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India may import butter and ghee through NDDB

India may import butter and ghee through NDDB - Dairy News 7X7

The Indian government is considering to allow import of some dairy products such as butter and ghee in limited quantity without any subsidy to improve domestic supply amid apprehensions of a stagnant production of milk with demand surging by 8-10 per cent. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar […]

Can India really become milk pail of the world ?

Can India really become milk pail of the world ? - Dairy News 7X7

49 th Dairy industry conference organised by Indian Dairy Association concluded on 18th March at Ahmedabad on a very high note. The event was inaugurated by Minister of Dairying Sh Parshottam Rupala ji on 16th of March. The valedictory session was graced by Sh Amit Shah ji Minister of Cooperation and Sh Bhupinder Patel ji […]

49th Dairy Industry Conference inaugurated by Parshottam Rupala

49th Dairy Industry Conference inaugurated by Parshottam Rupala - Dairy News 7X7

49th Dairy Industry Conference inaugurated with great fan and fare. It looked like an ocean of dairy farmers and dairy professionals from all parts of the India as well as abroad at the helipad venue in Ahmedabad. The three day conference is getting organized after 27 years in Gujarat. There has been multifold increase in […]

Karimnagar Dairy bags NPDD project worth Rs 90.70 crore

Karimnagar Dairy bags NPDD project worth Rs 90.70 crore - Dairy News 7X7

The Karimnagar Milk Producer Company limited also known as Karimnagar Dairy has bagged the prestigious National Project for Dairy Development (NPDD) with the financial assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The project was initially decided to develop the dairy sector in north-eastern states, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar […]

Central government may take over Mahananda Dairy

Central government may take over Mahananda Dairy - Dairy News 7X7

Mahanand Dairy once a famous and profitable undertaking of the Maharashtra government may take over by the Central government through National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as the talks about this takeover are in the advanced stage. While answering the queries on calling attention motion in the legislative council Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe -Patil who is […]

Milk prices to stay elevated till Diwali: Mother Dairy MD

Milk prices to stay elevated till Diwali: Mother Dairy MD - Dairy News 7X7

Milk prices are likely to be at elevated levels till October this year due to high cost of feed and raw material, and supply challenges, a senior official of Mother Dairy, a major milk supplier in the Delhi-NCR region, said on Monday. Organised players, including Mother Dairy and Amul, hiked milk prices multiple times in the […]

Eying To Cash In The Booming Organic Market Via Cooperatives

Eying To Cash In The Booming Organic Market Via Cooperatives - Dairy News 7X7

With estimated global organic food market to be around Rs 10 lakh crore where India’s share is paltry 2.7 per cent, the Government is eying to harness the unlimited opportunities on the platter to boost income of farmers for which it has set up a national level cooperative society for organic products. The first-of-its-kind initiative […]

Govt to set up 2 lakh dairy co-operative societies in next 5 years

Govt to set up 2 lakh dairy co-operative societies in next 5 years - Dairy News 7X7

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a blueprint for strengthening the co-operative movement and deepening its reach. Accordingly, two lakh new Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) and dairy-fishery co-operatives will be set up in villages and panchayats untapped by co-operatives over the next five years. At present, there are around 63,000 functional PACS out of […]

Cornell, EDF aim to reduce methane output for India’s dairies

Cornell, EDF aim to reduce methane output for India’s dairies - Dairy News 7X7

Cornell will assist the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Dairy Development Board of India – the world’s largest dairy producing country – in a project to help its smallholder farmers reduce methane output and produce milk efficiently. “Enteric methane production from the digestive systems of cows and buffaloes is a major source of global […]

National Workshop on Water Management in Dairy Industry

National Workshop on Water Management in Dairy Industry - Dairy News 7X7

Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence organized a National Workshop on Water Management in Dairy Industry in IRMA on 28 January 2023. Prof. Umakant Dash, the Director of IRMA gave the welcome speech and felicitated the guests. He appreciated VKCoE’s efforts in organizing the MDPs on ‘Smart Dairy Farming’ and ‘Reducing Carbon footprint in Dairy Plants […]