Farmers-owned Harit Pradesh Milk Producer Company Inaugurated in Western UP

摘要

Hon'ble Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan inaugurated Harit Pradesh Milk Producer Company (HPMPC) on May 22, 2022. The dairy firm has been formed and owned by 17,000 farmers of western Uttar Pradesh of seven districts viz.,Muzaffarnagar, Meerut,Bulandshahr, Saharanour. Hapur, Shamli and Bijnor. Milk procurement from these seven districts is around 1.35 Lakh Litre Per Day. The HPMPC has been established with the help of NDDB Dairy Services and Mother Dairy. While inaugurating the dairy firm in Meerut, Dr. Balyan said that the government will support farmers initiatives in creating their own organisations. Farmers are demonstrating the meaning of empowerment and entrepreneurship. The HPMPC is not a company, but a farmers' organisation where there is no place for politics or corruption in it. He added that the government's focus is on increasing the production and productivity from indigenous milching animals. For this purpose, he said artificial insemination will be provided to farmers free of the cost across the country. The government will also provide 4,500 veterinary ambulances across the nation. Now, farmer will not need to visit veterinary doctors, instead they will visit farmers for animal treatment just after receiving a phone call.