NDDB Sanctions Dairy Projects for Bihar Worth About Rs. 26 Crore

NDDB Sanctions Dairy Projects for Bihar Worth About Rs. 26 Crore

National Dairy Development Board has sanctioned, 14 sub-projects with a total outlay of Rs 2580.34 lakh for Bihar, comprising of Rs 2514.64 lakh as grant assistance and Rs 65.70 lakh as share of End Implementing Agencies(EIAs). This has been made possible because of special efforts and initiative taken by Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh. These 14 sub-projects would be implemented for activities like Fodder Development (FD), Ration Balancing Programme (RBP) and Village Based Milk Procurement System (VBMPS). The benefitted End Implementing Agencies are Bihar State Milk Cooperative Federation-COMFED ( Kosi and Magadh Dairy Projects), Baruni Milk Union, Mithila (Samastipur) Milk Union, Tirhut (Muzzafarpur) Milk Union, Vaishali Patliputra (Patna) Milk Union and Vikramshila (Bhagalpur) Milk Union.



For Fodder Development, 4 sub projects have been approved for implementation by Milk unions of Barauni, Mithila, Tirhut (Muzzaffarpur) and Vikramshila (Bagalpur) with total outlay of Rs 699.38 lakh as grant assistance.


Under VBMPS activity, 6 projects have been approved for implementation by COMFED ( at Kosi and Magagdh) and Milk unions of Mithila, Tirhut, Vaishal Patliputra (Patna) and Vikramshila with a total outlay of Rs 1243.57 lakh comprising Rs 1177.87 lakh as grant assistance and Rs 65.70 lakh as EIA contribution.
 
For Ration Balancing Programme, 4 projects have been approved for implementation by COMFED ( at Kosi and Magagdh) and Milk unions of Mithila and Vaishal Patliputra (Patna) with total outlay of Rs 637.39 lakh as grant assistance.
 
The National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I) was launched during March, 2012 for implementation during 2011-12 to 2016-17 with the following objectives :  
 
      To help increase the productivity of milch animals and thereby increase milk production to meet the rapidly growing demand for milk.
      To help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organised milk-processing sector.
 
The scheme is being implemented by NDDB through end implementing agencies (EIAs) comprising State Government, State Livestock Boards, State Cooperative Dairy Federations, District Cooperative Milk Producer Unions, Cooperative forms of enterprises such as Producer Companies, Trusts (NGOs, Section 25 companies), subsidiary of statutory bodies, ICAR Institutes and Veterinary/Dairy Institutes/Universities and any other entity as may be decided by the National Steering Committee to be set up under the Plan.
 
NDP-I would focus on areas with higher potential 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 constituting 90% of the milk production. Coverage of NDP I will however be across the country in terms of benefits accruing from the scheme.
 
GG:CP: bihar (20.11.2014)