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ERCMPU to pay ₹7 extra to societies; farmers to get ₹5 more a litre

ERCMPU to pay ₹7 extra to societies; farmers to get ₹5 more a litre - Dairy News 7X7

Milma’s Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) will pay an extra ₹7 a litre to milk societies under it, with ₹5 a litre going to the farmers. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ERCMPU in Kochi on January 25. This is the biggest incentive by far in the dairy sector in […]

Dairy farmers panic as mysterious disease kills 62cattle at Bhatinda

Dairy farmers panic as mysterious disease kills 62cattle at Bhatinda - Dairy News 7X7

Bathinda deputy director of animal husbandry Dr Rajdeep Singh said 40 cattle died at Raike Kalan while 22 dairy animals reportedly perished at Sooch village. Sixty-two cattle have died due to a mysterious disease in two villages of Bathinda district in less than a month, creating panic among the dairy farmers. “Nearly 70 cattle are […]

Minister launches interactive programme for dairy farmers

Minister launches interactive programme for dairy farmers - Dairy News 7X7

Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J. Chinchurani on Friday launched ‘Dairy Next’, an interactive programme that will provide authentic information on cow rearing to dairy farmers. Speaking at the event in Chanapara near Kadakkal, the Minister said the programme will be implemented in all the 140 Assembly constituencies of the State. “Through new […]

Karnataka Bank inks pact with Digivriddhi to offer financial services to dairy farmers

Karnataka Bank inks pact with Digivriddhi to offer financial services to dairy farmers - Dairy News 7X7

Karnataka Bank has partnered with fintech company Digivriddhi (DGV) to offer financial services catering to the needs of dairy farmers and milk societies. The services will be made available at village dairy co-operative societies associated with milk unions of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). To begin with, the services are now made available to milk societies associated […]

Punjab dairy farmers protest at Verka plant against rate reduction

Punjab dairy farmers protest at Verka plant against rate reduction - Dairy News 7X7

Scores of dairy farmers from across the state gathered outside the Verka plant in Mohali on Monday to protest against the rate reduction. Baldev Singh, ex-chairman of the Milk plant in Mohali said that Milkfed had reduced the rate from ₹83 a litre to ₹80 a litre. “Contrary to our request for a hike in the rate, […]

Banas Dairy to give zero-interest credit cards to cattle breeders

Banas Dairy to give zero-interest credit cards to cattle breeders - Dairy News 7X7

Banas Dairy will provide a zero-interest credit card to cattle breeders starting from January 15th. The credit card will have a limit of Rs. 50,000, and no interest will be charged on the withdrawal of money. Banas Dairy Chairman and Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary made this announcement at a religious function in Malupur of […]

Banas Dairy to give zero-interest credit cards to cattle breeders

Banas Dairy to give zero-interest credit cards to cattle breeders - Dairy News 7X7

Banas Dairy will provide a zero-interest credit card to cattle breeders starting from January 15th. The credit card will have a limit of Rs. 50,000, and no interest will be charged on the withdrawal of money. Banas Dairy Chairman and Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary made this announcement at a religious function in Malupur of […]

Maharashtra to revise milk subsidy formula for wider coverage

Maharashtra to revise milk subsidy formula for wider coverage - Dairy News 7X7

Maharashtra animal husbandry and dairy development minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said on Wednesday that the state government would revise an earlier accepted formula to provide subsidy to milk producers for wider coverage. During the winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur, Vikhe Patil had said on December 20 that the government would give a […]

Amit Shah proposes to give RuPay cards to all farmers in Gujarat

Amit Shah proposes to give RuPay cards to all farmers in Gujarat - Dairy News 7X7

In order to limit cash transactions by farmers, Union minister for home and co-operation Amit Shah on Saturday proposed shifting of bank accounts of all farmers and local cooperative bodies to District-level cooperative banks. “Farmers do not want to do “tax chori” (evade taxes). But the farmers do not know that the moment they give […]