Guwahati: The Assam government on Thursday said it has identified land at three places to set up mega milk processing plants, with each having a capacity of one lakh litres per day.
Addressing a press conference here, animal husbandry and veterinary minister Atul Bora said a joint venture company of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the state government will set up these plants as part of the Assam Dairy Development Plan.
“The JV will establish a total of six mega plants, with each having a milk processing capacity of one litre a day, at different places in Assam. Of these, land for three have been identified in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Jorhat. The process of identifying more land is under way… We are exploring sites in Biswanath as well,” Bora said.
“Simultaneously, we have already revived small defunct processing plants with a capacity of 5,000 litres per day in Guwahati, Bongaigaon and Dhemaji,” he said.
A total of 13 plants were defunct and 10 were not in a position for revival as those were very old, he said.
“The JV has been working since last year. In 2023-24 till now, artificial insemination has been conducted on 3,74,438 cows, which is 43.37% of our target this fiscal,” he added.
Bora said the Centre will celebrate National Milk Day on November 26 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien in Guwahati in association with the Assam government.
In January last year, the Assam government and NDDB signed an agreement to create a Rs 2,000-crore joint venture for holistic development of the dairy sector in the state.
As per the MoU, a joint venture company of NDDB and the Assam government would be set up with a target to process 10 lakh litres of milk through six new units in seven years.PTI
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Addressing a press conference here, animal husbandry and veterinary minister Atul Bora said a joint venture company of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the state government will set up these plants as part of the Assam Dairy Development Plan.
“The JV will establish a total of six mega plants, with each having a milk processing capacity of one litre a day, at different places in Assam. Of these, land for three have been identified in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Jorhat. The process of identifying more land is under way… We are exploring sites in Biswanath as well,” Bora said.
“Simultaneously, we have already revived small defunct processing plants with a capacity of 5,000 litres per day in Guwahati, Bongaigaon and Dhemaji,” he said.
A total of 13 plants were defunct and 10 were not in a position for revival as those were very old, he said.
“The JV has been working since last year. In 2023-24 till now, artificial insemination has been conducted on 3,74,438 cows, which is 43.37% of our target this fiscal,” he added.
Bora said the Centre will celebrate National Milk Day on November 26 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien in Guwahati in association with the Assam government.
In January last year, the Assam government and NDDB signed an agreement to create a Rs 2,000-crore joint venture for holistic development of the dairy sector in the state.
As per the MoU, a joint venture company of NDDB and the Assam government would be set up with a target to process 10 lakh litres of milk through six new units in seven years.PTI
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