Odisha to sell milk & milk products online
Updated: May 05, 2015 02:07:53pm
Bhubaneswar, May 5 (KNN) The government has asked the state agency Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED) to start online marketing of milk and milk products for delivery at the doorsteps of consumers in the state.
According to a media report, the decision to go for online marketing came after the federation failed to dispose of the surplus milk procured by it from farmers across the state.
While OMFED was procuring an average of 4.44 lakh litres of milk per day in 2014-15, milk production has reached a peak of 5.20 lakh litres per day in the current year, it said.
Increased production of milk has created a glut situation in all the dairies and the agency is facing constraints in disposal of surplus milk of around 30,000 litres on daily basis.
OMFED has been asked to explore possibility of selling surplus milk to outside agencies for conversion to skimmed milk powder and ghee and private dairies of the State.
The state government has also planned some long-term measures including setting up of a five lakh litres per day (LPD) dairy plant in Cuttack, upgradation of capacity of the Bhubaneswar dairy plant from 1.75 lakh LPD to 2.75 lakh, fat handling units at five dairy plants and establishment of a milk powder plant in Balangir district. (KNN Bureau)
According to a media report, the decision to go for online marketing came after the federation failed to dispose of the surplus milk procured by it from farmers across the state.
While OMFED was procuring an average of 4.44 lakh litres of milk per day in 2014-15, milk production has reached a peak of 5.20 lakh litres per day in the current year, it said.
Increased production of milk has created a glut situation in all the dairies and the agency is facing constraints in disposal of surplus milk of around 30,000 litres on daily basis.
OMFED has been asked to explore possibility of selling surplus milk to outside agencies for conversion to skimmed milk powder and ghee and private dairies of the State.
The state government has also planned some long-term measures including setting up of a five lakh litres per day (LPD) dairy plant in Cuttack, upgradation of capacity of the Bhubaneswar dairy plant from 1.75 lakh LPD to 2.75 lakh, fat handling units at five dairy plants and establishment of a milk powder plant in Balangir district. (KNN Bureau)
Loading...
