Key facts
What the official sources publish
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Interest subvention3% interest subvention is published by Bank of Baroda for eligible entities. DAHD pays the lending agency, which credits/ adjusts the beneficiary's account; the guidelines say subvention is for non-NPA projects, is not paid during default/ NPA periods and is available for 8 years including the 2-year moratorium under the current operational guideline.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
advertises 3%; DAHD explains lender transfer, non- claim basis and the eight-year subvention period including moratorium.
- Source
- — DAHD Operational Guidelines and page
- Page / section
- Benefits; DAHD pages 7–8 — Interest Subvention
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Maximum repayment period10 years including 2-year principal moratoriumView source
The official page includes a two-year moratorium in the ten-year period.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development fund ()
- Page / section
- Benefits / — Loan tenure & Repayment
- Accessed
- 21 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Minimum margin10% micro/ small; 15% medium; 25% other entitiesView source
The official page publishes enterprise-size margins.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development fund ()
- Page / section
- Benefits / — Margin
- Accessed
- 21 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Credit guaranteeCredit-guarantee cover is up to 25% of the credit facility for viable projects within MSME-defined ceilings and is available to MSMEs and dairy cooperatives through the AHIDF guarantee trust; eligible units may also seek CGTMSE cover under its rules.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The says guarantee is up to 25% for viable -defined projects and specifically includes and dairy cooperatives; it also mentions as an alternative cover.
- Source
- Operational Guidelines for
- Page / section
- Pages 8–9 — Credit Guarantee Cover
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Processing chargeNil up to ₹3 lakh; above ₹3 lakh 1% capped at ₹1 croreView source
The official page publishes the threshold, percentage and cap.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development fund ()
- Page / section
- Fees & Charges — Processing Charges
- Accessed
- 21 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
AHIDF benefits and marginAHIDF provides 3% interest subvention, term-loan finance and credit-guarantee cover up to 25% of the credit facility. Minimum margin is 10% for micro/ small units, 15% for medium enterprises and 25% for other categories; repayment is up to 10 years including a 2-year principal moratorium.View source
The official Benefits section publishes subvention, guarantee, margin and repayment terms.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund ()
- Page / section
- Benefits
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
AHIDF security and rateSecurity may include hypothecation of financed movable structures/ equipment/ machinery, mortgage of fixed assets/ land/ buildings and personal guarantees. The rate is repo/ credit-rating linked; examples range from BRLLR + SP + 0.30% to +0.90% for CR-1–3 and +1.00% to +1.75% for CR-4–6 depending on immovable-property security coverage.View source
The official publishes collateral and rating/security-linked spread bands.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund ()
- Page / section
- — Security / Rate
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
CollateralPrimary security is hypothecation of movable structures, equipment and machinery purchased or created from finance. Fixed assets, land and buildings are mortgaged, with personal guarantees of proprietors, partners, promoters or directors as applicable. The BOB rate matrix varies with immovable-property security coverage.View source
The Bank's lists hypothecation, mortgage and personal guarantees and then uses immovable-property security coverage in the published rate table.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund ()
- Page / section
- — Security; Rate of Interest
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Geographic limitsThe AHIDF scheme is implemented in all States and Union Territories of India. BOB presents the lending product through its Rural and Agri Banking channel; no narrower state, district or branch restriction is published.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The Area of Operation section says will be implemented in all States and Union Territories of India.
- Source
- Operational Guidelines for
- Page / section
- Page 2 — Area of Operation
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
FacilityTerm loan facility for viable new or existing animal-husbandry infrastructure projects. Lending agencies include scheduled banks, NABARD, NCDC and NDDB; proposals are submitted through the Udyami Mitra portal and appraised by the lending agency.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The lists the lending agencies, term-loan nature and Udyami Mitra submission/appraisal process.
- Source
- Operational Guidelines for
- Page / section
- Pages 6–8 — Lending Agencies and Quantum; Pages 11–13 — Submission and Sanction
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Eligible activitiesEligible projects cover dairy processing and value addition; meat processing and value addition; animal-feed plants; breed-improvement technology and breed-multiplication farms for cattle/buffalo, sheep/goat, pig and poultry; veterinary vaccine, drug and diagnostic facilities; animal/agri-waste-to-wealth infrastructure; and primary wool processing. The detailed guidelines also cover marketing infrastructure, refrigerated milk transport, R&D, renewable/energy-efficiency infrastructure, IVF and sex-sorted semen, hatcheries, environmentally controlled poultry farms, feed testing, Bio-CNG/PROM, wool scouring/carding/combing and related plant and machinery.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The activity section enumerates the seven activity groups and their detailed sub-activities; the list is summarized here while the complete source table is retained below.
- Source
- Operational Guidelines for
- Page / section
- Pages 2–7 — Activities Eligible for Availing Benefits
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Important conditionsAHIDF interest subvention cannot fund land acquisition, working capital, pre-operative expenses, working-capital margin, interest during construction, acquisition of existing infrastructure, old machinery or a vehicle for personal use. Required land must be acquired at the applicant's own cost; a long-term lease of at least 10 years may be considered if sufficient to secure the loan. Projects with no drawdown within 6 months may be treated as non-starters and sanctions can lapse if the project is not grounded within 12 months.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The guidelines list the excluded uses, land/lease requirements and project-start deadlines; these conditions are separate from product .
