Verka in Chandigarh to serve sweetened milk to students under PM Poshan
The UT school education department is all set to serve sweetened milk once a week to the students. The sweetened milk (130 ML with 3% fat content in tetra pak cartons) will be served to students of 111 government schools and seven government-aided schools in midday meal as part of PM Poshan from next week….
Akshayakalpa Organic to focus on Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad
The company has begun working with a cluster of farmers near Hyderabad, says co-founder and CEO Shashi Kumar Akshayakalpa Organic, India’s first certified organic dairy enterprise, will focus on Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad as its production is focused on these three cities, its co-founder and CEO Shashi Kumar has said. “We are working on a…
Parag Milk Foods will focus on digital strategies: Akshali Shah
Parag Milk Foods established in 1992, claims to be the largest private dairy FMCG Company with a Pan India presence. It has manufacturing facilities with in-house technology located at Manchar in Maharashtra, Palamaner in Andhra Pradesh, and Sonipat in Haryana. It explains that it sells 100% cow’s milk products. Its integrated business model and R&D…
Plan to set up milk producers’ dairy union in every district of India: Amit Shah
Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre has set a target to have a co-operative bank and a milk producers’ union in each district of the country and also establish in the next five years multipurpose primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) in two lakh panchayats that have no cooperative institution. Addressing the ‘Sahkar se…
From treaty to tradition: Gauhati Dairy’s century-long journey in Guwahati
Before delving into the case of Gauhati Dairy in Guwahati, let’s explore some historical background. Before delving into the case of Gauhati Dairy in Guwahati, let’s explore some historical background. The Treaty of Yandabo marked the conclusion of the First Anglo-Burmese War on February 24, 1826, ending hostilities that began on March 5, 1824. The…
FSSAI to mandate labelling of salt, sugar, saturated fat on packaged food
Food regulator FSSAI on July 6 approved changes to nutritional information labelling on packaged food items, proposing that total salt, sugar and saturated fat should be displayed in bold letters as well as bigger font size. In an official statement, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has approved “a proposal to…
New App To Help Haryana dairy Farmers Estimate Milk Yield Accurately
Farmers in Haryana will soon find it easier to estimate the milk yield of their cows and buffaloes. Scientists at the Central Institute of Buffalo Research (CIRB) are developing a mobile app to assist with this. The app, currently in testing, claims an 88 per cent accuracy rate in predicting milk yield. It will be…
How surplus milk powder is dairy industry’s new problem
With many states enacting stringent anti-slaughter laws, Indian dairy farmers have been facing challenges in disposing of unproductive cattle — the ones that do not give enough milk or happen to be male. Now, they have been hit by a new “surplus” problem — of skimmed milk powder (SMP). Cooperative and private dairies are holding…
Reduce GST on ghee to curb adulteration: IDA urges GOI
In the wake of the fake ghee making factories that are busted every year, India’s dairy sector has demanded a reduction in goods and services tax (GST) on ghee which currently attracts 12% tax. Representations from dairy sector players to the Central govt state that ironically imported palm oil, which is chemically hydrogenated, attracts just 5%…
Modern dairy practices helped women join dairying to bolster AP’s milk production
Adoption of modern dairy practices, along with increased participation of women in dairying, will significantly enhance Andhra Pradesh’s milk production, according to Varsha Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India. She made these remarks at Tirupati on Wednesday while addressing the 10th anniversary celebrations of Shreeja Mahila Milk Producer…