India’s milk production rose by 19% in the last three years to touch 163.6 million tonnes, leading to a significant increase in dairy farmers’ income, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said. The minister announced that a National Action Plan Vision-2022 would be unveiled that would focus on creation of infrastructure for handling of increased milk production and help achieve the target to double farmers’ income by 2022. The country’s milk production grew at an annual rate of 6% during 2014-17 as against 4% during the previous three years. The per capita milk availability has also increased to 351 gram in 2016-17 from 307 gram in 2013-14. Income of dairy farmers has increased by 23.77% during 2014-17 compared to 2011-14.

(Live Mint)