Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today said that India is gearing up for second white revolution aiming to connect all the 8 crore milk-producing farmers of the country to the cooperative infrastructure in coming future.

Addressing the diamond jubilee celebrations of National dairy Development Board in Anand today, Mr Shah said at present only 1.5 crore of the milk producing farmers are connected with the cooperatives while majority of them are still suffering from exploitation.

The Minister said India’s dairy sector is growing at an annual rate of 6 percent which is above the world average. He also lauded the pivotal contribution of NDDB in the success of dairy industry and economic upliftment of milk-producing farmers.

Mr. Shah also unveiled the plans of the BJP government to establish 2 lakh cooperative in the country in the next five years. Reiterating the commitment of the government towards the development of dairy sector, the Minister underlined several initiatives of the government like National Gokul Mission. The Minister also praised NDDB for the promotion of India’s cooperative milk brands at global level.

During the programme, the minister also unveiled several farmer-centric projects of NDDB and also inaugurated the new campus of NDDB. Union Minister of Dairy Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Gujarat state Minister for Animal Husbandry Raghavji Patel, Chairman and Managing director NDDB Dr Meenesh Shah were also present on the occasion.