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Udupi (The Hindu): K. Raviraj Hegde, president of Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union, said on Tuesday that the union had decided to construct a new milk dairy at Uppoor village instead of expanding the existing milk dairy at Manipal. He was speaking at a meeting here of office-bearers of milk producers societies of Udupi taluk.
Mr. Hegde said that the new milk dairy at Uppoor was expected to be ready in two-and-a-half years at an estimated cost of Rs. 71 crore. The union was in the top bracket in the State. It was giving Rs. 27.17 per litre of milk to dairy farmers. The union had increased its production by 20 per cent last year and 21 per cent this year.
There was great demand in Kerala for its “Trupti” brand of milk, which remained fresh without refrigeration for 90 days.
In 2015-16, the union had a turnover of Rs. 695 crore and a net profit of Rs. 4.29 crore. The union had provided Rs. 2.24 crore as incentive to dairy farmers and spent Rs. 3.6 crore for various programmes.
As many as 56,000 dairy farmers had been brought under the Janashree Yojane, he said.
Janaki Hande, Uday S. Kotian, T. Surya Shetty, H. Rajeev Shetty, Neere Krishna Shetty, directors of the union, were present.
K. Diwakar Shetty, director of the union, welcomed the gathering. Ashok Kumar Shetty, director, proposed a vote of thanks.
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