Amul to replicate Gujarat model in AP

Amul is in the course of action of replicating its famed Gujarat cooperative dairy creation design in Andhra Pradesh. As it sets out to make AP a hub for its enlargement to the Southern markets and Odisha, dairy major Amul will support about 10,000 females cooperatives construct a network of cow and buffalo milk creation centres.

 

The organization has entered into an settlement with the AP governing administration to revive and strengthen cooperative dairies in the State. Andhra Pradesh, which provides 4.3 crore litres of milk a working day, is the fourth biggest milk producer in the country.

Although the State governing administration will support in building the females cooperatives and local processing units, Amul will support them in reaching out the make to consumers. It will also manufacture value-added products and solutions.

The State governing administration will commit ₹3,five hundred crore to present quality breed cows and buffaloes to about 4.69 lakh females from the underprivileged sections. Amul will also procure milk from farmers in various districts. “Andhra Pradesh has the exclusive edge of currently being in the proximity with top rated Southern markets of Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. It can also cater to the largely untapped market place of Odisha,” Gujarat Cooperative Milk Internet marketing Federation’s Running Director, RS Sodhi, instructed BusinessLine.

“We will use the domestically readily available processing capacities for now. We could possibly construct our have processing units, if need be,” he said.

Sodhi, alongside with top rated officers of Amul, was in Amaravathi on Wednesday to mark the launch of a pilot in four hundred villages of Prakasam, Chittoor, and Kadapa districts. Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister formally launched the pilot on Wednesday.

Following the 6-month-long pilot, the milk procurement will be expanded to other pieces of the State, with a assure to offer ₹5-7 a litre far more to the dairy farmers. Besides providing them with quality milch animals, the State governing administration will support the females cooperatives in the upkeep of the cattle.

Bulk milk cooling units (BMCUs) will be established up at the cooperatives that make far more than two,000 litres a working day.

The Gujarat group

Every single district will have a main group with the District Collector acting as a Specific Officer (Amul Undertaking) and Joint Collectors and Joint Director (Animal Husbandry) as members.

“We will make sure that payments are paid out once in every 10 days. The females cooperative members will also get a reward once or twice every yr from the income of the Amul job,” said Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy whilst launching the job.