The State Government will get developed a Mobile Application for distribution of milk under Chhattisgarh State Co-operative Dairy Federation, officials informed.
Chhattisgarh- traditionally the rice bowl of India is trying very hard to earn a name for itself in the dairying arena by augmenting milk production nearing levels achieved by Gujarat.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Dairy Federation is one of the largest Cooperative Dairy Federations in Chhattisgarh, owned and managed by milk producers of the State.
The Central government’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already included Chhattisgarh besides two other states under National Dairy Plan –I (NDP –I) .
The other two states included under NDP-I are Uttarakhand and Jharkhand.
With a view to augmenting livestock and milk production, an elaborate action plan will be prepared for the establishment of 5,000 dairies in Chhattisgarh during the next five years, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal had stated earlier.
Meanwhile, the CCEA has also extended the implementation period of the NDP-I upto 2018-19 in order to achieve its key outputs .
The CCEA was of the opinion that Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are newly formed States which are primarily inhabited by tribal population having substantial milch animal population and have the potential for coverage under NDP-I.
Considering the potential for implementation of Ration Balancing Programme, Fodder Development and Village Based Milk Procurement System, Uttarakhand has also been included under NDP-I; along with Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, it stated.
Due to the time taken in initiating the implementation of sub projects at End Implementing Agencies (EIAs) level and late approval of NDP-I as mentioned above, it is envisaged that the key outputs of NDP-I as planned would be substantially achieved (e.g. bull production target, sustainability of Pilot AI (Artificial Insemination) Delivery services on full cost recovery basis etc.) with the period of NDP I having been extended up to 2018-19, the CCEA stated.
The NDP-I was approved for implementation in 14 milk potential States by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) through the EIAs with a total outlay of Rs 2242 crore for a period of six years from 2011-12 to 2016-17.