Lok Sabha hears on increasing milk production in the country

New Delhi, July 3: The total estimated milk production in the country is 176.35 million tonnes during 2017-18. The National Action Plan for Dairy Development envisages milk production target of 254.55 Million Tonnes by 2022.

 

While giving information in Lok Sabha, MoS Dairying, Sanjeev Balyan said, “This Department is supplementing efforts of the State Governments to develop dairy infrastructure across the country by providing financial support through Dairy Development Schemes namely, National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme, National Dairy Plan-I, Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities and Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) aiming at boosting up of milk production in the country.”

There is provision for providing central assistance/subsidy to states varying from 25% to 100% depending on dairy components has been made under various schemes. As implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 primarily lies with State/UT Governments, Commissioners of Food Safety of States/UTs are regularly conducting surveillance and enforcement drives to curb the adulteration in milk and milk products.

Under dairy development programs mainly, National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) and Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), this Department has been assisting dairy cooperatives to strengthen and modernize milk procurement and distribution infrastructure to ensure supply of pure and nutritious milk across the country.