<span style="color: #222222;">Himachal Pradesh state government today launched Nutritional Immunity Boosting 'Him Haldi Dudh(Turmeric Latte)' manufactured by MILKFED. On this occasion, Chief minister Jairam Thakur also disbursed incentives to the Milk Producers of Mandi, Shimla and Kullu district under the National Programme for Diary Development. He  also interacted with them through video conference from Shimla. Him Haldi Dudh has been developed by the Bio Technology Department of Punjabi University Patiala and has been patented. This drink is a Detox drink which has anti-hangover, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunity booster contents in it.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Minister expressed hope that this drink would become popular among the masses. Mr Thakur said that under the National Diary Development Programme, MILKFED today transferred 2000 rupees each to the accounts of 835 milk producers as incentive amount and also 5 litre stainless steel buckets to 1000 mill producers for collection and transportation of milk for marketing. He said that MILKFED has transferred 16.70 lakh rupees into the accounts of the milk producers. He expressed happiness that the annual turnover of the MILKFED was 132 crore rupees in the year 2019-20, which was 33 percent higher than the previous year's turnover.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Minister said that even in the Covid pandemic, the MILKFED did not stop its activities and procured milk from the farmers. He said that the Diary development activities have provided much needed boost to the rural economy during this pandemic. It may be recalled that the MILKFED is managing eleven milk plants in the State and about 1011 Milk Cooperatives are associated with the MILKFED. Presently the MILKFED was collecting 1.24 lakh litre milk per day.</span><br />