Summary:
The proposed facility will have a capacity of handling 1 lakh litres of milk per day. The MPC also has GPRS based real time data transfer system to calculate milk payments and sending SMS to farmers. The MPC aims to increase coverage to 1,000 villages and procure about 1.60 lakh litre milk per day from around 50,000 milk producers by fifth year.In February, this year, the union minister had paid the foundation stone for MDFVPL’s upcoming modern milk processing plant at Motihari of east Champaran district. The MPC has paid about Rs 20 crore to its producer members directly in their bank accounts.The MPC has fully automatic village based milk collection system for milk weighment and fat and SNF testing in presence of farmers. Subsequently, another subsidiary of NDDB, NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), organized the farmers and facilitated the incorporation of Bapudham Milk Producer Company (MPC) on April 12, last year.MPC started its operation on October 2, 2017 and presently covers east and west Champaran districts.In nine months, Bapudham MPC has enrolled more than 17,000 members from about 358 villages and procures around 30,000 Kg milk per day..