Shimla, March 16 -- The Himachal Pradesh government and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) on Monday signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in the presence of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

On behalf of the state government, Secretary Animal Husbandry Ritesh Chauhan and Managing Director of the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Milkfed) Abhishek Verma signed the agreements, while Chairman of NDDB Dr. Meenesh Shah signed on behalf of the Board, a release said.

The first MoU relates to the formation and operation of the Kangra Milk Union. The second agreement concerns the establishment of two milk processing plants with a capacity of 20,000 litres per day each at Nahan in Sirmaur dist...