Milk is wonderful
The health benefits of milk are known to all. In a place like ours the consumption of milk is huge as people here rely heavily on the milk and its protein rich products be it in any form like raw milk, curd, cheese or other products.
Milk use and its production has therefore assumed huge importance and it has become quite a lucrative enterprise as well. It is therefore no surprise that the administration too is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to increase milk production and double the Dairy farmers’ income with unique initiative of Integrated Dairy Development Scheme (IDDS).
With an aim of Doubling Farmers’ income from dairying utmost priority is being extended to dairy development in the union territory by way of implementing various developmental schemes, initiatives, policies, among others.
Interestingly, IDDS is a major scheme which not only focuses on providing financial assistance, but also supports the dairy producer by providing milking machine, bulk milk cooling unit at 50 percent subsidy as well as other benefits.
The scheme also provides paneer making machine, khoya making machine, dahi making machine, cream separator machine, ice cream making machine, butter and ghee making machine, milk van, milk ATM and DG Set, to aspiring entrepreneurs who try to create their start-ups in dairy sector.
Dairy is one of the most important sectors and the vast population living in rural areas relies on dairy and livestock for their livelihood. Therefore, improving the position of the dairy sector in Jammu and Kashmir is directly proportional to improving the socio-economic condition of people.
Presently, small diary units have come up across the length and breadth of Kashmir division and many young women entrepreneurs have come forward to emerge as dynamic business leaders.
These self help or independent groups have brought a huge revolution in the dairy sector with south Kashmir emerging as one of the key hub for supplying enormous quaintly of milk and milk products to the entire Kashmir valley.
The development that is taking place in the dairy sector bringing a new dawn of White Revolution across Jammu and Kashmir, besides creating better livelihood opportunities for farmers and those associated with dairy production.
Not only are people generating incomes but a chain of distributors and suppliers is also making a livelihood out of the produce which also helps in creating thousands of work days for others as well.
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