Milk procurement in Haryana touches 3.64 lakh litres per day

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, FEB 8

With average milk  procurement in Haryana during the current financial year touching the mark of 3.64 lakh litres per day, the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation has doubled the milk handling capacity of its five milk plants from 4.70 lakh litres per day to 8.80 lakh litres per day during the year 2012-13.

While stating this today, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Mr Satpal Sangwan said that in the year 2011-12, the Federation had recorded  sales turnover of Rs 940 crore   and net profit was Rs 2.76 lakh. The tentative profit during the current financial year would be Rs six crore, he added.

He said that the State Government has decided to set up another  Milk Plant at Ujhana village  in district  Kaithal where a milk chilling centre is already in operation. The other milk plants are located at Jind, Ambala, Ballabgarh, Rohtak, Sirsa. He said that while the milk plants of Rohtak, Ballabgarh ,Ambala and Jind have obtained ISO-9002 and IS-15000 certificates, the remaining plants would also obtain ISO-9002 shortly. Each Plant has taken steps to implement  Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points.

He said that there was also a plan to provide Automatic Milk Collection Units and Milko Testers to all the societies in the next five years. This will help in maintaining good quality of milk. Similarly Bulk Milk Coolers will be provided to a Milk Producer Society, who forms a cluster of 10 to 15 villages.Milk weight and Fat is instantly being measured in a transparent manner in Automatic Milk Collection Units. Milk is also being checked for any adulteration with milk testing kits approved by National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.

 To strengthen milk marketing, so far 354 milk booths and milk bars have been set up in different towns in the State.

Mr Sangwan said that main objective of the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation is to promote economic interest of milk producers of Haryana State, especially those belonging to economically weaker sections. Therefore, its activities included purchase of milk and processing it into milk products and marketing by itself and through milk unions. It also undertakes allied activities as are conductive for the promotion of dairy industry such as improvement of milch cattle and promotion of milk production. Also, there exists a three tier system which includes  milk cooperative societies at village level, milk unions at district level and State dairy federation at State level.

As part of  stringent quality measures, milk required for processing VITA products is procured from Dairy Cooperative Societies only. It is ensured that the milk is transported to chilling centres and plants in clean and sterilized milk cans as quickly as possible. All quality measures as per Standard of Bureau of  Indian Standards or Agmark are being applied before the products are marketed. Well-equipped laboratories are functioning in the chilling centres and milk plants to maintain ideal quality standards. VITA is the endorsement of quality, a commendation the Federation is Proud of, he added.

He said that an insurance scheme has been launched for the benefit of milk producer members. Under this scheme, a committed member has been insured for Rs.one lakh for accidental death by merely paying Rs 10. About 26,000 persons have been insured under the scheme.