Explanation:

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently declared Jerri settlement in Reasi district as the first 'milk village' of the Union Territory.

The administration has also sanctioned 57 more dairy farms under the Integrated dairy development scheme (IDDS) for the hamlet.

The milk village, which houses 73 individual dairy units with 370 cows, will give financial security to the local farmers.

Taking a lead to carving out a hamlet of dairy farms, the women of the settlement have formed a cooperative of 11 females for collecting milk from the dairy farms and households for further transportation to the milk selling plants or other establishments.

After being declared as 'milk village', a total of 57 units have been sanctioned under the IDDS for the village, Agriculture Department officials said.

More such cooperatives in the village will be set up to ensure collection of the milk by the cooperatives and its further transportation to the milk selling establishments thereby completing the supply chain..

Principal Secretary in the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Department also lauded the launch of the milk village, terming it as a major economic reform by the locals.