Milk production in the country is Rs 8 lakh crore : Parshottam Rupala
The annual growth rate in the livestock sector in the country is more than eight percent in the last five years. This rate is even higher than the manufacturing sector. Milk production in the country is Rs 8 lakh crore, which is more than the total production of wheat, pulses and oilseeds. This information was […]
Dairy Sahakar a 5Kcr scheme launched for encouraging dairy cooperatives
With an aim to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘from cooperation to prosperity’, Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala have jointly launched ‘Dairy Sahakar,’ a scheme envisaging investment of Rs 5,000 crore having focus on encouraging cooperative dairy businesses in the country. […]
DAIRY NEWS Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DAHD signs MOU for livestock dev.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding to work together on sustainably improving India’s livestock sector to support the nation’s food and nutritional security, and protect the economic wellbeing of small-scale livestock producers. The event was organized as […]
Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2020 released by Parshottam Rupala
Union Minister released the report “Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics- 2020”. This report contains tabulated data sets giving production estimates for major livestock products like Milk, Eggs, Meat and Wool. Key highlights of this report from the dairy sectors are summarised as below: The milk production in India has grown by 5.69% to reach 198.4 MT […]
Rupala reviewed the implementation of dairy schemes in UP
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of animal husbandry and dairy schemes in Uttar Pradesh and asked the state government to promote Kisan Credit Card for livestock farmers. Rupala held a review meeting with Uttar Pradesh’s Animal husbandry and Dairying Minister, an official statement said. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and L Murugan participated in […]
e-Gopala’s web version, IMAP web portal launched
Union minister Parshottam Rupala on Saturday launched Anand-based National Dairy Development Board’s (NDDB) web version of e-GOPALA application and IMAP web portal. He said that e-GOPALA provides real-time information to dairy farmers for better productivity of milch animals. The fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying minister further said that NDDB is promoting technology-driven activities for milk […]
Milk procurement prices in Gujarat rose just by 3 paise in one year
Despite average milk production in Gujarat growing by 13 per cent in last one year; prices of milk paid to dairy farmers in the state rose by just three paise. Other cooperatives in states like Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, higher remuneration was paid during the same period . In Gujarat, the average milk procurement […]
