ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
With the intention to profit farmers, an ethanol unit can be established at Mysugar manufacturing unit in Mandya subsequent 12 months, stated Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday.
On the inaugural ceremony of Mega Dairy at Gejjalagere on Friday, Bommai stated there was a white revolution via milk manufacturing and dairy improvement within the State. Karnataka has made a big contribution to the milk revolution.
Bommai stated Mandya district is an agriculture-dependent district and is also referred to as a land of sugar and paddy but it surely nonetheless wants irrigation amenities and industries. “The MySugar manufacturing unit has been began within the authorities sector for the good thing about farmers. Programmes are being labored out for tail-end farmers of the Visvesvaraiah irrigation canal and they are going to be accepted inside per week,” he stated.
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The Chief Minister stated dairying will play an important position in complete farming due to which a number of consideration has been given. “Through the Yediyurappa authorities, the observe of giving an incentive to farmers was began and now ₹5 per litre is paid to farmers. Regardless of a number of challenges within the sector nonetheless, it’s surging forward. The Gejjalagere plant can course of one lakh litres of milk,” he stated.
Bommai stated at a time when the lifetime of farmers was unsure Prime Minister Narendra Modi separated the Ministry of Cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture to deliver certainty to their lives.
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Now the Ministry of Cooperation has gained power and is all set for a revolution. Efforts are made to deliver a number of reforms on this area, he stated.
“Former PM HD Devegowda began the primary mega-dairy in Bengaluru and it can’t be forgotten. It began in Bengaluru and now it’s being established in every single place. The mega-dairy independently does milk manufacturing, processing, packing, and manufacturing of different merchandise. The Milk Unions of Karnataka are contributing so much to the PM’s dream of ‘Atma Nirbhar’,” added the Chief Minister.