India, March 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Most of the District Cooperative Milk Unions and State Milk Federations primarily procure milk within their respective States. However, some dairy cooperatives have expanded their procurement operations beyond their States. Though NDDB collects data on total milk procurement by the dairy cooperatives (Milk Federation and Unions), the data on inter-state expansion of dairy cooperatives is not being collected by it.
No specific assessment has been conducted by the Government regarding the impact of inter-State competition on the financial viability and procurement capacity of district and State-level cooperatives.
In order to strengthen cooperative federalism and safeguard th...