NADCP: India's FMD and Brucellosis Vaccination Drive
The National Animal Disease Control Programme is India's nationwide vaccination drive against Foot and Mouth Disease and brucellosis in livestock, launched in September 2019 and now run inside the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme. It has delivered 147.16 crore FMD doses to 8.04 crore farmers, outbreaks are down to 40 in 2025 and 20 in the first eight months of 2026, and the department has moved to the next stage — proving freedom from the virus in defined zones and compartments, with 2030 as the national deadline.
- NADCP
- National Animal Disease Control Programme
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- brucellosis
- LHDCP
- Bharat Pashudhan Portal
- Mobile Veterinary Units
- livestock vaccination
- One Health Mission
- FMD-free zone
- FMD-free compartment
- WOAH
- PVS Pathway
- SASCI
- Naresh Pal Gangwar
- SAT serotypes
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