Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund

  • The AHIDF scheme aims to boost India’s animal
    husbandry sector by providing financial assistance for
    infrastructure development. It focuses on three areas:
    Dairy processing and value addition, Meat processing
    and value addition, Animal feed plants
  • Individual entrepreneurs, Private companies, Micro,
    Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Farmer
    Producer Organizations (FPOs), Section 8 companies.
  • Dairy processing
  • Meat processing & value addition of
    facilities
  • Animal feed plants
  • Breed improvement technology & breed
    multiplication farms
  • Animal waste to wealth management

Key Factors

Margin

10% of project cost

Security / Collateral

Mortgage of land & building, pledge of specified financial assets etc. as per Bank’s policy guidelines.

Interest Rate

The AHIDF scheme doesn't have a fixed interest rate.

Interest Subvention

Loans under this financing facility are eligible for interest subvention of 3% per annum.

Repayment

Maximum 8 years repayment period with 2-year moratorium (may vary slightly with lending institution).

  • Farmer Producer Group/ Institute/ Company, Self Help Group (SHG), Producer Co-operative Societies, Government Organisations, Private Organisations.