Guwahati, Jan 8 (TIWN) The Assam government and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a joint venture company to execute a Rs 2,000 crore project aiming to process 10 lakh litres of milk per day benefiting 1.75 lakh dairy farmers of the state.

In the six new proposed milk processing units, milk from more than 4,100 dairy cooperative societies will be processed, packed and marketed.  As part of this dairy development project, more than 15,000 high milk-yielding Gir cows will be inducted into Assam to ensure higher returns to the dairy farmers. The plan also envisages the setting up of infrastructure for cattle feed and silage manufacturing within Assam.  Under this MoU, which was signed in the presence of Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala, two cattle-feed and organic manure manufacturing units would also be set up.