Question

history of milk supplying in India

Answer 1

As a response to this logistical

problem, colonial government of India had established a strong tradition of active

government presence in dairy processing and marketing, since late 1920s,

government milk colonies were established by municipal corporations in large

cities which promoted huge dairy farms in their peripheries. Thus, Bombay has

its milk colony at Agarey, Calcutta's was near Haringhotta and the milk colony in

Madras was at Madhavaram. These edificies were a legacy of the colonial dairy

policy to hasten the pace of dairy development the Milk sub-committee of the

Policy Committee on Agriculture (1950) recommended for the monopolization of

milk supply and distribution through Milk Control Board and from this

recommendation that the city milk scheme originated.

However, by the end of 1960 it was clear that the idea of the city milk

scheme was unworkable primarily because the city milk scheme never drew their

milk supply from the urban periphery, they found it difficult to compete with the

dudhias who pedaled cans of fresh milk on their bicycles and provided doorstep