National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

In news– The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has recently launched NDDB MRIDA Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of NDDB to take forward manure management initiatives across the country.

NDDB MRIDA Limited-

NDDB has established NDDB MRIDA Limited, an Unlisted Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 2013 with the paid-up capital of Rs. 9.50 crore.
It will open avenues of additional income to dairy farmers from sale of slurry/ dung.
It will help in savings to the farmers by virtue of replacement of cooking fuel with biogas.
This is a first-of-its-kind company focussing on efficient utilisation of dung by creating a manure management value chain.
It will take up setting up of manure value chain, biogas based CNG generation, biogas-based energy generation for dairy plants.
The company will undertake research and development on cost effective technologies for efficient dung management and a major area of focus will be establishing revenue generation models at the village-level through sale of cattle dung-based products.
It will provide marketing and sale support to agencies manufacturing gobar-gas slurry-based fertilisers and establish mechanisms to accrue carbon revenue from the projects to generate additional revenue stream for dairy farmers.
The manure management initiatives have potential to generate biogas equivalent to 50 percent of India’s present LPG consumption & also produce bio slurry equivalent to 44 per cent of India’s NPK requirement.

About National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) –

It is a statutory body set up by an Act of the Parliament of India(NDDB Act 1987).
It was also declared an institution of national importance by the Act.
It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Government of India.
Its main office is in Anand, Gujarat with regional offices throughout the country.
NDDB’s subsidiaries include Indian Dairy Machinery Company Limited, Mother Dairy and Indian Immunologicals Limited, Hyderabad.
The Board was created to finance and support producer-owned and controlled organisations.
Its programmes and activities seek to strengthen farmer cooperatives and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such institutions.
Cooperative principles and cooperative strategies are fundamental to the board’s efforts.
NDDB has also registered a trademark named “SuDhan” to provide common identity to dung based organic fertilisers.