Assam signed an MoU withNational Development Board(NDDB) for holistic dairy development in state through an Rs 2000-crore joint venture company aimed at processing 10 lakh litres of milk daily through six new milk processing units in seven years.
Under the arrangement, 15,000 high milk-yielding Gir cows of Gujarat will be inducted in the state to ensure higher returns to the dairy farmers besides creating huge EMPLOYMENT at various levels of the milk value chain.
The six dairy processing facilities will be set up across Assam where milk from more than 4100 dairy Cooperative Societies shall be processed, packed and marketed. The plan also envisages setup of Infrastructure for cattle feed and silage manufacturing within the state. The State Government will ensure financial aid and support to the planned interventions of this joint venture through the concerned departments with the support of Government of India under various schemes of the government.
This joint venture will also be guided, mentored and managed by NDDB, which will also be bringing in tried and tested technological innovations like sex-sorted semen, ration balancing programme, ethno veterinary medicine, manure management projects etc.