Amit Shah launches ‘White Revolution 2.0’ to empower rural dairy farmers | Vadodara News

Anand: Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said it is time for India to take the next big step through ‘White Revolution 2.0’. Shah was in Milk City Anand to attend the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the birth anniversary of Tribhuvandas Patel, founder Amul Lactic.
Referring to Operation Flood, a dairy development project launched by the NDDB in 1970, he said “India is already the world’s largest milk producer with an annual production of 231 million tonnes, leaving the US behind.” at 2%, it will contribute to the growth of the dairy sector,” he said.
Shah emphasized that about 6.5 million rural families engaged in milk production are outside the scope of the program. cooperative sector and face exploitation because they do not receive a fair price. “Today, 8 million rural families produce milk every day. However, only 1.5 million families joined the cooperative sector. This means that the remaining 6.5 million are still being exploited and not getting a fair price. Often they have to throw away the milk. away,” he said.
“Our goal is to ensure that all 8 million farmers get full value for their hard work through the cooperative sector and the NDDB must move forward in this direction,” he added. He said India currently has 22 state-level unions, 231 district-level unions, 28 dairy marketing units and 21 milk production companies.
Shah said all aspects of White Revolution 2.0 have been included in the program to strengthen 1 million new and existing dairies and expand milk routes. “We are going to create 2 lakh new cooperatives. We currently have 65,000 Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) and we want to increase this number to 2 lakh. This will not only strengthen PACS but also increase the number of rural cooperatives,” he said.
“If PACS are strong, then district cooperative banks (DCBs) will be strong. If DCBs are strong, state cooperative banks will also become strong,” Shah said.