Govt. to supply milch animals on 50% subsidy

MP B. Vinod Kumar takes part in National Milk Day celebrations

Karimnagar MP B. Vinod Kumar said the State government was taking all measures to launch a “white revolution” in the State by supplying milch animals to the beneficiaries on 50 per cent subsidy, thereby accelerating milk production.

To this end, he would meet the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) officials in New Delhi on November 28, seeking financial assistance of ₹600 crore for providing milch animals on subsidy to meet the growing demand in the Telangana.

The MP participated in the National Milk Day celebrations organised by Karimnagar dairy on Sunday, to commemorate the birth anniversary of father of milk revolution in India, Dr. Verghese Kurien. Vinod Kumar said that the government was taking all measures for the development of cooperative dairies such as Karimnagar milk producer company limited, Mulkanoor cooperative dairy and Nalgonda Mother dairy on par with the Gujurat’s Amul cooperative movement.

He said the government was providing ₹4 per litre incentive to the milk producing farmers, to encourage the dairy units in the State. There was good potential for the milk market in Telangana in general and Hyderabad in particular. Hence cooperative dairies can capture the market by increasing milk production.

Taking inspiration from the Amul movement in Gujarat, Karimnagar dairy chairman Ch Rajeshwara Rao said, the Karimnagar dairy had grown in leaps and bounds during the last two decades. The loss-making dairy was transformed into a profit-making unit by motivating farmers to take up dairy units along with agricultural operations, by extending financial assistance for the purchase of animals and launching several welfare schemes for the milk producing farmers, their family members and the animals.

Welfare ensured

Presently, the Karimnagar dairy procured 1.5 lakh litres per day and sold the same quantity in the market, he said, adding that they had set a target to increase milk procurement to 5 lakh litres per day in the coming few years. He also listed out various welfare schemes launched for the welfare of milk producing farmers including Palanidhi pension scheme, Kalyanamasthu, insurance for the families and cattle, health camps, fodder cultivation etc.

Dairy managing director P. Shankar Reddy and others were also present.