Srinagar, Aug 11, 2025 : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a high-level review of the ₹1,433 crore Jammu & Kashmir Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Scheme (JKDPIDS), calling it a “game-changer” for rural prosperity.
The CM stressed expanding organized milk processing from the current 4% to 20% within seven years, ensuring better prices, timely payments, and market access for over 5 lakh dairy farmers.
The NDDB-led plan includes 10 automated milk plants across 18 districts, 100 milk testing labs, 10 LLPD chilling capacity, and 10,000 farmer-owned collectives. DCs have been told to immediately identify 40–50 kanals of land for each plant, with departments ensuring roads, electricity, and water.
Omar urged faster agreements on sexed semen production, fodder development, and NABARD’s prompt fund release. Quarterly reviews will track timelines.
“This is more than a sector upgrade—it’s an economic transformation,” Omar said, projecting thousands of rural jobs, higher cooperative turnover, and export-ready milk.
The meeting was attended by senior ministers, top bureaucrats, NDDB and NABARD officials.
