Impressed with Sikkim Milk Union, NCDFI board members assure all assistance for future initiatives

GANGTOK, 21 March: Members of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) board, in Sikkim for their national board meeting [held here on 19 March], visited the Gangtok Dairy Plant and appreciated the plant upkeep and over all functioning and performance of Sikkim Milk Union, an official press release informs.
The board also observed that the State was laying the required emphasis on developing the dairy sector here and appreciated the efforts of the Government in promoting dairying in the state, the release adds. The board has assured all assistance from the NCDFI towards the development of the Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd.
The NCDFI Board meeting was held earlier in the day at the Sikkim Milk Union premises here. Chairman Vinayakrao D Patil, and Managing Director KC Supekar of NCDFI and chairpersons of various State Dairy Cooperative Federations attended the meeting. The board discussed issues related to dairying and milk supplies to army and railways throughout the country. This was for the first time that the NCDFI was meeting in Sikkim. Mr. Patil assured Sikkim Milk Union that NCDFI would facilitate expansion of its market with Army and IRCTC and can also extend cooperation in providing HY variety Frozen semen to the state.