Assam Government and NDDB sign MoU for holistic dairy development in Assam

MOUs and Agreement

The MoU was signed by Chairman, NDDB and Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Assam in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Hon'ble Union Minister Shri Parshottam Rupala and Hon'ble Assam Minister Shri Atul Bora. During the programme, Dr. Sarma and Mr Rupala also laid the foundation stone of the Purbi Dairy Extension Project under the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transport Project (APART) funded by the World Bank. As part of the expansion project, the processing capacity of Purbi Dairy will be increased from the existing 60,000 liters per day to 1.5 lakh liters per day. The expansion of the plant at Punjabiri in Guwahati will help Purbi Dairy to increase the production capacity of existing products as well as introduce new products like indigenous sweets, ice creams, flavored milk etc. The objective of the session was to create awareness and convey the benefits of the revised and reorganized schemes of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt.


     

     

     

 

     


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