Himachal is the first state in the country where the state government is purchasing cow milk at the rate of Rs 51 per litre and buffalo milk for Rs 61 per litre through the Himachal Pradesh Milk Federation. He said that under the Doodh Protsahan Yojana, the farmers registered with private milk cooperatives and selling milk to them would receive an incentive of Rs 3 per litre, which would be directly credited to their bank accounts in the DBT mode. They were also provided Rs 1.59 crore as transport subsidy at the rate of Rs 3 per litre, which was Rs 1.50 per litre earlier, thus extending a substantial financial benefit of Rs 18.24 crore every year to the community. He said, “The freight subsidy for milk collected by private cooperatives has been increased from Rs 1.50 per litre to Rs 3 per litre, benefiting thousands of farmers. Milk processing facilities are being expanded through MilkFed.”He said, “To provide maximum marketing opportunities, a campaign to constitute milk cooperative societies was kick-stated in June this year and 320 milk cooperatives have been established so far.