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April 5 , 2021
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- The Indian Army has closed its Military farms on March 31 after 132 years of its service.
- Military farms are the farms that were formed with an aim to supply hygienic cow milk to troops in garrisons across British India.
Key Points
- The workers of the farms have been redeployed within the Ministry to continue providing service to the organization.
- In the year 2012, the Quarter Master General branch had recommended their closure.
- After this, again in December 2016, Lt. Gen. DB Shekatkar (retired) committee also suggested the shutdown of farms.
- The first military farm was formed on February 1, 1889 at Allahabad.
- After independence, the farms increased with 30,000 heads of cattle in 130 farms all over India.
- In the 1990s, these farms were even established in Leh and Kargil.
- The farms were required as cantonments were located at a distance from urban areas.
- Now with urban expansion, cantonments have also come within towns and cities.
- Therefore, the milk procurement is being increasingly done from the open market.
- Various allegations of corruption surrounding the farms noticed over the years was also one of the reasons contributing to the shutdown of the farms.
- These farms provided yeoman service during the 1971 war, supplying milk at the Western and Eastern war fronts as well as during the Kargil operations to the Northern Command.
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