Recently Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha, approved transfer of 22 Kanals and 2 Marlas of land situated in Estate Devipora, tehsil Tulmulla, district Ganderbal in favour of Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) for establishment of Dairy Plant.
Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
The Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers Cooperative Limited (JKMPCL) shall be implementing agency for implementation of the Central Sector Scheme, National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) which shall be contributing 90% of the funding under the central sector component, and remaining 10% will be JKMPCL’s share, for execution of the project.
The project shall provide employment and reduce agro-farm wastages and also enhance nutritional value of the produce.
With this decision, approximately 1.50 lakhs milk producers will be benefited in the area and employment opportunities for approximately 400 to 500 people will be created.
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