in which case the application is not considered at all.

Meeting these conditions does not by itself produce a sanction. Districts have annual targets, and where valid applications exceed the target, selection is made by e-lottery.

What documents are required?

Get the land or shed document in order before the window opens. It is the document most often missing at the verification stage, and unlike a photograph or a passbook page it cannot be produced at short notice.

How to apply for the Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana

1. Open nandbabadugdhmission.up.gov.in and check whether registration for scheme applications is currently open. The portal announces windows; the scheme is not open continuously.
2. Read the scheme guideline published on the portal for the current financial year, so you know the unit cost, the number of animals and the grant share that apply to you.
3. Register on the portal with your name, mobile number and Aadhaar details, and verify the OTP sent to your mobile.
4. Fill the online application for Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana, entering your district, the location and size of your shed or land, and the breed and number of cows you propose to buy.
5. Upload the scanned documents — Aadhaar, residence proof, bank passbook page, land or shed proof and photograph, and submit the application.
6. Save the application number and the acknowledgement. This is your only reference for tracking.
7. Wait for the e-lottery if applications in your district exceed the target, and then for district-level verification of your shed and documents.
8. After selection, buy and transport the animals, insure them, get them physically verified by the district team, and submit the purchase papers so the grant is released to your bank account.

How to apply offline or with help

1. Visit the district Dairy Development office or the Chief Veterinary Officer's office in your district headquarters with your documents.
2. Ask for help filling the online application. District offices assist applicants who cannot file it themselves, since there is no paper form.
3. Collect a written acknowledgement showing your application number.

How do I check my application status?

Log back into your account on nandbabadugdhmission.up.gov.in and open your application using the application number. The portal shows the stage, submitted, included in the lottery, selected, under verification, or paid.

For a substantive answer, the district dairy development office is more useful than the portal. Verification and payment recommendation both happen there, and the officer can say where your case stands against the district's target.

Why do applications get rejected?

• No land or shed proof, or a shed that does not exist on physical verification.
• Not selected in the e-lottery because applications exceeded the district target. This is a common outcome and is not a rejection on merit.
• Animals purchased before selection, which the department normally does not reimburse.
• Wrong breed, an animal that is not one of the approved indigenous breeds.
• Bank account not in the applicant's own name or not Aadhaar-seeded.
• Duplicate benefit already taken under another Nand Baba Dugdh Mission scheme.

Wait for the selection and the written sanction before spending any money. This is the single most expensive mistake applicants make under the mission's schemes.

Where do I complain?

Contact the Nand Baba Dugdh Mission directly on 0522-4251709, or by email at info@nandbabadugdhmission.up.gov.in, quoting your application number.

At district level, take the complaint to the Chief Development Officer, who chairs the district committees for the mission's schemes.

For a tracked, time-bound reply, file a grievance on jansunwai.up.nic.in against the Dairy Development Department. Jansunwai issues a complaint number and requires a recorded response.

Key points to remember

• Mukhyamantri Swadeshi Gau Samvardhan Yojana funds the purchase, transport and insurance of high-yielding indigenous cows brought into Uttar Pradesh.
• It is 1 of the 4 schemes under the Nand Baba Dugdh Mission.
• Applications are online only, at nandbabadugdhmission.up.gov.in, in announced windows, with e-lottery selection.
• The current year's unit cost and grant share are in the guideline on the portal: read it before applying.