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…
Dairy Sector needs modernization of infrastructure to grow : Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
As per Dr Bhanwala , chairperson NABARD, covid -19 may create opportunities for infrastructural reforms in dairy and agriculture sector. Current infrastructure in dairy is either not sufficient or not…
Indian railways have developed large capacity Rail milk tankers
Newly developed range of Rail milk tankers will be of 44600 Liters each with an increase of around 12% from the existing largest capacity rail tankers. This will make the…
DK Milk Union earmarked Rs 6 crore for cattle insurance scheme.
Dakshin Kannada Union (DK Union) will launch cattle insurance drive for its members from June 1( world milk day) . The union has earmarked Rs 6 Crores for the same.…
Covid-19 corollaries on the dairy sector by CRISIL
As per findings of CRISIL, closure of hotels, restaurants, canteens, catering etc has impacted the demand of milk and milk products. Products like ice creams , curd, buttermilk, lassi and…
ICT may change footprint of Indian dairy sector : Atul Chaturvedi Secy Animal Husbandry
Pashu Aadhar card for 537 million livestock may be a reality in next 2-3 years. The government is inducting latest technologies like block chain to create a high level traceability…
Mother Dairy booths could be used as complaint counter for domestic abuse
In a recent development the Delhi state legal services authority has asked women to report any domestic abuse at nearest mother dairy booth or a chemist shop. These two outlets…