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CM Punjab Livestock Card: who qualifies, loan limit and how to register

CM Punjab Livestock Card: an interest-free loan of Rs 27,000 per animal for feed, 25% as cash. Phase II opened 14 Oct 2026. Who qualifies and how to register.

By Ahtisham · Updated · 5 min read

Loan per animal
Rs 27,000
Interest
Paid by Punjab govt
Cash
25% via ATM
Helpline
0800-09211
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The CM Punjab Livestock Card gives livestock farmers an interest-free loan of Rs 27,000 per animal to buy feed (wanda), silage and mineral mixtures. Phase II started on 14 Oct 2026 with Rs 16.2 billion of loans for 600,000 animals over two years; the Punjab government pays the interest and 25% can be withdrawn as cash. In Phase I the card covered 5 to 10 animals, so Rs 135,000 to Rs 270,000. You register on the Livestock Department's portal or through its helpline, 0800-09211.

The CM Punjab Livestock Card gives livestock farmers an interest-free loan of Rs 27,000 per animal to buy feed, silage and mineral mixtures. Phase II started on 14 October 2026, with Rs 16.2 billion of loans for 600,000 animals over two years. The Punjab government pays the interest, and you can take 25% as cash from an ATM. You register on the Livestock Department’s online portal or through its helpline, 0800-09211.

Is it open? Yes. As of 18 October 2026, Phase II registration is open, and launch reports gave no closing date.

Phase I loan range

Rs 135,000 to Rs 270,000

Rs 27,000 per animal for 5 to 10 animals, per the Punjab government's January 2025 launch release. We found no official per-farmer limit for Phase II as of 18 October 2026.

How much loan does the Livestock Card give?

The loan is worked out per animal: Rs 27,000 for each animal. In Phase I the card was for small farmers with 5 to 10 animals, so the loan ran from Rs 135,000 for 5 animals to Rs 270,000 for 10, according to the Punjab government’s launch release of January 2025.

Phase I (2024-25) Phase II (from Oct 2026)
Loan per animal Rs 27,000 Rs 27,000
Animals per farmer 5 to 10 Not announced
Cash withdrawal Not reported 25% via ATM
Total loans Rs 11 billion over two years Rs 16.2 billion
Animals 400,000 helped so far (minister, 3 Sep 2026) 600,000 targeted over two years

Some websites claim Phase II loans of up to Rs 540,000, or limits of 20 animals. We couldn’t confirm either from the government or the news, so we’ve left them out.

What can I buy with the Livestock Card?

The loan is for animal nutrition: wanda (cattle feed), silage and mineral mixtures, bought from registered dealers. At the January 2025 launch, the government said 967 dealers had registered to supply feed, fodder, silage and mineral mixture.

Phase II also comes with free animal tagging and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccination, The Nation reported.

In Phase I, Daily Times reported, card holders spent Rs 892.6 million on wanda, Rs 87 million on silage and Rs 20 million on mineral mixtures.

Who qualifies for the Livestock Card?

The Phase II rules haven’t been published anywhere we could read. In Phase I, the card was for small livestock farmers with 5 to 10 animals, and the Livestock Department provided tagging, vaccination and insemination for those animals.

The Bank of Punjab issues the card. It signed the scheme agreement with the Livestock Department in November 2024, which started registration. Animal records are kept in the Punjab IT Board’s 9211 system, the Agriculture and Livestock Minister said in September 2026.

How do I register for the Livestock Card?

  1. Register online or by phone. Reports of the Phase II launch say you can self-register on the Livestock Department’s online portal, or call the 24-hour helpline 0800-09211.
  2. Get your animals registered. The department registers and checks the animals. At the Phase I launch, 91,907 animals had been registered, and 13,000 of the 117,000 farmers who applied online had been declared eligible.
  3. Receive the card. The Bank of Punjab issues the Livestock Card to approved farmers.
  4. Buy feed. Use the card at registered dealers, and in Phase II take up to 25% as cash.
  5. Repay the principal. The government pays the interest. In Phase I, loans ran for four months and were repaid in equal instalments.

We couldn’t open the Livestock Department’s website or the Bank of Punjab’s Livestock Card page on 18 October 2026, so we couldn’t confirm the portal address or Phase II repayment period. Ask the helpline before you apply, and don’t pay anyone who offers to register you.

One Livestock Card loan
  1. You Register Online portal or helpline 0800-09211
  2. Livestock Dept Verify you and your animals Animals registered and tagged
  3. Bank of Punjab Card issued Rs 27,000 per animal
  4. You Buy feed, repay principal Government pays the interest

Is the Livestock Card loan repaid on time?

The government gives two very different figures:

Phase I reached fewer farmers than first announced. At launch, Bank of Punjab was to issue cards to 40,000 to 80,000 farmers; Daily Times reported in October 2026 that 23,312 cards were prepared, and 1,739 farmers made over 70,000 transactions. Registered women farmers rose from 90 to 1,107.

Is the Livestock Card the same as the Kissan Card?

No. The Kissan Card is the Agriculture Department’s Bank of Punjab card for buying crop inputs from registered dealers. The Livestock Card lends per animal, for animal feed.

For machinery, Punjab’s green tractor scheme gives a subsidy on tractors by ballot. For other finance, compare business loans and gold loans.

More guides: Kissan Card Punjab · Green tractor scheme · CM Punjab Rashan Card · CM Punjab Himmat Card · Loans · Money

Questions people ask

How much loan does the Livestock Card give?

Rs 27,000 per animal for feed, silage and mineral mixtures. In Phase I that meant Rs 135,000 for 5 animals and Rs 270,000 for 10. We found no official per-farmer limit for Phase II yet.

How do I register for the Livestock Card in 2026?

Reports of the 14 Oct 2026 Phase II launch say you self-register on the Livestock Department's online portal, or call its 24-hour helpline, 0800-09211.

What is the Livestock Card helpline number?

0800-09211, open 24 hours, according to reports of the Phase II launch. We couldn't open the Livestock Department's website to confirm it.

Is the Livestock Card loan interest-free?

Yes. The Punjab government pays the interest, and you repay only the amount you borrowed.

Can I take cash from the Livestock Card?

In Phase II, yes: 25% of the loan can be withdrawn as cash from ATMs. The rest is spent on feed, silage and mineral mixtures.

Sources

  1. CM Punjab visits Pakpattan to formally launch Pakistan's first Livestock Card (9 Jan 2025, Internet Archive copy), Government of the Punjab (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  2. Press release, 3 Sep 2026: Agriculture and Livestock Minister's media briefing (Urdu), Directorate General Agriculture Information Punjab (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  3. Punjab launches second phase of Livestock Card scheme (15 Oct 2026), The Nation (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  4. Punjab CM launches Livestock Card scheme 2.0 (15 Oct 2026), Daily Times (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  5. Punjab CM inaugurates Livestock Card Phase-II by swiping card (14 Oct 2026), 24 News HD (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  6. CM Punjab inaugurates Phase-II of Livestock Card scheme in Lahore (14 Oct 2026), Radio Pakistan (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  7. Chief Minister's Punjab Kissan Card, Agriculture Department, Government of the Punjab (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  8. CM Punjab's Livestock Card: a gift for livestock farmers (5 Nov 2024), Profit (Pakistan Today) (accessed 18 Oct 2026)
  9. Punjab, BOP launch Rs11b Livestock Card programme for small farmers (5 Nov 2024), The Friday Times (accessed 18 Oct 2026)

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