‘Turnover of all dairies in TS has reached ₹ 600 crore, which will benefit lakhs of people’
Animal Husbandry Minister Talsani Srinivas Yadav said that the Ministry of Animal Husbandry was heavily stressed with the allocation in the Telangana budget and it was bound to reflect the growth of dairy and milk related products.
Talking to journalists along with government whip Gongidi Sunita here on Friday, he said that Vijaya Dairy which had losses of 30 crores, now the Chief Minister’s. Chandrashekhar Rao and his efforts are making a profit of ₹ 60 crores. guidelines. The turnover of all dairies in Telangana has now reached ₹ 600 crore, making millions of people dependent on the sector.
He said that the government would release an incentive amount of ₹ 39 crore for the farmers on the basis of dairy and appreciated the dairies coming forward to absorb Re.1 per liter out of the ₹ 4 per liter incentive announced by the government.
He said that Vijaya Dairy’s outlets would be increased to 1,000 and new products would be launched to compete with private dairies. Milk committees currently have 2.15 lakh members.
Praising the Chief Minister, he said that Telangana is at the top in sheep farming in the country due to Mr. KCR’s efforts to provide sheep at subsidy to Yadav families. Another three lakh units of sheep will be distributed soon.
Ms. Sunita said that the Yadadri temple renovation shows what Telangana can achieve and the Chief Minister’s dream was to develop Yadadari as a pilgrimage center for the world.
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