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National Dairy Plan April 21, 20134 Comments In 2012, the UPA government had approved the National Dairy Plan Phase-I for a period of six years from 2011-12 to 2016-17 as a Central Sector Scheme. This plan was launched to cover 14 major milk producing States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal which account for over 90 per cent of the country’s milk production, having 87 per cent of breedable cattle and buffalo population and 98 per cent of the fodder resources. In June 2015, the union government has included three more states viz. Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and it has been extended up to 2018-19. Source: http://www.gktoday.in/national-dairy-plan/ This