Lok Sabha Question No. 3388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Domestic and Foreign Corporate Industrialist in Dairy Sector
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3388

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH    AUGUST, 2018

## DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CORPORATE INDUSTRIALIST IN DAIRY SECTOR

3388. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the big corporate houses have started their business in the dairy industry;
- (b) if so, the number of domestic and foreign big corporate industrialists who are doing business in the dairy industry;
- (c)  whether  it  is  true  that  despite  India  being  the  largest  producer  of  milk  in  the  world,  the majority of the consumers are unable to afford milk due to its high retail price; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  reaction  of  the  Government  thereto  along  with  the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

(a)&(b) Yes Madam, there are some big corporate houses doing business in Dairy industry. There are 349 numbers of active licenses of  Food Business Operators (Dairy Units) under Central Registration with Food Safety and Standard Authority Act, 2006

(c &d)  As per National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), the monthly per capita consumption expenditure  on  milk  &  milk  products  has  increased  between  2001-02  and  2011-12  as  indicated below:

| NSS Round                            | Rural/Urban   |   Milk & Milk Products (in Rupees) |
|--------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
| NSS round 57 th (July 2001-June 2002 | Rural         |                              41.91 |
| NSS round 57 th (July 2001-June 2002 | Urban         |                              75.82 |
| NSS round 68 th (July 2011-June 2012 | Rural         |                             116.38 |
| NSS round 68 th (July 2011-June 2012 | Urban         |                             187.14 |

The  sale  of  liquid  milk  by  cooperatives  has  been  increasing  by  almost  4.4%  per  annum during last 5 years ,which is much more than the growth rate of population ( estimated at 1.02% between 2011 and 2021).[Source: Office of Registar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI]  This implies that more and more people are buying milk from cooperative over the years.

| Year    | Avg. liquid milk sale by Dairy Cooperatives(TLPD)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | 29,444                                              |
| 2014-15 | 31,116                                              |
| 2015-16 | 32,128                                              |
| 2016-17 | 33,082                                              |
| 2017-18 | 37,957                                              |
| CAGR(%) | 4.4                                                 |

Source:  NDDB

There is no study of per capita milk consumption in different classes of consumers. However, in order to increase the consumption of milk in poor substrata of society, this department has taken following steps:

- I. Advisory  to  all  the  States  to  include  supply  of  milk/milk  products  of  Cooperatives through  Mid-day  Meal  Scheme,  Anganwadis  under  Integrated  Child  Development Scheme (ICDS), Health schemes, Tribal Hostels and Government/Institutional canteen.
- II. Advise to all State Governments and State Milk Federations to use Public Distribution System of State Governments to market surplus milk.
- III. The State Government of Bihar, Maharashtra and Rajasthan issued order to provide milk powder to children of Anganwadi centres under ICDS.
- IV. The State Government/ UT/Cooperatives of Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Harayana,  Pudduchery,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Gujarat  and  Sikkim  are  also  supplying milk/milk products through Mid-Day meal scheme and Anganwadis.