Ashok RainaDharamshala, June 5 -- The Himachal Pradesh Government's initiatives to strengthen the rural economy and boost dairy farming are beginning to yield visible results, with milk procurement at the Dagwar Milk Plant in Kangra district rising sharply and farmers reporting improved incomes.
Officials said the state government's decision to increase milk procurement prices has encouraged farmers and unemployed youth to take up dairy farming as a viable source of self-employment.
What was once considered a supplementary livelihood activity is increasingly emerging as a profitable business for rural households.
Over the past three years, the government has increased the milk procurement price by Rs 21 per kilogram, leading to renewed i...