It is never wrong to do the right thing
This blog is dedicated to women farmers of our country. This year brought lots of challenges for the dairy sector. The challenges came in other sectors too. The happenings around us are not a problem. The problem is with how we react to those happenings. It is not action but our knee jerk reaction in…
TD questions YSRC government leasing out Chittoor Dairy
Telugu Desam national spokesman Kommareddy Pattabhiram accused Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of deliberately destroying dairy industry in Andhra Pradesh only to promote Amul Dairy. Speaking to media here on Thursday, he alleged that the actual plan of CM is to hand over properties of AP Dairy Development Corporation and other cooperative dairies in the state…
Rs 2,128 Cr To Telangana Dairy Sector In 4 Years From Center
Union Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Purushotham Rupala said that the funds allocated by the Central government for the development of Dairy industry in Telangana in the last 4 years is Rs. 2,128 crores. He said in the financial year 2022-23 Rs. 540.10 crores have been allocated to Telangana through its schemes…
Dairy to be probed by Maharashtra Coop and Dairy development depts
The state Cooperation and Dairy Development departments are set to probe the Pune District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Association, also known as Katraj Dairy, over alleged irregularities. The dairy is controlled by leaders linked to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar. According to an order issued by the state Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development department…
Assam: Purabi Dairy hikes milk procurement rate
Bringing cheers to thousands of dairy farmers, West Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Ltd (WAMUL) on Monday said it has hiked the milk procurement rate by Rs 2 per kg with immediate effect. The decision by the Guwahati-based cooperative, which markets milk and milk products under the Purabi Dairy brand, will directly benefit around 25,000…
Dairy farmers stage protest in Puducherry UT
Milk Producers Federation on Thursday staged a protest seeking hike in the procurement price of milk in the Union Territory. They gathered near Anna Statue and poured milk on the road as a mark of protest against the delay in taking a decision on increasing the procurement price. The federation said the government should increase the price…
Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Bill-More Freedom to animals than Humans
I just came across a notification to share comments on the Draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (Amendment) Bill. 2022 . This draft is available at the Department of Animal husbandry and dairying website www.dahd.nic.in. The draft has around 63 amendments, insertions and omissions to the existing 1960 Act. I read through the draft and…
Aavin must reduce price of orange milk packets, says Anbumani
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday said Aavin should reduce the price of orange milk packets to overcome the shortage of green ones in Chennai and other suburban areas. In a statement, he said the reason for the shortage of green packet milk is the increased price of orange packets. “The demand for orange milk packets…
Britannia aims to grow cheese business to ₹1,250 cr in five years
Britannia Industries, which announced a joint-venture with French cheesemaker Bel Group earlier this week, aims to scale up its packaged cheese business by 5x to about ₹1,250 crore over the next five years. “Our first target is to grow the cheese business by 5x over the next five years. We currently have a cheese business of about ₹250 crore. We believe, with this partnership, we will be able to significantly…
Mysuru farmers demand milk procurement at ₹40 a litre
Even as milk price was recently hiked by ₹2 a litre, farmers in Mysuru are demanding that the procurement price should be increased to ₹40 a litre. Karnataka Rajya Raithas Sangha (KRRS) activists on Monday met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is on a day’s visit to Mysuru and Nanjangud, and sought the hike. They…