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Cattle melas, sops set Goa on path to milk self-sufficiency
Updated On: 25 February, 2018 01:47 PM IST | Panaji | PTI
The Goa government has said the Kamdhenu scheme, in which the state provided financial help to farmers purchasing cattle, was a major reason for this upswing
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The average milk production in Goa had risen from 66,000 litres per day in 2016-17 to 72,000 litres a day now on the back of a slew of government measures. This was disclosed in the Economic Survey report tabled in the Goa Assembly during its just concluded session. The rise in output, officials said, has allowed the state, currently dependent on Maharashtra and Karnataka to fulfil its milk requirements, to move towards becoming self- sufficient in its production.
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