It refers to news item about co-operative giant Amul winning over Mother Dairy in a bid to take over Delhi Milk Scheme DMS running in heavy losses at an annual lease of rupees 42.30 crore against rupees 42.20 offered by Mother Dairy for 30 years with 7-percent annual increase in lease-amount in the bid opened on 27.11.2018. DMS started in the year 1959 having already piled up losses to tune of rupees 900 crores was decided to be given to some market-leader during UPA regime.
Presently 566 DMS booths scattered throughout the capital city of India are being grossly misused as private shops by the licensees in corrupt partnership of DMS-personnel by authorisation to sell products other than from DMS. It is to be noted that Mother Dairy booths in Delhi-NCR sell only Mother Dairy products, a big reason for success of ‘Mother Dairy’. Mere existence of DMS after launch of Mother Dairy by Union government for Delhi-NCR is in itself wastage of public-resources also through double-spent on overheads.
Now it is time that final decision on leasing out DMS to Amul or Mother Dairy may be taken soon with a condition that DMS booths will be utilised to sell products only of the company to which DMS is leased out may be Amul or Mother Dairy.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL