Ahmedabad, 19 April, 2012

Union Agriculture Minister Shri Sharad Pawar will launch the first phase of National Dairy Plan in Anand today. Gujarat Cheif Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest at the function which is going to be held at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) headquarter. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industry, Dr Charan Das Mahant, will also be present.

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is all set to roll out its ambitious, 15-year-long National Dairy Plan, envisaging an outlay of Rs 17,300 crore. The Government had recently approved a new central sector scheme, National Dairy Plan–Phase I (NDP-I), with an outlay of Rs 2,242 crore. It is a six-year plan to be implemented in the 14 major milk producing States of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Kerala.

The scheme will be largely financed with loan from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank and implemented by NDDB through End Implementing Agencies (EIAs) located in the States.

NDP aims to increase the productivity of milch animals by adopting focused, scientific and systematic processes and help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk processing sector.

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