Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said India has made remarkable progress in the dairy sector over the last 11 years. He stated that the sector has grown by 70 per cent during this period and is now the fastest-growing sector in the world.
He said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's dairy sector has expanded by 70 per cent in terms of capacity. “In the world, India’s dairy sector is the fastest-growing,” Shah said after inaugurating the newly constructed Sabar Dairy Plant facility in Industrial Model Township here. The plant is part of efforts to promote the cooperative sector.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 325 crore, this plant will have state-of-the-art machinery and is expected to create both direct and indirect employment.
The newly inaugurated Sabar Dairy plant is India’s largest production facility for curd, buttermilk, and yogurt. It has a daily capacity of 150 metric tonnes of curd, 3 lakh litres of buttermilk, 10 lakh litres of yogurt, and 10 metric tonnes of sweets.
Gujarat-headquartered Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union is popularly known as Sabar Dairy.
Shah, who also holds the cooperation portfolio, said over the last four years, the Ministry, in collaboration with all state governments, has built a strong foundation for the cooperative system.
"I want to assure you that by 2029, not even one Panchayat will be there in the country which will not have a cooperative Samiti," Shah said.
He added that the number of milch animals has risen from 86 million in 2014-15 to 112 million. Milk production has also gone up from 146 million tonnes to 239 million tonnes, he said.
Shah also said around eight crore farmers are connected with the dairy sector. The per capita milk availability, which was earlier 124 grams, is now 471 grams.
In the past 11 years, many things have changed in the dairy sector, helping farmers become more prosperous. He added that India has now emerged as the top milk producer in the world.
Shah also mentioned the White Revolution 2.0 initiative and said by 2028-29, milk procurement by dairy cooperatives is likely to reach 1,007 lakh kg per day from current levels.
“We will also develop a system so that the country has the world's most modern plants in India,” he said.
Regarding Sabar Dairy’s new plant, Shah said it will meet the requirements of the entire National Capital Region (NCR) and northern states. Sabar Dairy serves farmers from Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.
“In Haryana, it will reach everywhere, which will increase farmers’ income,” he said.
Gujarat Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Union Ministers of State Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal, Gujarat Minister Bhikhusinh Parmar, Chairman, Sabar Dairy, Shamalbhai B Patel, Amul chairman Ashok Chaudhary and Haryana Minister Arvind Sharma, Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli were among others present at the event.
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