CM reviews activities of Animal Husbandry Department
Punjab Newsline, Simla, December 31-
Presiding over the review meeting of Animal Husbandry Department here today, CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the present State Government is strengthening the rural economy by providing remunerative prices to the milk producers.
He said that Himachal Pradesh is the first State in the country who had introduced minimum support price for milk procurement which is the highest in the country. He said that cow milk is being procured at Rs. 45 per litre while buffalo milk at Rs. 55 per litre from the farmers. He said that to further bolster the rural economy many initiatives would be introduced in the budget 2025-26.
Sukhu said that the State Government is going to spend Rs. 161.52 crore for establishing six new milk chilling plants and milk processing plants in the State. He said that the State Government is also setting up a state-of-art fully automated milk processing plant at Dagwar in Kangra district with 1.50 lakh litres milk capacity per day expandable upto 3 lakh litres per day. He said that this plant would become operational in March, 2026 benefitting the milk producers from Kangra, Una, Hamirpur and other neighbouring districts.