Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav announced on Thursday that the State government is establishing a greenfield mega-dairy plant at Raviryal in Maheshwaram Mandal of Rangareddy district under the Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) scheme with Rs.246.25 crore of investment.
The plant's capacity will be five lakh liters per day, with an expansion capacity of eight lakh liters. The Minister informed the Assembly that construction work had already begun.
Replying to a question raised during the Question Hour, the Minister said the present milk production in the State is 162.68 lakh liters per day.
“As envisioned by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to ensure that the family profession is encouraged to provide livelihood, the government introduced the Milch Animal Distribution Scheme for the benefit of 2,13,000 members of four co-operative dairies
Telangana State Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Limited, Nalgonda-Rangareddy Milk Producers Mutually aided Co-operative Union Limited, Karimnagar Milk Producers Company Limited, and Mulukanoor Women's Mutually Aided Milk Producers Co-operative Union Limited,” he said.
"Under the scheme, SC/ST dairy farmers receive 75% subsidy, while the other recipients receive 50% subsidy. The government is offering Rs.4 cash incentive per liter to dairy farmers who are selling milk to these co-operative dairies,” he added.
