Lok Sabha Question No. 971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: Spoilage of Milk due to Poor Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDARY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 971

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  NOVEMBER 2016

## SPOILAGE OF MILK DUE TO POOR INFRASTRUCTURE

## 971. SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has introduced any programme to reduce spoilage of milk due to high temperature and poor infrastructure particularly in hilly terrains like Sikkim where a major portion of milk production is wasted due to this reason;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the estimated economic loss caused due to sour milk, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a)  & (b) The Department is implementing the following Dairy Development schemes in which assistance is provided  among others for creation  and strengthening  infrastructure for  providing  market  access  to  milk  & milk products which helps to reduce spoilage of milk due to high temperature:-

- i. National Dairy Plan (Phase-I):

The Government of India has approved National Dairy Plan Phase- I (NDP-I) with an outlay of Rs. 2,242 Crore for implementation during 2011-12 to 2018-19 as a Central Sector Scheme. The Scheme is implemented through National Dairy Development Board and the objectives of the National Dairy Plan, Phase I are:-

- (a) To help increase the productivity of milch animals and thereby increase milk production to meet the rapidly growing demand for milk.
- (b) To help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk-processing sector.

NDP-I is being implemented in the 18 major milk producing States of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Bihar,  West  Bengal,  Maharashtra,  Karnataka,  Tamil  Nadu,  Andhra  Pradesh, Telangana  (after  bifurcation  of  Andhra  Pradesh),  Orissa,  Jharkhand,  Chhattisgarh,  Uttarakhand  and  Kerala constituting 90% of the milk production. Under NDP-I, 364 projects have been approved with a total outlay of Rs.1904.22  crore  out  of  which  Rs.897.97  crore  has  been  released  to  the  implementing  agencies.  Under  this scheme Bulk Milk Coolers (BMCs) for milk of 5200 thousand litres per day (TLPD) capacity has been approved to help in reducing spoilage of milk due to high temperature.

- ii. National Programme for Dairy Development under the Central Sector Scheme 'National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBDD)':

The new Scheme, National  Programme  for Dairy  Development (NPDD) approved during 2013-14 with the budget provision of Rs.600 crore for implementation during 12 th  Plan. The objective of the scheme is to create dairy infrastructure for improved procurement, processing and marketing of milk and milk products.

NPBBDD is implemented  throughout  the  country  including  Sikkim.  Under  NPDD,  31  projects  have  been approved  with  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.340.77  crore  out  of  which  Rs.140.19  crore  has  been  released  to  the implementing agencies. Under this scheme, Bulk Milk Cooler for milk of 388 TLPD capacity and processing capacity  of  1820  TLPD  capacity  has  been  approved  to  help  in  reducing  spoilage  of  milk  due  to  high temperature.

One project has been approved under NPDD in Sikkim during 2015-16 with an outlay of Rs.569.32 lakh for installation of 4 Bulk Milk Coolers and 50 chest coolers at village level, organisation of 53 new village level dairy cooperative  societies  and  expansion/strengthening  of  Jorethang  and  Gangtok  dairy  plant  from  25  TLPD capacity to 50 TLPD to help in reducing spoilage of milk due to high temperature.

(c) This Department does not have information on economic loss caused due to sour milk.

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