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Amit Shah inaugurated Mega Dairy in this state, 10 lakh liters of milk will be processed daily

Amit Shah said that the government has decided that the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Cooperative Ministry of the Government of India will set up a primary dairy in every panchayat of the country in the next 3 years and its complete action plan has been prepared.

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Amit Shah said that the government has decided that the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Cooperative Ministry of the Government of India will set up a primary dairy in every panchayat of the country in the next 3 years and its complete action plan has been prepared.

Union Home Minister and Cooperative Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated a mega dairy built at a cost of Rs 260 crore in Mandya district of Karnataka. On this occasion, Amit Shah said that 66000 kg milk was processed daily in Karnataka in 1975 and today 82 lakh kg milk is being processed daily. The special thing is that 80% of the total turnover goes into the hands of the farmer.

Mandya Mega Dairy inaugurated today would process 10 lakh liters of milk  per day: Amit Shah | Law-Order

The Cooperative Minister said that the White Revolution in Gujarat has changed the fortunes of the farmers and annually 60 thousand crore rupees go into the bank accounts of about 36 lakh women through Amul. He said that he would like to assure all the farmer brothers and sisters of Karnataka that Amul and Nandini together will work towards establishing primary dairy in every village of Karnataka and in 3 years there will not be a single village in Karnataka where primary dairy Will not happen.

India will become a big exporter in the milk sector

Amit Shah said that the government has decided that the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Cooperative Ministry of the Government of India will set up a primary dairy in every panchayat of the country in the next 3 years and its complete action plan has been prepared. He said that with this, 2 lakh primary dairies will be made at the village level across the country in 3 years, through which India will become a big exporter in the milk sector by connecting the farmers of the country with the White Revolution.

28 crore rupees go into the account of 26 lakh farmers every day

The Union Home Minister said that the mega dairy inaugurated today at a cost of Rs 260 crore will process 10 lakh liters of milk per day and later it will have the capacity to take 14 lakh liters per day. He said that today there are 15,210 village level cooperative dairies in Karnataka, in which about 26.22 lakh farmers deliver their milk daily and through 16 district level dairies, Rs 28 crore goes into the accounts of 26 lakh farmers every day.

Milk is given to 39 lakh children in 64,000 Anganwadis

He said that the turnover of KMF which was Rs 4 crore in 1975 has now increased to Rs 25000 crore, of which 80% goes into the farmers’ account. He said that the Bombay government is working to give ₹ 1250 crore annually through DBT to the accounts of milk producing farmers. Along with this, milk is given to 65 lakh children in 51,000 government schools and 39 lakh children in 64,000 Anganwadis to remove malnutrition among children through the Ksheer Bhagya scheme.

 

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