INDIAN DAIRY FIND HAS AMBITIOUS PRODUCTION GROWTH TARGETS, SAY EXPERTS

A NEWLY announced Indian rupees INR80 billion (USD1.18 billion) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund is designed to increase the country’s milk production by 8% every year, just-food has been told. Commenting on the initiative unveiled in the government’s national budget yesterday (February 1), Mumbai-based Rajender Singh, CEO of VRS Foods Ltd, said: “The government wants to extend the infrastructure to rural and remote areas to increase the processing and procurement capacity.” He noted to just-food that India’s milk consumption is ...


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