NDDB to establish milk unions and federation in Arunachal Pradesh to boost dairy sector

Our correspondnet

Itanagar: The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will establish ‘Milk Unions’ and ‘Milk Federations’ in Arunachal Pradesh to promote the dairy sector, an official said.

Five milk unions corresponding to five river basins of the state has been planned starting initially with Lohit, Namsai and Lower Dibang Valley districts of the Lohit River basin, NDDB Kolkata regional head Dr S Roy said on Wednesday during a training for enumerators and supervisors at Chowkham circle in Namsai.

He said similar efforts will be made to form milk unions in Siang, Subansiri, Kameng and Tirap basins.

At the apex level, these milk unions will form a ‘milk federation’ of the state, he said, adding that it will open up new opportunities in the dairy sector as well as other allied activities.

State Animal Husbandry Veterinary and Dairy Development director Dr D Longri emphasised timely completion of the survey work and fixed the deadline for Lohit basin on July 31, 2025.

He lamented that few districts despite having huge dairy potential have not made any effort to establish Dairy cooperative societies.

It has left Arunachal behind under the White Revolution 2.0, the official said.

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