The Assam government has signed an agreement with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to delegate operational management of the East Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Limited to the national dairy organisation.
Representatives from both sides signed the agreement in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the day-long Northeast Dairy Cooperative Conclave 2022 held at the Sankardev Kalakshetra complex.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed hope that the agreement to hand over operational management of the East Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Limited to NDDB would improve the financials of the ailing cooperative body, as it did in the case of Purabi Dairy, while speaking to milk cooperative unions from across the Northeast states at the first-ever Northeast Dairy Cooperative Conclave at the Sankardev Kalakshetra here.
In comparison to Gujarat and Karnataka (with 2 crore litres and 80 lakhs of daily milk production, respectively), the state’s overall daily milk production is only about 1 lakh litres (against a requirement of nearly 42 lakh litres). The chief minister spoke about the measures already in place or in the pipeline to bring about a “white revolution” in the state.
