♦ The Union Cabinet on 19 March 2025 approved the Revised National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), aimed at modernizing India’s dairy sector and ensuring its long-term growth.

♦ The scheme, classified as a Central Sector initiative, has been allocated an additional Rs.1,000 crore, taking the total budget outlay to Rs.2,790 crore for the duration of the 15th Finance Commission period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. 

♦ Since its inception, the NPDD has had a considerable socio-economic impact. The scheme has benefited over 18.74 lakh farmers and generated more than 30,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities.

♦ It has increased milk procurement capacity by an additional 100.95 lakh litres per day.

♦ The programme has also led to the strengthening of over 51,777 village-level milk testing laboratories and the installation of 5,123 bulk milk coolers with a combined capacity of 123.33 lakh litres.

♦ The Union Cabinet has also approved the establishment of a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex with an annual production capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) within the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Namrup, Assam.

♦ The project, with an estimated total cost of ₹10,601.40 crore, will be executed under a Joint Venture (JV) with a Debt-Equity ratio of 70:30, in accordance with the New Investment Policy, 2012, and its amendments on October 7, 2014.

♦ The commissioning timeline for the Namrup-IV Project is set at 48 months.