April 15, 2025

Agreement seeks to drive milk production in Madhya Pradesh, India

India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an agreement with the Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Dairy Federation in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on April 13 to enhance milk production in the state.

The pact was signed in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at the state-level cooperative conference underway in Bhopal.

According to MP Animal Husbandry Minister Lakhan Patel, under the agreement, MPCDF's brand name Sanchi won't be changed. But the NDDB will manage the state cooperative federation's operations, he said.

The agreement envisages to take up the number of milk co-operative societies in the state from 6,000 to 9,000, as per officials.

Before the commencement of the cooperative meet, MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav told reporters in Bhopal that the state's contribution to milk production in the country was around 9%.

"Our government has set a target to increase this to more than 20%," he said.

Madhya Pradesh currently ranks third in milk production in the country, after Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, he added.

Yadav said his government wants the state to become the milk capital of India.

"We are working to make MP as number one state in milk production," he said.

- Deccan Herald