The National Capital Region Planning Board has awarded the assignment titled “Preparation of Functional Plan for Dairy sector in NCR” to NDDB through a competitive bidding process. This assignment will form a part of the mega Regional Plan 2041 (RP 2041) for NCR. The vision of the NCR Regional Plan 2041 is – “To provide a long-term plan for development of the technology driven, future-ready National Capital Region of New Vibrant India, with citizen-centric infrastructure for building an economically prosperous region aligned with sustainable development goals.”
The Functional Plan will provide strategies, approaches, guiding principles, list of identified infrastructure projects with cost estimates, location specific proposals/ details, etc. for dairying in NCR in line with the overall policies and proposals of the RP-2041. It is expected that there will be a demonstration effect that leads to replication of development strategies in other urban areas in India, as well as potential downstream investment in socio-economic infrastructure in the NCR.
The preparation exercise of Functional Plan for Dairying in NCR would include studies, collection of primary and secondary data, data analysis and interpolation, formulation of strategies, proposed interventions and identification of projects at regional, sub-regional and local level-within the coverage and overall framework of NCR Regional Plan-2041.
A Stakeholder Consultation Workshop was organized in New Delhi recently. Over 100 stakeholders consisting farmers, women, youths, central and state government departments, government bodies, communities, local bodies, NGOs, service providers, cooperatives, FPOs, private players, unorganised players etc. were invited to help in identifying major issues, challenges and opportunities in the dairy sector in the region.
The Workshop was inaugurated by Ms Varsha Joshi, Additional Secretary, DAHD, GoI; Smt. Archana Agarwal, Secretary, NCRPB, GoI; Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman NDDB, Shri Jugmohan Singh, Chief Regional Planner, NCRPB and Shri S Regupathi, Executive Director, NDDB. The workshop was attended by wide variety of stakeholders of the dairy sector like Animal Husbandry Department/Livestock Development Boards, FSSAI, BIS, APEDA, EIC, CLFMA, Dairy cooperatives, FPO, MPO, Dairy Farmers, Private dairies, Cattle feed plants of cooperatives and private sector, Amul, Mother Dairy and NDDB subsidiaries.
