Animal Husbandry Minister Antar Singh Arya on Monday conducted a surprise inspection of Bhopal Dugdha Sangh and apprised himself with the intricacies of all the processes from milk supply to loading on the vehicle.
On questioning about the tanker that was recently caught, Chief Executive Officer Jitendra Singh Raje told Shri Arya that the Quality Control Cell officers had found through GPS that the particular tanker stopped midway unnecessarily for which it was black-listed. Minister Arya entered into the milk vehicle for checking. He checked the testing, Agmark lab and monitoring-room of ghee, peda, buttermilk plant, milk etc.
Minister Arya issued orders to ensure unhindered supply of milk to consumers this summer. Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Dairy Federation Aruna Gupta told that there is no possibility of shortage of milk supply due to increase in the number of milk collection centres in the state in the last two years. Last year one lakh litre milk was acquired from the new centres. This year collection of 3 lakh litres is expected.
Arya was informed that 3,000 kg ghee is supplied daily to Ujjain’s Mahakal temple by the Federation. The Federation had sold 2,000 metric tonne ghee in the last 6 months. The Minister got the ghee and milk tested in the lab and inspected the quality. He also inspected milk powder. Arya was told that when milk collection is more than the supply, then it is preserved in the form of powder.
Arya was told that the work of Bundelkhand Dugdha Sangh has begun from 1st April , 2018. Women self-help groups are giving active contribution in this. Moreover, consumers have started getting best quality milk and milk products. Very soon a new plant will be coming up in Sendhwa. A animal feeding plant is being set up here which will ensure employment to 2,000 to 2,500 persons at the local level.The state government has distributed text material and selected reference books to about one lakh 26,000 college students belonging to scheduled tribe and caste in 2017-18. Books have been distributed through Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy.It may be mentioned that free books worth Rs 1500 and stationery costing Rs 500 are given to each student belonging to scheduled caste and tribe, pursuing studies at government colleges at undergraduate and post graduate level. Budget under the scheme has been increased to Rs 25.30 crore this year from Rs 23 crore.