DW BUREAU Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that the state government will give a major push to the agriculture allied activities for supplementing income of the farmers. The Chief Minister, while addressing the gathering after dedicating Verka milk plant with capacity of processing one lakh litre milk, said that it is the need of hour to bail out farmer from crisis. He said that due to increasing agriculture inputs and diminishing returns the agriculture is no longer a profitable venture. Bhagwant Mann in such scenario the allied activities can bail out the farmers. The CM said that it will reduce the dependence of farmers only on fields. He said that this project constructed at cost of Rs 15 crore will give major push to diary farming sector. Bhagwant Mann said that besides giving impetus to dairy farming it will also help in checking the supply of spurious milk in state. Chief Minister further said that another such plant with capacity six times more than this plant is coming up at a cost of Rs 100 crore in Ludhiana. He said that it will be too dedicated to people soon. Bhagwant Mann said that stringent quality check is also being introduced in these plants. CM inisted asserted that upgradation of the procurement infrastructure is the need of hour to ensure best quality of milk is collected from villages and then is supplied to consumers after processing. (editor@dailyworld.in)