The Government of India has announced a series of measures to strengthen dairy infrastructure, livestock development and milk supply across the country, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing farmer incomes and ensuring long-term dairy sector growth.
The initiatives focus on expanding dairy processing capacity, improving milk procurement and cold-chain infrastructure, promoting scientific livestock management, and supporting productivity enhancement through various central schemes. The government highlighted continued investments in dairy development programmes aimed at improving milk quality, increasing value addition, strengthening cooperative institutions and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for dairy farmers.
These efforts are designed to modernise India’s dairy ecosystem, improve supply chain efficiency and meet the country’s growing demand for milk and dairy products while supporting rural economic development. The announcement underscores the government’s continued focus on building a resilient, technology-driven and farmer-centric dairy sector capable of sustaining India’s leadership in global milk production. (pib.gov.in)
Source: Dairynews7x7 30 July, 2026 Read full story here
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