Centre has sanctioned Rs 32.60 crores to Himachal Pradesh for strengthening dairy sector in the State. Chairman Milkfed, Nihal Sharma said this amount was sanctioned on Friday in a meeting held in New Delhi by the project sanctioning committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fishery, GoI.
He said the HP Milk Federation has proposed Rs. 109 crore project to the Centre and in the first phase, Rs. 32.60 crores have been sanctioned. He said that the Milkfed would set up two new plants at Mandi and Rampur having capacity of 50000 litres per day for ensuring hygienic milk production. Milkfed recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with Civil supplies Corporation to market it's HIM ghee and HIM sweets through 5,000 shops of Civil supplies Corporation in the State.