How India is ensuring uninterrupted supply of milk during Covid-19 lockdown

The cooperative model in India went out of the way to protect milk producers

Even as tonnes of fresh milk produce was being dumped in the US and parts of Europe, the giant cooperative network in India continued to feed the country as well as millions of dairy farmers during the lockdown.

Milk cooperatives like Mother Dairy, Amul, Nandini, Parag and several others walked an extra mile to procure surplus milk from farmers while hundreds of milk plants across the country produced skimmed milk powder to utilise the excess milk in supply.

"In a country of 1.35 billion, we ensured uninterrupted supply of milk to every household...and we also protected the interest of millions of dairy