Strategic Investments for Future Growth

Significant investments under various plan schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes are set to revolutionize the milk production landscape, fostering enhanced productivity and quality.

• Milk Value Incentive: Providing dairy farmers with an additional price for milk procured by the Union.
• Artificial Insemination Centres: Establishing 75 centres that conduct around 8,000 artificial inseminations annually, facilitated by trained DCS staff under the NPCBB program.
• Silage and Paddy Straw Subsidy Scheme: Supplying high-quality paddy straw and silage at subsidized rates to ensure year-round availability.
• Decentralized Veterinary Units: Operating 18 units that handle approximately 13,000 emergency veterinary cases annually, delivering essential services directly to farmers' doorsteps.
• Financial Assistance for Cattle Death without Insurance: Providing Rs.
15,000 as interim relief for cattle deaths not covered by insurance.
• Ksheerasanthwanam Insurance Scheme: In collaboration with the Dairy Development Department, this scheme provides comprehensive health and life insurance coverage for both dairy farmers and their livestock.
• Intensive Cattle Insurance Campaign: Conducting APCOS-based camps to promote cattle insurance, supported by DVU doctors.
• Personal Accidental Death Insurance Scheme: Union supports farmers and their family members by facilitating participation in the Personal Accidental Death Insurance Scheme.
• Heat Index based Insurance Scheme: The Union facilitates the Heat Index Based Cattle Insurance, which covers losses in milk yield due to increased heat stress.
• Cattle Insurance Premium Subsidy: Offering a subsidy of Rs.
500 for insuring up to four animals per farmer.
• Farm Incentive: Awarding an incentive of Rs.
0.40 per liter of milk poured into APCOS to encourage farm sector dairy farmers.
• Rubber Mat Subsidy: Subsidizing rubber mats to enhance barn hygiene and cattle health.
• Cattle Loan Interest Subsidy: Providing interest subsidies to support dairy farmers in securing cattle loans.
• Milking Machine Subsidy: Promoting the adoption of milking machines to reduce labour and ensure clean milk production through subsidies.
• Chaff Cutter Subsidy: Offering subsidies for the purchase of electric chaff cutters to improve feed management efficiency.
• Wheelbarrow Subsidy: Providing subsidies for the purchase of wheelbarrows.
• Steel Can Subsidy: Distributing 20,000 ten-litre steel cans to selected dairy farmers as part of the ‘Revitalising Primary Producers’ Owned Institute’ scheme by the National Dairy Development Board.
• Training: Comprehensive training program for DCS Management Committee Members, dairy farmers and DCS staff.

APCOS Support Activities

• SNF/MBRT Incentive : Implementing an incentive scheme for societies delivering milk with superior chemical and microbiological quality.
• APCOS Building Grant : Providing financial assistance for building and infrastructure development in APCOS societies.
• APCOS building Insurance : The Union supports APCOS by facilitating their participation in the APCOS building insurance scheme, which provides coverage against fire and other perils.
• Centrifuge Subsidy : Enhancing testing and laboratory facilities with subsidies for centrifuges.
• Can Conveyor Subsidy : Offering subsidies for constructing can conveyors at milk reception docks.
• Cow-Lift Subsidy : Providing subsidy for constructing cow-lift equipment to assist in veterinary services for recumbent animals.
• Can Subsidy : Supplying milk cans to societies at subsidized rates.

Through these initiatives, ERCMPU is committed to fostering a robust and sustainable dairy farming ecosystem, enhancing both the quality and quantity of milk production while supporting our dairy farmers and societies comprehensively.