Shimla, Aug. 11 -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here on Tuesday between the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Kinnaur District Cooperative Marketing and Consumer Federation Ltd (KINFED) for local procurement and supply of Pahadi sheep and goat meat, with the initiative having the potential to create an annual market worth around Rs 9 crore for local livestock producers and cooperatives.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Initially, the cooperative sector is expected to meet around 10 per cent of the ITBP's total meat requirement, creating an estimated annual economic opportunity of around Rs 90 lakh for the local cooperative ecosystem.
With the potential to prog...