400 milk co-ops run by women soon

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, FEB. 16. The Union Ministry for Women and Child Development has sanctioned one more project to Karnataka to set up 400 milk co-operatives run by women. The allocation for this would be Rs. 7 crores, according to the Joint Secretary to the Department of Women and Child Development, Mr. Dhar Chakravarthy.

Addressing a State-level conference of presidents of women milk producers' cooperative societies here today, he said that the department had so far sanctioned 96 projects, three of which were in the State, and they were doing very well.

He said that the State's demand to improve infrastructure in the dairy sector would be looked into and incorporated in the Tenth Plan. The Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sugar, Mr. A. Krishnappa, urged the Union Government to take up projects to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease and also to introduce insurance cover for cattle.

He said milk production had increased considerably, but there was a lack of marketing facilities. If milk and milk products had to be exported, then quality had to be given importance. He hoped that the Union Government would assist such programmes, particularly in providing disease-free animals.

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