Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI/Mediawire): The milk producer organizations pay about Rs 27,500 crore to milk producers in a decade. The Chairman of National Dairy Development Board Meenesh Shah today said that the milk procurement by milk producing organizations, owned by farmers, is set to triple to reach a value of over Rs 18,000 crores from Rs 5575 crores now, with daily volumes going up to over 100 lakh litres.

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI National Dairy Development Boards NDDB chairman Meenesh Shah on Thursday said the board will support Punjab governments endeavour to set up additional 12 milk plants in the state with an estimated outlay of about Rs 900 crore In a meeting with Punjabs Animal Husbandry Minister Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal at Anand Gujarat Shah said NDDB will work with the Punjab government and arrange the required financial and technical assistance Currently there are 11 milk plants covering 6000 villages in Punjab After this the number of milk plants in the state would rise to 23 and cover a total of 12000 villages It would also help in the procurement of additional 10 lakh litres of milk per day the board said In order to overcome the problem of pollution and provide cheaper feed to the dairy farmers Punjab government will establish Total Mixed Ration TMR plant at Amritsar on lines of two plants successfully operational in Ganganagar and Kolhapur at an estimated outlay of Rs 80 crore NDDB said it would provide all necessary assistance This would also help solve the problem of burning crop residues For imparting education in dairying on the lines of National Dairy Research Institute NDRI NDDB has assured support in preparing a proposal for developing a similar institute in Punjab it added NDDB is a statutory body and its main function is to plan promote and organise programmes for the purpose of development of dairy sector and other agri-based industries PTI LUX LUX AJ AJ

New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI/Mediawire): "Integrity is the stuff legends are made of," said Dr Verghese Kurien, popularly known as the milkman of India and the architect of India's modern dairy industry.