Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Mega Dairy at Mandya in Karnataka on Friday in the presence of several dignitaries including CM of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai, Ex-PM, HD Deve Gowda and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, among others.
The Union Cooperation Minister said that the mega dairy inaugurated today at a cost of Rs 260 crore would process 10 lakh liters of milk per day and the dairy will have the capacity to increase it upto 14 lakh liters per day. Shah said that in Karnataka, cooperative dairies are working very well. 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 is deposited into the accounts of 26 lakh farmers every day, he stated.
The Union Cooperation Minister said that the White Revolution in Gujarat has changed the fortunes of the farmers and through Amul, 60,000 crore rupees is deposited into the bank accounts of about 36 lakh women annually.
He said that he would like to assure all the farmer brothers and sisters of Karnataka that Amul and Nandini will work together towards establishing primary dairies in every village of Karnataka and in next three years there will not be a single village in Karnataka where primary dairy has not been established.
Amit Shah said that the government has decided that the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Ministry of Cooperation will establish a primary dairy in every panchayat of the country in the next three years and a complete action plan has been prepared in this regard.
He said that with this, two lakh primary dairies will be established at the village level across the country in three years, through which India will emerge as a big exporter in the milk sector by connecting the farmers of the country with the White Revolution, Shah underlined.
The Union Home and Cooperation Minister said that Karnataka Milk Federation will be provided with technical support, cooperative sector support and overall functioning support from Amul and all its requirements will be addressed by the Ministry of Cooperation. He said that Gujarat and Karnataka together can work for the welfare of the milk producing farmers of the whole country.
Condoling the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Shah paid tributes to her and said that the whole country is standing with the Prime Minister in this hour of grief. Shah said that from the inaugural platform of Mandya Mega Dairy, he wants to tell the cooperative workers across the country that there will be no injustice to cooperatives.
