Animal husbandry infra development fund to add 50% more dairy capacity

Utilisation of the fund will lead to employment generation for over three million people in the rural economy, says GCMMF chief

The animal husbandry infrastructure development fund of Rs 15,000 crore announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday will raise capacity in the Indian dairy industry by 50 per cent.

Currently, India has a dairy capacity of 100-110 million litres of milk and milk-based products, of which Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), also known as Amul, holds 38 million litres capacity. This, said federation's managing director R S Sodhi, will go up by another 50 million litres in the country as a result of the animal husbandry infrastructure development fund of Rs 15000 crore.

"Utilisation of the fund will