The Haryana Government would prepare a comprehensive plan to promote the milk of desi and indigenous cows and the products made of it.
Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister OP Dhankar on Thursday said that the State Government is committed to promote the milk of desi and indigenous cows and the products made of it. Thus, the officers should prepare a comprehensive plan for the same.
The Minister presided over a review meeting of the department here on Thursday.
The State Government has decided that a special campaign would be launched to promote cow milk and its products as well as to generate awareness about superiority of cow milk. A brand ambassador would also be appointed for the same.
During the meeting, it was informed that Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation and its affiliated milk unions in collaboration with Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department would collect, process and market milk and milk products made from desi or indigenous cows’ milk at Milk Plant at Kurukshetra, said a government official.
He said that milk would be collected from the existing milk societies in the state and transported separately to Milk Plant at Kurukshetra for further processing and manufacturing of milk products. For this, infrastructure facilities like Bulk Milk Cooler, Milk Chilling Centre and Milk Plant level would be provided at a cost of Rs 17.35 crore. This project would be implemented in next six months period.