The Haryana Dairy Development Cooperation Federation has increased the milk procurement rate in the state by Rs 20 per

kg fat. According to spokesman of the federation, the revised milk purchase rate would now be Rs 320 per kg fat. Thus for average fat of 6.5 per cent, the increase in rate would be Rs 1.34 per kg. With this increase, the federation would pay approximately Rs 2.80 crore per month additional milk price for the milk procured during the current season every month. He said that this would be the highest milk procurement price in the northern region. The spokesman added there would be no change in the selling price of pasteurised milk to the consumers. The additional financial burden on account of the increase in the procurement price would be borne by the federation and its affiliated milk unions in the state and would not be passed on to the consumers.
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Haryana, which has a 40 percent share in this state capital that it shares with Punjab, has sought outlets for its milk products at par with those from Punjab. Haryana's dairy development federation has said it wants equality with Punjab's Verka brand of milk products in the allotment of booths. Devinder Singh, managing director of Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, Thursday said the Chandigarh administration had been approached to allot booths for the sale of its Vita brand of milk products. Currently, milk booths in the city are only allowed to sell Verka products. Singh said that Vita had a 70 percent market share in Haryana and efforts would now be made to take its products to all neighbouring states. The federation is taking steps to improve milk production in Haryana and to provide hygienic milk products to customers. The federation also announced insurance cover of Rs.60,000 to all members of the milk federation at a nominal annual payment of Rs.10.

Haryana to jack up milk production

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PREETI PARASHAR: CHANDIGARH, FEB 12 2009, 23:31 IST

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To keep pace with the increasing demand for milk in the state, the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation (HDDCF) is planning to ramp up the capacity of its milk plants in a phased manner. HDDCF has already spent close to Rs 12 crore out of the total Rs 19 crore state grant to the federation for a three-year period starting 2007 on increasing the processing capacity of the Rohtak milk plant from one-lakh litres per day to four lakh litres per day. In a recently held review meeting of the federation, the state government has approved a grant of Rs 75 crore for three years towards the upgradation of the other four milk plants. The amount will be spent on installation of new machinery, construction of new chilling centres as well as addition to the capacities of the milk plants. We are planning to enhance the skimmed milk powder plants capacity at Jind from 10 metric tonnes per day to 30 metric tonnes per day besides increasing the milk processing capacity from one lakh litres per day to four lakh litres per day, Dhanpat Singh, managing director, HDDCF told FE. He further said, The milk plant at Ballabgarh will also be upgraded to capacity of two lakh litres per day from the existing one lakh litres per day. The HDDCF has also decided to increase the milk procurement rate in the state by Rs 20 per kg fat, to make it Rs 280 per kg fat, which is the highest milk procurement price in the northern region. The revised milk purchase rate will come into effect from February 16, generating an additional income of about Rs 4 crore per month to the milkmen of the state. Singh said, With this increase the HDDCF will shell out an additional Rs 15 crore per year for the milk procured. The farmers will be paid every week now instead of three times a month, as was the case earlier, reducing the payment cycle from 10 days to seven days. This year we will also get a share capital of Rs 15 crore from the state government for the one-time settlement of loan outstanding against the National Dairy Development Board. The HDDCF is expecting a turnover of Rs 700 crore by the end of this fiscal compared to Rs 620 crore achieved last year. There has been a constant increase in milk procurement by HDDCF. The total milk procurement in the year 2007-08 was 1,880 lakh litres, which is expected to go up to 1,916.25 litres in 2008-09.