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The Belagavi District Cooperative Milk Producers Union (BEMUL), a portion of Karnataka Milk Federation, has achieved a turnover of ₹510 crore and a nett of ₹12.59 crore this year.
In comparison, past year's turnover was ₹399 crore and the nett ₹13 crore.
"We person decided to physique a mega dairy successful Belagavi district. It volition trim the request for transporting beverage implicit agelong distances for processing and let america to grow and diversify the accumulation of beverage products and different value-added products,” MLA and BEMUL president Balachandra Jarkiholi said successful Belagavi connected Tuesday.
"Our caller dairy successful Raibag is functioning successfully. This has encouraged america to acceptable up a mega dairy,” helium said.
He told reporters that their absorption is connected the enlargement of the beverage national by expanding the fig of colony societies and per capita procurement of milk.
“We person successfully acceptable up 100 mew caller beverage shaper cooperative societies successful the district, taking the full fig to 685. There has besides been important advancement successful beverage collection, with an mean of 2.50 lakh kilos of beverage being collected each day,” helium said.
He said that a full of 8.20 crore kilos of beverage has been collected passim the year, of which the bulk is cow's milk.
"The State authorities has distributed ₹32 crore arsenic inducement wealth to beverage producers. But astir ₹7.50 crore is inactive pending. We person brought it to the announcement of the State government. It has assured america that it volition beryllium released soon,” helium replied to a question.
Along with beverage procurement, the national has besides seen important maturation successful the accumulation of ghee, paneer and peda.
A full of 55 franchises has been started successful Goa, Pune and Belagavi for marketplace expansion. He clarified that determination is nary occupation successful exporting beverage to overseas countries and that determination is nary shortage of cylinders to purify beverage successful the dairy.
Mr. Jarkiholi said that 25,000 litres of beverage from the federation is being supplied to schoolchildren each time nether the Akshara Dasoha strategy successful Andhra Pradesh.
The Belagavi beverage national has distributed ₹331 crore to beverage supplying farmers. In addition, astir ₹7 crore has been provided arsenic assistance to farmers nether nett sharing strategy for acquisition of fodder cutters, rubber mats and milking machines and different equipment.
“There is simply a immense spread betwixt North and South Karnataka successful exploiting the imaginable of dairy farming. It tin make a batch of agrarian jobs. We impulse North Karnataka farmers to instrumentality up dairy farming to get unchangeable income,” helium said.
