New Delhi, March 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Parliament House during the second phase of the budget session, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI photo/Sanjay Sharma) | Photo Credit: ANI

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on March 18 that India should set a target of contributing 330 million metric tonnes (MMT) or 33% to global milk production by 2033-34.

Speaking at the 49th Dairy Industry Convention here, Shri Shah said that the Central and State Governments as well as cooperatives should work together to achieve this.

“We have to go ahead with the target of producing 330 MMT, or 33%, of the world’s milk (production) by 2033-34… If two lakh new primary milk producer societies (at the panchayat level) are formed, the coming In the coming years, India will have the potential to be a contributor to 33% of global milk production,” Mr Shah said, calling for the need to explore this potential.

“To achieve this, the central and state governments as well as cooperative movements must work together. While maintaining mass production, we have to make mass production a ground reality.