date:Dec 24, 2012
Yadgiri, Bellary and Koppal have been categorised as backward, and KMF will supply 60 million tonnes of milk powder for the malnourished children of these districts.
In order to make payments effectively to the milk producers or the milk farmers on time, the state government has come forward with a subsidy where the milk unions can avail financial assistance from the public sector banks at four per cent interest.
According to the KMF chairman, the move would bring relief to the milk farmers.