Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal at the launches Pasteurized Milk of A2 Desi Cow in Panchkula on Friday. Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister O.P. Dhankar are also seen in the picture.
Chandigarh July 1, 2016:
Haryana became the first state in the country where consumers would now get pure milk of desi cow with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launching pasteurized milk of Desi Cow for sale to public.
The CM launched A2 milk at a function organized at Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula near here on Friday.
Initially, the plant for A2 milk of Desi Cow has been set up at Kurukshetra where 5000 liters of milk would be processed and packed and it would be sold at Vita, a government brand of milk, booths.
Khattar said that its (pasteurized Cow Milk) sale points would also be set up in Panchkula, Kurukshetra and Delhi.
He said that milk of desi cows would be purchased from the cooperative milk societies working at village level at an attractive price and would be taken to the plant at Kurukshetra where it would be processed and packed. This he said would not only increase the income of milk producers, but the consumers would also be able to get pure milk of cow. Besides, it would also promote the rearing of cows in the state.
On this occasion, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Limited in the presence of Chief Minister. As per the MoU, the Vita milk booths would be set up at about 1500 petrol pumps of IOCL for the sale of milk and milk products. Managing Director, Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Jagdeep Singh signed the MoU on behalf of State Government and General Manger (Retail) Sanjeev Sharma on behalf of IOCL. The Chief Minister said that such MoUs would be signed with other companies also so as to promote the cow milk.
He said that the government has decided to set up ‘gau abhyaranyas' (cow sanctuaries) for the conservation for stray cows in the state. He said that these cow sanctuaries would be set up over 10 to 50 acres of land. Apart from this, arrangement of fodder, water and grant were also being made for all 408 gaushalas in Haryana.
He said that Gau Seva Aayog has been constituted with a budget provision of Rs 20 crore. Besides, cow competitions were also being organized in the State to promote cow rearing.
Earlier, the Chief Minister also honoured the Chairpersons of various milk cooperative societies and milk unions for their outstanding contribution in milk production during the year 2015-16.