India, March 18 -- Marathvarhad MPO also plans to set up an automated fair and transparent milk collection system in all the intervention villages

Women-led Marathvarhad Milk Producer Organisation aims to increase milk procurement volumes to 11 lakh kg per day in the next 5 years and achieve an annual turnover of Rs 1,800 crore.

Existing operations of Vidarbha and Marathwada Dairy Development Project (VMDDP) shall also be brought under the ambit of Marathvarhad Milk Producer Organisation in line with NDDB's application mandate to promote producer-owned organisations.

In 2013, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU for taking up dairy development in drought-prone Vidarbha and Marathwa...