Him Ganga to uncork benefits for dairy producers — with milk cess of Rs 10/ liquor bottle

The scheme has been allotted Rs 500 crore from the overall outlay. As a pilot project, farmers in animal husbandry of some areas will be brought under this scheme. On the basis of results, the scheme will be replicated in other areas.

To increase income of milk farmers, milk producer cooperative societies will be formed as per need. Effective marketing of milk and its products will be ensured through these cooperative societies.

To further make the scheme a success, milk processing plants will be set up and the existing plants will be upgraded, the CM said. For this, all necessary infrastructure and supply chains will be established in a phased manner.

The government will be upgrading veterinary services and will be starting 44 mobile vet vans in 2023-24.

To boost this scheme, the CM announced ‘milk cess’ of Rs 10 per bottle on liquor sold in the state, which will fetch Rs 100 crore every year.

This levy will be used to hike income of milk producers through increased milk production.

Earlier, during the tenure of the BJP government led by Jai Ram Thakur, a cess of Rs 1 on sale per bottle of liquor was levied for the maintenance of Cow Sanctuaries and Gau Sadans.