- Source
- Operational Guidelines for
- Page / section
- Pages 7–8, 10–11, 14 — Exclusions, Land, Disbursement and Repayment
- Accessed
- 30 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Eligible customer typesBOB lists individual entrepreneurs, private companies, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Section 8 companies and MSMEs. DAHD's current scheme page also includes dairy cooperatives after DIDF was subsumed into AHIDF; BOB's product page does not list cooperatives, so confirm Bank acceptance before applying.View source
names five applicant classes; DAHD's current scheme page separately names dairy cooperatives and says DIDF was subsumed into . The Bank page does not explicitly confirm cooperative lending.
- Source
- product page and DAHD programme page
- Page / section
- Eligibility Criteria lines 160–168; DAHD programme page lines 29–31
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Facility amountAHIDF can finance up to 90% of a viable project's estimated or actual cost. DAHD's linked FAQ states there is no general upper or lower rupee loan limit; the final amount depends on project appraisal and the lending bank's sanction.View source
The says a viable project may receive a loan up to 90% of estimated/actual project cost and separately states there is no general upper or lower loan limit.
- Source
- Frequently Asked Questions on — DAHD
- Page / section
- Questions 7 and 15, page 2; operational guideline pages 7–8 reused from the complete 2026-08-30 review
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Interest rateBOB's current MITC sets BRLLR + SP spreads by internal credit-rating and immovable-property security coverage: CR-1–3 add 0.30%–0.90%; CR-4–6 add 1.00%–1.75%. The DAHD FAQ separately caps the lending rate for projects within MSME limits at EBLR + 200 basis points; other projects may use the bank's commercial rate. AHIDF's 3% interest subvention is separate from the loan rate.View source
publishes a + matrix by credit rating and collateral coverage; DAHD's states the separate + 200 bps ceiling for -defined projects and commercial-rate treatment for other projects.
- Source
- and DAHD
- Page / section
- Rate of Interest, lines 209–213; DAHD Question 9, page 2
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Repayment and subvention periodRepayment can run up to 10 years from first disbursement, including up to 2 years' principal moratorium. The 3% interest subvention is limited to 8 years; this is a subsidy period, not the repayment ceiling.View source
and DAHD Question 12 publish a maximum ten-year repayment period including a two-year principal moratorium; Question 20 ends interest subvention after eight years.
- Source
- and DAHD
- Page / section
- Loan tenure & Repayment, lines 197–200; DAHD Questions 12 and 20, pages 2 and 4
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Processing and inspection feesProcessing: nil up to ₹3 lakh; above ₹3 lakh, 1% of the sanctioned limit, capped at ₹100 lakh. Inspection: nil up to ₹3 lakh; ₹250 above ₹3–10 lakh; ₹1,000 above ₹10 lakh–₹1 crore; ₹5,000 above ₹1 crore.View source
The current page publishes the processing thresholds, percentage, cap and inspection-fee bands. It does not state a treatment in this section, so no tax qualifier is inferred.
- Source
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund () — Bank of Baroda
- Page / section
- Fees & Charges, lines 180–193
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Documents and project proposalBOB lists KYC documents (Aadhaar, Voter ID, PAN, Driving Licence and similar), a passport-size photograph and land record. Quotation/invoice, project report and income-tax returns are requested if available. DAHD's scheme guideline separately requires a viable Detailed Project Report with project/site surveys, facility design, market, employment and raw-material plans, land arrangements and applicable clearances, an implementation plan and timeline, and a vaccine list where relevant.Effective 28 Nov 2024View source
The checklist retains each 'if available' qualifier; the DAHD guideline's DPR and approval requirements are kept separate from the Bank's checklist.
- Source
- Document Required section and DAHD operational guideline
- Page / section
- Document Required, lines 171–178; DAHD operational guideline pages 10–12, reused from the 2026-08-30 complete review
- Accessed
- 27 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Current AHIDF scheme windowThe Department of Expenditure temporarily continued the ongoing Infrastructure Development Fund, which includes AHIDF, through 30 September 2026 or earlier approval for the 16th Finance Commission cycle, whichever comes first. Existing 15th-cycle scope, cost norms and terms continue within approved QEP-I/ QEP-II allocations; eligible future outlay is reduced proportionately. DAHD's programme page still shows the original outlay through 31 March 2026. The application portal currently says AHIDF applications can be submitted, but this does not assure BOB sanction or a scheme allocation.Effective 1 Apr 2026View source
The order includes the Infrastructure Development Fund and states the temporary continuation end date and allocation conditions. The portal notice states applications can be submitted; neither source promises a sanction.
- Source
- Temporary Extension of DAHD Schemes beyond 31 March 2026; application portal
- Page / section
- DoE order page 1, paragraphs 2–4 (read 2026-09-24); portal current home notice; DAHD programme page lines 28–42
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- provides 3% interest subvention, term-loan finance and credit-guarantee cover up to 25% of the credit facility. Minimum margin is 10% for micro/
small units, 15% for medium enterprises and 25% for other categories - repayment is up to 10 years including a 2-year principal moratorium.
Documents the bank lists
- passport photo
- land record
- quotation/invoice if available
- project report if available
- IT returns if available




