TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) has invited Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah for a national conclave to be held in Gangtok sometime in November or December. The invitation was extended to Shah by NCDFI chairman Mangal Jit Rai, who called on him on Monday.
The home minister accepted the invitation gracefully, Rai said in a statement. The conclave is being organised on the theme ”Resilient Indian Dairy Cooperatives – exploring the challenges and opportunities” to discuss various trends in the dairy cooperatives sector and chalk out future policy direction for the sector.
The conclave will be attended by 2,000 delegates representing various segment of dairy cooperative, international organisations like Food and Agriculture Organisations of the United Nation, the ILO, central and various state governments, the statement said.
During his meeting, Rai conveyed to Shah that India ranks first among the world”s milk producing nations, achieving an annual output of 198.4 million tonnes of milk during 2019-20 and recording the growth of 35.6 per cent during the last six years.
