At state Govardhan Puja ceremonies, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav outlines a strategic roadmap to quadruple daily cooperative milk procurement from 1.2 million to 5.2 million kg, disbursing ₹68.6 crore in farmer prizes and cattle shelter maintenance grants.
In a major policy push to accelerate rural economic diversification, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has affirmed that the state is executing a targeted development framework to become the leading milk producer in India within the next two years. As reported by ANI News and regional agricultural dispatches, CM Yadav utilized the cultural platform of Govardhan Puja to inaugurate civic-backed livestock infrastructure and release direct financial transfers to hundreds of progressive dairy farmers and registered bovine shelters across the state.
Addressing gatherings in Bhopal and at the newly developed 27-acre Kamdhenu Gaushala in Ashapura (Indore district), Chief Minister Yadav positioned animal husbandry not merely as a traditional pastoral practice, but as an indispensable pillar of rural cash flow and climate resilience. The announcement comes as western and central districts of the state navigate agricultural strain following erratic seasonal rainfall patterns.
Key policy announcements, financial disbursements, and infrastructure targets include:
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Procurement Quadrupling Target: Under its collaborative modernization partnership with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)—which is revitalizing the Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation (MPCDF) and its regional Sanchi dairy brand—the state plans to expand daily organized milk collection capacity from 1.2 million kg to 5.2 million kg.
Direct Farmer Incentives (Gopal-Krishna Gram Award): At a state ceremony at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal, the Chief Minister transferred ₹2.95 crore in direct benefit transfers (DBT) to 466 outstanding dairy producers under the Gopal-Krishna Gram Award Scheme. Winners, evaluated during a milk yield competition held across 208 designated “Vrindavan villages,” received first, second, and third cash prizes of ₹100,000, ₹50,000, and ₹25,000, respectively (topped by an indigenous Gir cow yielding 19.76 litres/day in Ujjain).
Bovine Shelter Subsidies: The state disbursed ₹65.66 crore in maintenance grants to support over 5.51 lakh cattle housed in more than 3,000 registered gaushalas across the state, alongside announcing a 10,000-head hi-tech cattle shelter at Barkhedi Dob near Bhopal.
Capital Subsidies for Commercial Herds: Under the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Kamdhenu Yojana, eligible farmers establishing commercial dairy units of 25 milch cows or buffaloes can access bank loan financing of up to ₹42 lakh, supported by capital subsidies reaching ₹13.86 lakh.
Advanced Bovine Genetics: To upgrade productivity from indigenous stock without placing unmanageable strain on natural resources, the government announced an advanced embryo production facility designed to produce 100,000 bovine embryos annually.
From an agribusiness macroeconomics and dairy policy perspective, Madhya Pradesh—which currently ranks third nationally behind Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan—is leveraging formal institutional backing to challenge traditional dairy strongholds. With India producing 247.87 million tonnes of milk annually and consuming nearly all of it domestically, expanding organized village-level cooperative collection, digitizing the supply chain, and providing capital subsidies for high-yielding stock are vital to buffering farm households against crop failures while securing raw milk volumes for value-added dairy processing.
Source: ANI News
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