MP aims to double milk production with national dairy board partnership: CM

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is aiming at doubling its milk production from 9 percent to 20 percent. So, it is essential to ensure that the benefit of
National Dairy Development Board
's expertise in the dairy sector is equally available to the entire state.
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Consultancy should be provided to both cooperative unions and private dairy operators as required, said chief minister Mohan Yadav on Monday.
Yadav mentioned that the process of bringing better breeds of cows and buffaloes from other states and making them available to farmers should be made more convenient to increase milk production in the state. It is also essential to ensure that dairy products should only go outside the state after value addition to the milk produced in the state.
He was reviewing action taken after the agreement between National Dairy Development Board and MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation at Samatva Bhavan in his official residence.
Yadav further said that development and better management of cow shelters would also help in increasing milk production. He suggested that private universities should run courses related to dairy technology and animal husbandry. By connecting technical experts from universities and other institutions with cow shelters, mangement of the shelters would improve.
During the meeting, it was informed that as per the agreement, the charge of chief executive officers of the dairy federations in the state has been transferred to chief executive officers nominated by the board. As per the instructions, efforts are also being made with the coordination of the board to expand the coverage area of
dairy cooperative societies
in the state, develop infrastructure based on updated technology for milk collection, milk processing, and dairy products.
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The National Dairy Development Board is working with the aim of establishing primary dairy cooperative societies in at least 50 percent of the villages in the state within the next five years. To ensure farmers get the right price for their milk, dairy federations have increased the milk purchase rate. Expert reviews are being conducted on milk collection, quality control and storage arrangements among others. The implementation of the
Automatic Milk Collection System
under the complete digitisation of the entire dairy value chain has been proposed.
The meeting was attended by minister of state for animal husbandry and dairy Lakhan Patel, chief secretary Anurag Jain, additional chief secretary Rajesh Rajoura, National Dairy Development Board head Minesh Shah, executive director S Raghupathi, general manager Sanjay Gobani and other officials.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is aiming at doubling its milk production from 9 percent to 20 percent. So, it is essential to ensure that the benefit of National Dairy Development Board's expertise in the dairy sector is equally available to the entire state.
Consultancy should be provided to both cooperative unions and private dairy operators as required, said chief minister Mohan Yadav on Monday.
Yadav mentioned that the process of bringing better breeds of cows and buffaloes from other states and making them available to farmers should be made more convenient to increase milk production in the state. It is also essential to ensure that dairy products should only go outside the state after value addition to the milk produced in the state.
He was reviewing action taken after the agreement between National Dairy Development Board and MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation at Samatva Bhavan in his official residence.
Yadav further said that development and better management of cow shelters would also help in increasing milk production. He suggested that private universities should run courses related to dairy technology and animal husbandry. By connecting technical experts from universities and other institutions with cow shelters, mangement of the shelters would improve.
During the meeting, it was informed that as per the agreement, the charge of chief executive officers of the dairy federations in the state has been transferred to chief executive officers nominated by the board. As per the instructions, efforts are also being made with the coordination of the board to expand the coverage area of dairy cooperative societies in the state, develop infrastructure based on updated technology for milk collection, milk processing, and dairy products.
The National Dairy Development Board is working with the aim of establishing primary dairy cooperative societies in at least 50 percent of the villages in the state within the next five years. To ensure farmers get the right price for their milk, dairy federations have increased the milk purchase rate. Expert reviews are being conducted on milk collection, quality control and storage arrangements among others. The implementation of the Automatic Milk Collection System under the complete digitisation of the entire dairy value chain has been proposed.
The meeting was attended by minister of state for animal husbandry and dairy Lakhan Patel, chief secretary Anurag Jain, additional chief secretary Rajesh Rajoura, National Dairy Development Board head Minesh Shah, executive director S Raghupathi, general manager Sanjay Gobani and other officials.

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