NDRI Celebrated World Milk Day by displaying its products to General Public

On the occasion of World Milk Day, June 1, 2019 at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal displayed its innovative dairy products as well as kits for assessing quality of milk to general public. Speaking on this occasion Dr. R.R.B Singh, Director, NDRI said that milk is one of the most precious gift of nature which contains almost all the nutrients required to support the life and can be consumed by individuals of all ages. He informed that with 176.3 million tonnes milk production in 2017-18, India enjoys the distinction of the highest milk producer across the globe amounting to 20% of the total milk produced in the world. He particularly mentioned the contribution of Haryana state which is at 8th Number in milk production in India and contributes around 6% of total milk produced in India.

He said that in last few years, NDRI has developed many innovative dairy products such as low cholesterol ghee, Bajra lassi, whey based flavoured dairy drinks, Arjuna Herbal Ghee, fast acidifying culutures, milk protein enriched iron fortified bajra biscuits, kheer mohan with long shelf life, improved textured dahi, expolysacharide producing lactic culture for low fat fermented dairy products, etc. He said technology of all these innovative dairy products have been transferred to the dairy industry. With respect to the assessment of the quality of milk and milk products, Dr. Singh informed that NDRI has made significant contribution in this direction as many innovative, less expensive and rapid methods have been developed. He particularly mentioned the strip based tests for the rapid detection of adulteration and contaminants in milk. While mentioned the transfer of technology, he said that in the last 5 years, NDRI has transferred 73 technologies to various dairy industries and entrepreneurs across the country earning around 185 lakh revenue.

He further said that the main purpose of the displaying NDRI technologies to general public is to create awareness about goodness of milk and also to showcase NDRI achievements.