Policy Vision
UP Dairy Development and Milk Products Promotion Policy-2022
Uttar Pradesh is the highest milk-producing state in the country contributing about 16 percent of the country's total milk production. Only about 10 percent of the marketable surplus milk is being processed by the organized sector in the state, whereas India's average milk processing is about 17 percent. There is a huge gap between the milk processing capacity and the amount of marketable surplus milk in the state, for which there is a huge potential for investment in new industries in this area. In the changing environment, on the one hand, the disposable income of the people is increasing, and the public is becoming aware of the importance of balanced nutrition, and on the other hand, new technologies and sufficient raw material (milk) are available for milk processing and manufacturing of value-added milk products. There is a great need to translate the potential of the dairy sector into reality by motivating the investors and entrepreneurs. The Uttar Pradesh Dairy Development and Milk Products Promotion Policy-2022 is being promulgated to ensure maximum benefits for all stakeholders by augmenting existing capacity utilization, creating new processing capacity and increasing means of livelihood by making use of technological upgradation, appropriate use of information technology and capacity development. This policy aims at creating employment, ensuring nutritional security and steering the state towards one trillion-dollar economy.