There is an urgent need to make people aware about various Government schemes for milk producers and cattle rearers, said the labour, employment and dairy development Minister Harish Chandra Durgapal while undertaking a review meeting of the officials of dairy development department at Vidhan Sabha on Monday.
He said that the objective of the State Government is that all development scheme reach to the common people so that they can get benefitted by them. The minister expressed his anguish over slow pace of officials of the department on these schemes. Durgapal said that efforts to increase milk production in the districts lagging behind in it should be made.
He said that special focus in increasing the milk production should be done in the districts of Almora, Uttarkashi and Tehri. The senior officers of the department informed the minister that many training centres are being operated in the state where the milk producers are informed about the ways to increase the quantity and quality of milk.
In these training centres the local resource persons appointed by committees collect data like weight, type of fodder, quantity of milk and advise the cattle owners on the nutrient rich fodder for the animal.
The officers also informed the minister that the department has achieved the target of milk production last year and efforts are being made to increase the production so the higher production target this year is achieved.
Durgapal also ordered that high quality sweets based on milk should be produced and marketed extensively. The minister was informed that the samples prepared by the department have got necessary clearances and the department would soon start manufacturing and marketing sweets.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Dr Ranveer Singh, Secretary Dairy Vijay Kumar Dhaundhiyal, Additional Secretary JP Joshi and others.