The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets Asia’s largest milk brand Amul, has demanded inclusion of a glass of milk in the mid day meal scheme in the union budget, says Times of India.
The GCMMF managing director R S Sodhi said in every state, co-operatives are ready to supply milk for the government scheme. He said in Gujarat, there are 71 talukas where milk is supplied in the mid-day meal scheme under Dudh Sanjivani Yojana.
Similarly, the Karnataka Milk Federation supplies milk to all the schools of Karnataka. But there should be a nation-wide policy¸ Sodhi said.
The GCMMF also wants the central government to consider the dairy sector on a par with the agriculture sector.
The federation says inclusion of milk in the mid-day meal scheme is the only way to solve the problem of malnutrition the country is confronting.