Milk for schoolchildren on all six days

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Karnataka government will soon provide milk to schoolchildren on all six days in a week under the Ksheera Bhagya scheme.

KSHEERA BHAGYA (ಶಾಲಾ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಹಾಲು)

·        It is an innovative and prestigious program of distributing milk to school and Anganwadi children by the Karnataka Government

·    It was launched by Karnataka Milk Federation in association with Lower and Higher Education Department, Women & Child Department of Karnataka State on 1st August 2013.

Know about Karnataka Milk Federation

·  It is a federation of milk producers association working on cooperative principles

·  Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells products such as pedha, jalebi, paneer, curds and milk in the name of Nandini.

·       Almost every district in state of Karnataka has milk producing co-operatives. The milk is collected from farmers who are its members, processed and sold in the market by the brand of Nandini.

·        It is the second largest milk co-operative in India after AMUL

Source: The Hindu, Wikipedia