India's milk production accounts for 16% approx. of the world total output. Constituting an important segment of the Indian rural economy, dairy and dairy products provide livelihood to millions of homes in villages and ensure supply of quality of milk and milk products to people of both urban and rural areas. The accelerated socioeconomic development during the 21st century is throwing up challenging issues
like food security, food safety, quality and their linkages with the national and international markets as the demand for food is increasing.
Government
Schemes/Programmes:
Union Agriculture Minister had
launched the ambitious Dairy Project named as “National Dairy Plan” Phase-I to
increase the productivity of mulch animals and provide more revenues to India's
70 million small milk producers and upgrade milk processing plants in
cooperatives and private sectors. The total amount of Rs. 2242 crores ($426
Million ) will be spent by International Development Association, World Bank
and Govt. of India.
Milk production is growing at 3.3%
while consumption is growing at 5% leaving a gap between demand and supply. We
are sure that with the implementation of NDDB National Dairy Plan, Government. would
be able to plug the gap between demand and supply.
Besides NDDB, other departments of
the ministry like Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries are focusing on
increasing the animal population, production and productivity as a thrust area,
offering financial assistance to the organizations and departments working in
dairy sector.
Ministry of Food Processing
Industries also has its own programs targeting to increase the dairy processing
and value added products in the country. In the fast changing world scenario
and increasing competition, there is need to exploit the available resources to
the maximum level and to use the best technologies, to cope up with the rising
domestic demand for dairy products and to target export markets to become “ A
Food Factory to the World.”
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