Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation

Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation
Government
Industry Dairy
Founded 1985
Headquarters D-2 Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Area served
Odisha
Key people
Shri Bishnupada Sethi IAS
CMD
Products Milk & Milk Products, Horticulture Products, Kandhamal Organic Products, Cattle Feed
Owner Government of Odisha
Website www.omfed.com

The Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation also known as OMFED is one of the Milk Federation affiliated to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), situated at Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha. It is an apex level Milk Producers' Federation in Orissa registered under Cooperative Society Act – 1962. [1] Omfed was established based on AMUL pattern under operation flood programme of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), for promoting, production, procurement, processing and marketing of milk & milk products initially in undivided districts of Puri, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar.

Management

The Orissa state Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd. is controlled by a Board Of Directors which consists of Chairman of all affiliated Dist. Cooperative Milk Producers" Unions, three nominees of Government of Orissa, a nominee from the National Dairy Development Board and Managing Director of the Omfed (Who is the ex officio member). The Chairman of the BOD is elected amongst the members of the Board. The post of Chairman of the Federation is honorary.

References

  1. Misra, Baidyanath; Gyana Chandra Kar; Surendra Nath Misra (2002). Agro-industries and economic development: a vision for the 21st century. Deep & Deep. p. 166. ISBN 978-81-7629-369-3.
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