Centre pushes for domestic consumption of milk SMP

  • | Tuesday | 11th September, 2018

It is worth mentioning here that Gujarat government in June this year had announced Rs 300 crore support to the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) – the body that markets brand Amul – to promote export of SMP as international prices of SMP have remained dull. Also, 20 embryo transfer technology centres are being set up for the production of high genetic merit bulls of indigenous bovine breeds, of which proposal of 19 centres have been approved,” he said. He said that under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, for production of more female animals, 10 semen centres have been identified for the production of sex sorted semen.“Proposals for two such centres, including Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, have also been approved. The state government had announced the support for exporting 60,000 tonnes of SMP in a span of six months.Earlier in the day while addressing a gathering at a national workshop organized by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Union minister emphasized on the role of technology for improvement in productivity and reduction in cost of milk production. Anand: Amidst diminishing prices of skimmed milk powder (SMP) globally and glut of milk faced by dairy cooperatives, the Centre is pushing for increasing domestic consumption of milk and SMP in the country by introducing it in mid-day meal and anganwadi schemes.“Six states, including Karnataka, Bihar and Rajasthan, have already started supplying milk, SMP under midday meal and anganwadi schemes, while other states are expected to follow it soon,” union minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday.“This will help in absorbing surplus stock of milk and ensure better prices to farmers,” he said while replying to a query raised by TOI on centre’s plans on unsold inventory of SMP with the dairy co-operatives.The Union minister added that states like Gujarat and Maharashtra have already announced Rs 50 as support from the state government for each kg of SMP that is exported.“We are in talks with other state governments which are likely to take similar measures to promote export of SMP,” he said.

Anand: Amidst diminishing prices of skimmed milk powder (SMP) globally and glut of milk faced by dairy cooperatives, the Centre is pushing for increasing domestic consumption of milk and SMP in the country by introducing it in mid-day meal and anganwadi schemes.“Six states, including Karnataka, Bihar and Rajasthan, have already started supplying milk, SMP under midday meal and anganwadi schemes, while other states are expected to follow it soon,” union minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday.“This will help in absorbing surplus stock of milk and ensure better prices to farmers,” he said while replying to a query raised by TOI on centre’s plans on unsold inventory of SMP with the dairy co-operatives.The Union minister added that states like Gujarat and Maharashtra have already announced Rs 50 as support from the state government for each kg of SMP that is exported.“We are in talks with other state governments which are likely to take similar measures to promote export of SMP,” he said. It is worth mentioning here that Gujarat government in June this year had announced Rs 300 crore support to the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) – the body that markets brand Amul – to promote export of SMP as international prices of SMP have remained dull. The state government had announced the support for exporting 60,000 tonnes of SMP in a span of six months.Earlier in the day while addressing a gathering at a national workshop organized by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Union minister emphasized on the role of technology for improvement in productivity and reduction in cost of milk production. He said that under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, for production of more female animals, 10 semen centres have been identified for the production of sex sorted semen.“Proposals for two such centres, including Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, have also been approved. Also, 20 embryo transfer technology centres are being set up for the production of high genetic merit bulls of indigenous bovine breeds, of which proposal of 19 centres have been approved,” he said.

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