TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s Milk production

February 12 , 2023 656 days 478 0
  • India is the highest milk producer in the world contributing twenty-four per cent of global milk production in the year 2021-22.
  • This is according to production data of Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT).
  • India has registered a fifty-one per cent increase during the last eight years- during the year 2014-15 and 2021-22.
  • It is increased to twenty-two crore tonne in the year 2021-22.
  • The National Programme for Dairy Development was launched in February 2014 by merging three existing schemes
    • Intensive Dairy Development Programme
    • Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production and
    • Assistance to Cooperatives.

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