Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council today accorded sanction to the implementation of Dairy Cooperative scheme for Dairy Cooperative Societies in the Union Territory of J&K with the support of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). <br />'' <br />'' The scheme endeavours to boost milk production in J&K through empowerment of Dairy Cooperative Societies with easy financial assistance for production, processing and marketing including purchase of animals, rearing, augmenting their capacities, health care, development of infrastructure for milk processing, other by products and creation of infrastructure to undertake marketing activities.<br />''  <br />'' Under the scheme, the government shall provide 50 per cent of the loan and 20 per cent of the share capital to the beneficiary cooperative societies. While a subsidy to the tune of 25 per cent will also be provided to the beneficiaries and owners contribution in the scheme shall be only five per cent. <br />'' <br />'' The scheme with the sponsorship of NCDC will facilitate establishment of integrated dairy projects with the provision for technical inputs for farmer's organizations, mobile veterinary care, artificial insemination, expansion/renovation of milk collection centres, packaging units and chilling plants, purchase/rearing and breading of milch animals, setting up of small feed mixing manufacturing units, testing laboratories, establishment  or expansion of effluent treatment plants, milk parlours and establishment of technical and promotional cell.<br />''