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=> Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Milk Price Promotion Scheme at IRDT Auditorium, Survey Chowk, Dehradun. 

Key Points :

=> During this, he announced to increase the incentive amount to 50 paise per liter of milk for the secretaries of milk societies of plain areas and Re 1 per liter of milk for secretaries of milk societies in hilly areas.    

=> Along with this, the Chief Minister announced to increase the milk price incentive amount from Rs 4 per liter to Rs 5 per litre.

=> Along with this, an announcement will be made to release funds for the Directorate of Milk Development Department at Haldwani at the earliest.    

=> It is noteworthy that for the outstanding incentive amount of the milk producers of Uttarakhand, Rs 24 crore has been sanctioned across the state.

=> This amount is being given for dairy development.

=> A total of 52 thousand members have joined this scheme, who will get the benefit of this scheme.    

=> At the launch of this scheme, the Chief Minister has given an amount of one crore rupees to the milk producers through DBT.