Animal husbandry Infrastructure fund may ignite White revolution 2.0
Mr R S Sodhi MD Amul , is confident that recently announced Animal husbandry fund of Rs 15000 crore may begin white revolution 2.0 in the country. He appreciated the…
World Milk Day celebrated on June 01,2020 by Indian Dairy Association North Zone
World milk day was celebrated on June 1, 2020 through out the world. It was declared as world milk day in 2011 by FAO. The purpose was to acknowledge the…
One stop Food Safety and Compliance System (FoSCoS ) to ber launched on June 1st by FSSAI
Long awaited IT enabled single point food regulatory and compliance system will be launched on June 1st. This system will be replacing the existing Food Licensing & Registration System (FLRS).…
Maharashtra dairy sector could only achieve 50% of its procurement target
Maharashtra state was the first one to announce a milk procurement program to collect 10 lakh litres of milk at Rs 25 per liter from the farmer and creating its…
G R Chintala is new Chairman of NABARD
Sh G R Chintala is appointed as the new chairman of The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural development (NABARD). He took charge from Dr Harsh Bhanwala last week. He…
Mr Arun Singhal IAS appointed as Chief executive Officer, FSSAI
Sh Arun Singhal , a senior bureaucrat has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), as part of a senior-level bureaucratic…
Covid-19 Fall in milk prices put pressure on dairy farmers in Maharashtra
Milk was sold at Rs 30 to 35 before the corona outbreak in Maharashtra state. After the lock down the demand of all milk and milk products plummeted and milk…
Punjab Dairy industry in crisis amid lockdown
There are 40 milk plants in the state with 30 of them run by private sector and 10 by the government under the aegis of Milkfed ( Punjab state milk…
Dairy farmers in Udaipur village near Guwahati are in bad shape due to Corona
A small cluster of dairy farmers around 13 kms from the district center are in very bad shape due to COVID-19. Their main target segment are from HORECA segment i.e…