Rajasthan Govt To Replace Milk With Millets In School Midday Meals
Scraping one more scheme of the previous Congress regime, the BJP government in Rajasthan is planning to provide coarse grain instead of milk to the school children. State Education Minister Madan Dilawar Explains About Why The Decision Was Taken Education Minister Madan Dilawar said that not all school students are getting the benefit of Bal…
Punjab targets 3 million Dairy Livestock for artificial insemination
With an aim to boost milk production and enhance disease resistance in animals by improving the breed quality of livestock, Punjab Animal Husbandry department has set an annual target of 30 lakh artificial inseminations across the state. Revealing this today, Punjab Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian said that the…
Milk Prices Hiked By Rs 3 in Guwahati from From Sep 1
Purchasing a litre of milk in Guwahati will get dearer by Rs 3 from September 1 after another price hike announced by the Guwahati Dairy Traders’ Association. The fresh price hike comes just three months after milk prices for both wholesale and retail sales were raised in June. Announcing the hike, the association said that it…
Buffalo Milk will be sold at Rs 89 per liter From Sep1 in Mumbai
MMPA said the decision was unanimous and the price of buffalo milk, which is sold by over 3,000 retailers in Mumbai, will go up from Rs 87 per litre to Rs 89 per litre, and will remain in force for six months. As a result, the retail rates are expected to shoot up to Rs…
Green Revolution+ via value added Agri is Key to ‘Viksit Bharat’ Strategy
Achieving ‘Green Revolution-plus’ through horticulture alongside productivity boosts in our staples is key to the ‘Viksit Bharat’ strategy India, with an agriculture output of over 1,300 million tonnes (MT) in 2023-24, is food secure. However, nutritional deficiency, low farmer incomes and ecological unsustainability continue to remain our bane. The country’s historically pluralistic platter of agri…
Zydus Acquires 50% Stake in Sterling Biotech for Animal-Free Dairy Facility
Californian precision fermentation startup Perfect Day has agreed to sell 50% of its stake in Mumbai-based Sterling Biotech – a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical gelatin and fermentation-derived ingredients – to Zydus Lifesciences for ₹550 crore ($66M), with the business now becoming a joint venture. The move will give both companies equal representation on the board,…
Aavin has undergone a major transformation- Mano Thangraj
Aavin has undergone a major transformation over the past two years through a systematic approach, says Minister of Milk and Dairy Development, T Mano Thangaraj. “We have improved our product quality by enhancing work culture, organisational ethics, skill development, efficiency, and more,” he notes. Achieving growth in milk procurement from 26 to 36.5 lakh litres…
One in seven samples of loose milk failed in Punjab
In the land known for abundance of milk, 13.6 per cent samples of loose milk and 21.4 per cent samples of desi ghee collected by the Punjab Food and Drugs Administration did not conform to the food safety standards in 2023-24. Data available with The Tribune shows that while none of the samples of packed…
18% increase in milk procurement in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a substantial increase in milk collection through Milkfed, thanks to the focused and earnest efforts of the current state government. Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that average milk procurement has reached a record high of 1.90 lakh liters per day (LLPD), registering an 18 percent increase from the previous…
Innoterra to expand MilkLane’s cattle feed business
Innoterra, a Swiss-Indian food and technology platform with a focus on agriculture, is scaling up the cattle feed operations of its dairy subsidiary, MilkLane. With a strategic move into the cattle feed sector, Innoterra is expanding MilkLane’s Aayush Cattle Feed product line to target the premium market segment. As part of this strategy, Innoterra is…