🏭 Introduction
The Uttar Pradesh Dairy Development and Milk Products Promotion Policy 2022 aims to transform the state’s dairy sector by encouraging investments, enhancing processing capacities, and promoting value-added dairy products. With Uttar Pradesh being the largest milk-producing state in India, this policy seeks to bridge the gap between production and processing, ensuring better returns for farmers and high-quality products for consumers.
🎯 Objectives
- Increase milk processing levels from 10% to 25%.
- Achieve a capital investment target of ₹5,000 crore over five years.
- Ensure market-based remunerative prices for milk producers.
- Promote the establishment of milk-based industries across the state.
- Enhance the quality and availability of processed milk products.
💰 Financial Incentives
- Capital Investment Subsidy
- 10% subsidy on the cost of plant machinery, technical civil works, and spare parts.
- Maximum limit: ₹5 crore per unit.
- Applicable for new establishments and expansions (minimum 25% increase in capacity)
- Interest Subvention
- New milk processing units: 5% interest subsidy on loans, up to ₹10 crore for 5 years.
- New cattle feed units: 5% interest subsidy on loans, up to ₹7.5 crore for 5 years.
- Technological upgradation within dairy plants: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹2.5 crore for 5 years.
- New technology outside dairy plants: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹1 crore for 5 years.
- Cold chain establishment: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹1 crore for 5 years.
- Expansion of dairy units: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹2.5 crore for 5 years.
- Expansion of cattle feed units: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹2 crore for 5 years.
- Value-added milk products units: 5% interest subsidy, up to ₹2 crore for 5 years.
🌐 Market Development & Brand Promotion
- Transportation grant: 25% of actual expenditure, up to ₹20 lakh per annum for 3 years.
- Export promotion: 20% of Freight on Board value, up to ₹40 lakh per annum for 3 years.
- Sample dispatch: 50% of unit cost, up to ₹5 lakh per beneficiary.
🧪 Standardization & Quality Assurance
- Certification subsidy: 50% of fees and testing charges, up to ₹5 lakh for certifications like ISO-14001, ISO 22000, HACCP, etc.
- Patent/design registration: 75% of fees, up to ₹5 lakh.
⚡ Other Incentives
- Electricity duty reimbursement: For new milk processing units for a period of 10 years.
- Stamp duty reimbursement: On land purchase or lease for setting up dairy units.
🧑🏫 Human Resource Development
- Training programs on clean milk production, breed improvement, and technical/financial aspects for professionals in the dairy sector.
- Collaborations with reputed institutions for skill development.
🖥️ Implementation & Monitoring
- Dedicated portal: For application submissions and monitoring.
- Project Facilitation Centre: At the headquarters for technical support and data analytics.
- State-level Empowered Committee: For policy implementation and monitoring.
- District-level monitoring: Through Udyog Bandhu committees.
📅 Policy Duration
The policy is effective for 5 years from the date of notification (October 17, 2022).
