Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Chairman and Managing Director of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Meenesh Shah, said that India’s milk production will increase to 30 per cent. He also said that the country will be producing one third of the milk in the world by 2030.
Speaking to the media, Meenesh Shah said, “We are the largest milk producer in the world. Our production is 235 million metric tons per day. We are actually producing 24 per cent of the world’s milk production–one-fourth. It is providing actually four to 5 per cent to our nation’s GDP. “Now, our plan is to increase this 24 per cent share in the world to 30 per cent by 2030. So from one-fourth, we will be producing one-third of the milk produced in the world in our country.”