The scheme was launched in January 2000 and is valid up to 27th April 2011. The scheme is implemented by the concerned District Cooperative Milk Unions/State Dairy Federation. And it aims to revitalize the sick dairy cooperative unions at the district level and Cooperative Milk Unions/Federations at the State level to rehabilitate them and make them viable. The scheme is funded on 50:50 sharing basis between Union of India and the concerned State Government. A number of dairy cooperatives with three-tier structure viz. village level primary cooperatives, district level unions and state level federations have been set up in different parts of the country under the Operation Flood Programme. For a variety of reasons, a number of these unions/federations have accumulated losses. These accumulated losses have been imposing severe hardships to the milk producers and their dairy economy, resulting in, among other things, delayed and irregular payments to the poor farmer members of these cooperatives.

Sick Cooperative Milk Unions/Federations are eligible for the scheme. The maximum assistance of grant is limited to the minimum amount required so that the net flow becomes positive within seven years. The total grant does not exceed the accumulated cash losses. The Department has approved 32 rehabilitation proposals of Milk Unions including one new proposal of Agra milk union during current year 2007-08 in 12 States namely Madhaya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam, Nagaland, Punjab West Bengal, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.

Please contact the relevant department.

Contact

Secretary
Ph: 011-23382608
Fax: 011-23388006
Email: secyahd@nic.in

AHC
Ph: 011-23384146
Fax: 011-23382192

JS (P&F)

Ph: 011-23382354

Fax: 011-23386674