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The Union Minister of Cooperation has launched the Dairy Sahakar Scheme.
What is the Dairy Sahakar Scheme?
Aim: To encourage the cooperative dairy businesses in the country which will help realize the vision of “from cooperation to prosperity”.
Implementing Agency: National Cooperative Development Corporation( NCDC) under the Ministry of Cooperation.
Financial Assistance: Financial support will be extended by NCDC to eligible cooperatives for activities such as bovine development, milk procurement, processing, quality assurance, value addition, branding, packaging, marketing, transportation and storage of milk and milk products.
Convergence with other schemes: Various schemes of Government of India or State Government or Development agencies or bilateral/multilateral assistance or CSR mechanism will be converged.
Source: This post is based on the article “Union Minister of Cooperation launches the “Dairy Sahakar” scheme” published in PIB on 31st October 2021
