NDDB to form milk unions in Arunachal

ITANAGAR: (Jul 3) The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will establish 'Milk Unions' and 'Milk Federations' in Arunachal Pradesh to promote the dairy sector, an official said.

Five milk unions corresponding to five river basins of the state has been planned to start initially with Lohit, Namsai and Lower Dibang Valley districts of the Lohit River basin, NDDB Kolkata regional head S Roy said on Wednesday during a training for enumerators and supervisors at Chowkham circle in Namsai.

He said similar efforts will be made to form milk unions in Siang, Subansiri, Kameng and Tirap basins.