Dairy News
Mujkuva to become model dairy co-op
Wednesday, 29/03/2017
Vadodara/ Anand: To scores of international and national visitors, who visit Anand, to study the success of Amul model of dairy co-operatives - Mujkuva Dairy Cooperative Society (DCS) - in Anand's Anklav taluka will be showcased as a model.
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) chairman, Dilip Rath, on Tuesday dedicated the refurbished DCS at Mujkuva with all innovative amenities for the nearly 1,800 milk producers to celebrate the society's 60th anniversary.
NDDB has donated a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to the DCS affiliated with Amul Dairy with a unique system through which the society will not only be able to fulfil its electricity needs but will also be able to earn by selling surplus electricity to the grid.
NDDB intends to promote this concept to DCSs across the country, said Rath.
A solar PV system was also donated to Mujkuva primary school while NDDB in collaboration with Kalam Centre started Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Library for the benefit of youth and school children.
With the support of National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) with whom NDDB has inked an MoU to promote digital payments by dairy cooperatives across the country, Mujkuva villagers have now started receiving payments in the village itself.
With the support of Amul, NDDB has also started gift milk in the village to fulfil nutritional requirements of school children.