To boost supplementary income of debt-ridden farmers in Yavatmal, the Maharashtra government has roped in Gujarat-headquartered dairy major Amul for marketing and procurement of milk in the district, which is one of the worst affected farmer suicide-prone areas in the Vidarbha region.
The Yavatmal Cooperative Dairy Union was one of more than 20 district units which are making losses and were in liquidation.
Gujarat-based cooperative dairy unions have already been purchasing milk from Umred and other areas in Yavatmal. Based on the success of the Gujarat unions, Amul, the biggest diary cooperative in the country, had submitted a proposal to use the infrastructure of Yavatmal district cooperative to ma…
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