The Uttarakhand Government is planning a fourfold increase in production of the ‘Anchal’, the milk brand of the Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy federation. The Minister of State for cooperative and dairy development Dhan Singh Rawat while addressing a workshop at Ratan Singh memorial auditorium here on Monday said that the consumption of Anchal milk has increased from 86000 litre per day to 2.25 lakh litre per day in last three years. He said that the business of the milk would be strengthened in the state and soon the consumption of the Anand brand would increase to 8 lakh litres per day.The workshop was organised under joint aegis of National Dairy Development Board, ANAND and Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy Federation.
The minister inaugurated quality hallmark of Anchal Supreme cattle feed on the occasion. He said that a quality cattle feed is the main source of the necessary nutrients required for increase in capacity of milch animals. He said that according to a report of World Health Organisation (WHO) 70 percent of the milk sold in the market is below quality. Rawat said that the state government is working on a proposal to provide powers to dairy for testing of milk.
He added that the state government is providing an incentive of Rs 4 per litre to the dairies. The programme was attended by V Sridhar of National Dairy Development Board and others.