AHIDF · Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
Interest subvention and credit guarantee support for investment in dairy and meat processing, animal feed plants, breed improvement and animal waste management infrastructure.
- Subvention
- 3% p.a.
- Repayment
- Up to 10 years
- Moratorium
- Up to 2 years
Key features
What the scheme actually provides
- Interest subvention on loans from scheduled banks and eligible lending institutions for approved activities
- Credit guarantee support for eligible MSME borrowers under the scheme’s guarantee fund
- Eligible activities include dairy processing, meat processing, animal feed plants, breed multiplication farms and animal waste to wealth projects
- Open to individual entrepreneurs, private companies, FPOs, MSMEs and Section 8 companies
- Long repayment period with a moratorium suited to project gestation
Who is eligible
- Project falls under an activity supported by the fund
- Eligible borrower category under the scheme guidelines
- Project financed by a participating scheduled bank or eligible institution
- Required land, clearances and technical arrangements in place
Benefits
- Materially lower effective interest cost on a long-gestation asset
- Guarantee support that reduces the collateral gap for MSME borrowers
- Suits capital-heavy livestock and processing projects
Where we come in
How FIN.SWITCH handles a AHIDF file
- 01
Establish the activity mapping — why the project falls under a supported head — as a dedicated section, not a mention
- 02
Distinguish existing operations and capacity from proposed investment throughout the report
- 03
Build a fully integrated model: project cost through to DSCR and repayment
- 04
Coordinate the portal application alongside the bank appraisal
Questions
AHIDF, answered plainly
No. Small and medium processing units, feed plants and breed improvement projects are covered, provided the activity is eligible and the project is bankable.
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- Cap
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- Contribution
- Min 10%
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