Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs & Cooperation, appreciated National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)’s initiatives in the Indian dairy sector and asked the dairy board to further strengthen cooperative dairying by playing a major role in establishing viable dairy cooperatives in uncovered panchayats/ villages having potential for dairying.
The Minister held a meeting with NDDB's board members in New Delhi to discuss issues related to the dairy sector.
He also highlighted the need for multi-commodity cooperatives, common brand for export of produce of cooperatives, promotion of organic produce, better capacity utilisation of milk processing facilities by cooperation among cooperatives, self-reliance in manufacturing dairy machinery and also export of indigenous dairy equipment through IDMC Ltd, a subsidiary of NDDB.
