THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE & FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (DR. CHARAN DAS MAHANT)
(a)& (b) Yearly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) (base year 2004-05 = 100) of
milk during last three years and current year is as follows:-
Year WPI
2008-09 123.24
2009-10 146.41
2010-11 175.88
2011-12 192.50
(Average
upto Jan`
2012)
[Source:-Office of Economic Adviser, M/o Commerce and Industries].
Increase in prices is mainly attributed to increase in cost of production.
(c) & (d) State wise milk production during last three years and monthly
per capita consumption of milk for the year 2009-10 in the country is annexed
at Annexure-I & II respectively. Anticipated rnilk production in the country
during 2011-12 is 127.29 million tonnes. State-wise breakup for anticipated
milk production for 2011-12 is not available. National Sample Survey Organization
(NSSO) conducts the survey on monthly consumption of milk in every five years
and the last survey of consumption of milk was conducted during 2009-10.
(e) Government of India is implementing the following schemes for increasing
the milk production in the country:
1. National Project for Cattle & Buffalo Breeding
2. Intensive Dairy Development Programme
3. Dairy Entrepreneurships Development scheme
4. Livestock Health and Disease Control
5. Fodder and Eeed Development scheme
