India, June 3 -- Mother Dairy on Tuesday unveiled India's first naturally degradable milk pouch in soil that would leave no trace of plastics in environment. The company will use this new degradable milk pouch in its cow milk variant sold across Delhi-NCR from June 5, which marks World Environment Day.

Mother Dairy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). "The newly introduced packaging is designed to naturally degrade in soil within a few years rather than centuries, and importantly, this transition is being undertaken without any impact on consumer milk prices," Meenesh Shah, Chairman of NDDB, said. Mother Dairy is committed to safeguarding the planet, he said.

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