Chandigarh: Haryana's Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister J P Dalal on Tuesday said the state's annual milk production has increased from 74.42 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 to 107.26 lakh tonne in 2018-19.
"The success of Haryana's white revolution can be gauged from the fact that milk production of the state in the year 2013-14 was 74.42 lakh tonnes which has increased to 107.26 lakh tonnes in the year 2018-19 and the per capita availability of milk has increased from 800 grams to 1,087 grams, placing the state on the second position in the country," Dalal said.
He also said that geographically, Haryana is best suited to meet the needs of the daily requirement of fruits and flowers, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat etc, of about 5 crore population in and around Delhi.
Haryana has taken the initiative to move forward and has prepared new schemes so that the state's farmers can derive the benefit of this market.
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