PM Modi virtually inaugurates ₹76.5 crore milk powder plant in Indore

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) virtually inaugurated a beverage pulverization works acceptable up astatine a outgo of ₹76.5 crore successful Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

The installation was among respective projects successful agriculture, carnal husbandry, fisheries and nutrient processing sectors that the Prime Minister inaugurated during an lawsuit successful New Delhi, officials said.

The plant, acceptable up nether the Indore Cooperative Milk Union, has the capableness to nutrient 30 metric tonnes of beverage pulverization per day, officials said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, who was contiguous for the inauguration successful Indore, thanked PM Modi and said the unit, established nether the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), would bolster the maturation of Madhya Pradesh's dairy sector.

"Madhya Pradesh's existent publication to nationalist beverage accumulation is astir 9 per cent, and we purpose to rise it to 20% successful the adjacent 5 years. The State authorities is committed to ensuring just prices for farmers' milk," Mr. Yadav said.

He said the Modi authorities had consistently accrued the minimum enactment terms (MSP) for wheat and soybean successful caller years, benefiting farmers successful the State.

The State authorities had precocious introduced a Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (price quality outgo scheme) for soybean growers to guarantee they person just prices for their produce, Mr. Yadav said.

Officials explained that if traders successful markets acquisition soybean astatine rates little than the MSP fixed by the Centre, the State authorities volition wage farmers the difference.

"The Bhavantar magnitude volition beryllium straight credited to farmers' slope accounts, bringing them cheer up of Dhanteras," Mr. Yadav said.

Responding to the Congress's disapproval of the scheme, the Chief Minister said, "The Congress has ne'er thought successful the involvement of farmers, and it mislaid powerfulness due to the fact that of specified actions."

Published - October 11, 2025 05:14 p.m. IST

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