National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD)

Question 1

The Union Cabinet has approved the revised NPDD which is a _____ Scheme, by allocating additional Rs 1,000 crore for the program

Answer 1

Central Sector Scheme

Question 2

total budget

Answer 2

Rs 2,790 crore

Question 3

time period

Answer 3

for the 15th Finance Commission (FC) cycle i.e. from 2021-22 to 2025-26

Question 4

purpose

Answer 4

• The primary objective of this initiative is to modernize and expand dairy infrastructure.
• The revised NPDD will give a boost to the dairy sector by creating infrastructure for milk procurement, processing capacity, and better quality control.
• The revised NPDD is expected to transform India’s modern dairy infrastructure, in alignment with White Revolution 2.0 and will further support the newly set up cooperatives by facilitating them with advanced technology, and quality testing labs.

Question 5

The revised NPDD is expected to set up ____
new Dairy Cooperative Societies, processing in the North Eastern Region (NER), and the formation of 2 Milk Producer Companies (MPCs) with dedicated grant support .

Answer 5

10,000

Question 6

Two Key Components of NPDD:
1. Component A
2. Component B

Answer 6

i. Component A: This component of the scheme aimed to improve important dairy infrastructure, such as milk chilling plants, advanced milk testing laboratories, and certification systems.

ii. Component B: It is known as ‘Dairying through Cooperatives (DTC)’ which will continue to promote dairy development through cooperation with the Government of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in accordance with the agreements signed.

• This component primarily focuses on the sustainable development of dairy cooperatives, enhancing production, processing, and marketing infrastructure in 9 states: Andhra Pradesh (AP), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and West Bengal (WB).

Question 7

Key Progress:

i. So far, NPDD scheme has benefitted over 18.74 lakh farmers and has created more than 30,000 direct and indirect jobs.

ii. The milk procurement capacity has been increased by an additional _____ per day.

iii. More than 51,777 village-level milk testing laboratories have been strengthened under this scheme, while 5,123 bulk milk coolers with a combined capacity of 123.33 lakh liters have been installed.

iv. Additionally, 169 labs have been upgraded with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) milk analysers, and 232 dairy plants now have modern systems for detecting adulteration

Answer 7

100.95 lakh liters(l)