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Himachal lets government institutions buy milk from Milkfed and dairy cooperatives

11 November 2026

The Himachal Pradesh government has cleared the purchase of milk and milk products by its own departments and institutions from cooperatives. Hospitals, schools, hostels, canteens, boards, corporations and public sector undertakings can now buy, as required, from the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (Milkfed) and local dairy cooperative societies. Four more societies besides Milkfed gain, among them Kamdhenu Hitkari Manch at Namhol in Bilaspur district and Amrit Dhara Dairy Cooperative Society at Darlaghat in Solan district. The idea is to give dairy farmers a steady institutional buyer and lift their earnings. Milkfed runs dairy work in 11 districts and buys through 799 primary milk producers' cooperative societies that serve 55,300 producers. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said dairying could raise rural household incomes, especially for small and marginal farmers, women and jobless youth.

Primary societies under Milkfed: 799 Milk producers served: 55,300 Districts covered by Milkfed: 11

Why it matters for exams: State milk federations such as Milkfed, and the three-tier dairy cooperative model, are regular questions in agriculture and rural economy sections.

Kerala PSCUPSC

11 November 2026 Source: The Tribune

In plain words

Milkfed Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation — The apex body of Himachal's dairy cooperatives that procures and markets milk.