- NDDB had entered into a tripartite MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) for providing managerial and technical support to Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation for a period of 5 years: Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman, NDDB
- A grant of Rs 40 lakh has been sanctioned to Ladakh Dairy Federation to start and smoothly run the operations: Dr Meena Shah
NE BUSINESS BUREAU
ANAND, OCT 4
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra inaugurated the newly refurbished dairy plant of Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation on Wednesday in the gracious presence of Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman, NDDB, Dr Pawan Kotwal, Advisor to the Lt Governor and other dignitaries. IDMC Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has refurbished the dairy plant.
Ladakh LG inaugurates Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation’s dairy plant refurbished by NDDB#Click 2 Read: https://t.co/qS37Xt6VKk#DairyCooperative #Cooperatives #DairyValueChain #Dairying #DairyDevelopment #MilkProcurement #MilkProcessing #MilkMarketing @NDDB_Coop…
— Agriculture Post (@AgriculturePost) October 4, 2023
The Lieutenant Governor praised NDDB for steering dairy development activities in less dairy-developed Ladakh. He said that an integrated approach involving creation of an organised milk procurement, processing & marketing system will strengthen dairying and augment rural income.
Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh (@lg_ladakh) inaugurated the newly refurbished dairy plant in Leh in the gracious presence of Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman, NDDB; Dr Pawan Kotwal, Advisor to Hon’ble LG of UT Ladakh and other… pic.twitter.com/1Ifj7SfQKo
— National Dairy Development Board (@NDDB_Coop) October 4, 2023
Chairman NDDB said that NDDB had entered into a tripartite MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) for providing managerial and technical support to Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation for a period of 5 years. The MoU focused on increasing market access, ensuring sustainability and economic viability of the Federation’s overall operations. NDDB administered Ladakh Dairy Federation will work towards establishing a transparent and remunerative milk procurement system for the dairy farmers.
First meeting of the Management Committee constituted to manage affairs of Ladakh Milk Federation took place in Leh. The meeting was attended by Dr @ShahMeenesh, Chairman, NDDB and Adv. Shri Tashi Gyalson, Hon’ble Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC, Leh was a special invitee. The… pic.twitter.com/EK4Tj0ttqK
— National Dairy Development Board (@NDDB_Coop) October 3, 2023
Chairman, NDDB further said that a grant of Rs 40 lakh has been sanctioned to Ladakh Dairy Federation to start and smoothly run the operations. NDDB intends to develop a dairy value chain in Ladakh, which will provide profitable returns to the producers from milk business. Consumers will also get quality milk & milk products at affordable prices. The milk procured will be processed and sold under Oma brand. Ladakh Federation will also supply fresh pasteurised milk to Indian Army base in Ladakh.