Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY IN INDIA

Dr. A. Sudharsana Reddy, Dr. M. Padmavathi

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 India with the total milk production of 146 million tones is the world‘s highest milk–producing country for the past one decade now and accounted for about 18.5 per cent of the world milk production in 2015–16. The importance of dairy enterprise in the national economy can be gauged from the fact that the value of output from milk group is highest among all the agricultural commodities, accounting for nearly one fourth of the value of output from agricultural sector. Dairying is one of the most important means of providing livelihood and nutritional security to the rural masses. The livestock activities, among which dairy farming predominates, employ about 10 million workers in the country. Milk and milk products account for 10.5 and 15.4 per cent of protein intake in rural and urban areas, respectively, which is higher than the protein intake through non–vegetarian animal products. This paper highlighted that the growth and development of dairy industry in India.

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Dr. A. Sudharsana Reddy, Dr. M. Padmavathi THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY IN INDIA International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 6 JUNE 2016

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