<p>Bhopal: The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an agreement with the Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Dairy Federation here on Sunday to enhance milk production in the state.</p>.<p>The pact was signed in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at the state-level cooperative conference underway in Bhopal.</p>.<p>According to MP Animal Husbandry Minister Lakhan Patel, under the agreement, MPCDF's brand name Sanchi won't be changed.</p>.<p>But the NDDB will manage the state cooperative federation's operations, he said.</p>.<p>The agreement envisages to take up the number of milk co-operative societies in the state from 6,000 to 9,000, as per officials.</p>.NCP MP hosts lunch for Amit Shah amid MahaYuti slugfest over guardian ministers.<p>Before the commencement of the cooperative meet, MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav told reporters in Bhopal that the state's contribution to milk production in the country was around 9 per cent.</p>.<p>"Our government has set a target to increase this to more than 20 per cent," he said.</p>.<p>Madhya Pradesh currently ranks third in milk production in the country, after Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, he added.</p>.<p>Yadav said his government wants the state to become the milk capital.</p>.<p>"We are working to make MP as number one state in milk production," he said.</p>.<p>On Saturday, Yadav announced in Indore that the state government, with an aim to bolster milk production, will launch a new scheme on April 14 and name it after Dr B R Ambedkar, to mark his birth anniversary. </p>
<p>Bhopal: The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an agreement with the Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Dairy Federation here on Sunday to enhance milk production in the state.</p>.<p>The pact was signed in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at the state-level cooperative conference underway in Bhopal.</p>.<p>According to MP Animal Husbandry Minister Lakhan Patel, under the agreement, MPCDF's brand name Sanchi won't be changed.</p>.<p>But the NDDB will manage the state cooperative federation's operations, he said.</p>.<p>The agreement envisages to take up the number of milk co-operative societies in the state from 6,000 to 9,000, as per officials.</p>.NCP MP hosts lunch for Amit Shah amid MahaYuti slugfest over guardian ministers.<p>Before the commencement of the cooperative meet, MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav told reporters in Bhopal that the state's contribution to milk production in the country was around 9 per cent.</p>.<p>"Our government has set a target to increase this to more than 20 per cent," he said.</p>.<p>Madhya Pradesh currently ranks third in milk production in the country, after Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, he added.</p>.<p>Yadav said his government wants the state to become the milk capital.</p>.<p>"We are working to make MP as number one state in milk production," he said.</p>.<p>On Saturday, Yadav announced in Indore that the state government, with an aim to bolster milk production, will launch a new scheme on April 14 and name it after Dr B R Ambedkar, to mark his birth anniversary. </p>