Sodhi resignation — Milk industry jolted, writes RN Bhaskar
Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry. R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in 2021-22, stepped from the helm of affairs. He resigned from the post of managing director of the Gujarat cooperative Milk Marketing Federation…
How the regenerative economy can advance social and gender equality
Women, who are disproportionately represented among the world’s poor, are also overexposed to the impacts of climate change. Regenerative solutions which consider equity, climate and gender can accelerate climate action while advancing gender equality and social inclusion. Collaborating with social enterprises to scale innovative solutions enables organizations to make meaningful impact across multiple SDGs. COP27…
In 2023 Focus on weekly shifts than annual forecast
The new year 2023 has arrived. It did not take our permission to roll in. Same is true with our life. It just happens. Each moment , life is happening to us. Still we try to plan for it. We miss every moment in life while planning for some good moments in future. We are…
MoU Signed to Commercialise -Developed ‘Lumpi-ProVac’ Vaccine
Lumpy skin disease is a viral infection that primarily affects cattle. It is spread by blood-feeding insects such as flies and mosquitoes, as well as ticks. It causes fever, nodules on the skin, and death, particularly in animals that have never been exposed to the virus. Rupala lauded ICAR’s efforts in developing the indigenous Lumpi-ProVac vaccine against…
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…