FSSAI begins milk & milk products’ survey across 766 districts
In all, 2,801 milk product samples from organised and unorganised sectors were collected from 542 districts across the country for the 2020 study. Image Courtesy: Unsplash. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has started a nationwide surveillance study on milk and milk products this month, in a bid to curb adulteration…
Veganism Isn’t the Answer to India’s Dairy Industry Politics
Yamini Narayanan’s Mother Cow, Mother India, published in 2023 by the Stanford University Press, and recently published in India by Navayana Publications, interrogates the politics of milk and dairying in India, the critical space it occupies as a sacred commodity in the religious imagination of Hinduism, and how the latter’s framing of cow as mother is…
In Arunachal, a parlour for yak milk -Ship of the Himalayas’.
A high-altitude village in Arunachal Pradesh, known for a 1962 war memorial, has added a first-of-its-kind parlour for milk from a bovine animal that’s often called ‘the ship of the Himalayas’. Travellers to and from Tawang invariably stop at the Nyukmadung War Memorial to pay homage to Indian soldiers who died fighting Chinese aggressors nearby…
PCOS Awareness Month: Is dairy bad for PCOS?
Dairy is a staple part of many people’s diets. But can these foods we love so much be making our PCOS worse? If you do an internet search for dairy, you will be sure to find conflicting viewpoints. Many women want to understand if avoiding dairy is required for hormonal balance and reversing PCOS. So, to…
Future of Animal Husbandry in India, Trends, And Growth
India’s 20th Livestock Census reveals a substantial population of livestock, including 303.76 million bovines, 74.26 million sheep, 148.88 million goats, 9.06 million pigs, and nearly 851.81 million poultry. India has made significant strides in its animal husbandry and dairy sectors, becoming the world’s largest milk producer and the third-largest egg producer. This industry has experienced consistent growth,…
Aavin hikes ghee, butter prices
Aavin, on Thursday, September 14, 2023, effected an increase in prices of ghee and butter, which are popular products from its stable. While ghee comes in 14 different packs and butter in two variants of cooking and two in the salted table kind, the maximum retail prices of all these items have been hiked. A…
State mulling revision of midday meal scheme material cost
The government is considering a proposal to revise the midday meal scheme material cost (funds sanctioned to schools for implementing the scheme) to ₹6 for pre-primary and primary students and ₹8.17 for upper primary students, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. He was replying to a calling-attention motion by Saneeshkumar Joseph, Chalakudy MLA,…
ITC launches dairy products in Jharkhand under ‘Aashirvaad Svasti’
Diversified city-based conglomerate ITC Limited Monday announced its entry in the dairy business in Jharkhand with the launch of various products under its ‘Aashirvaad Svasti’ brand The company will offer a slew of dairy products like milk, curd, paneer, lassi and ‘mishti doi’ (sweet curd) to the consumers of the state, a company statement said…
Yogi govt announces 50% subsidy on dairy farm of 25 cows
The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched the Nandini Krishak Samriddhi Yojana under Nand Baba Mission to improve the breed of cattle and increase milk production in the state. The scheme aims to improve the breed of cows in order to enhance milk production and raise the income of dairy…
Naidu’s arrest drags Heritage Foods’ shares down by 11%
The arrest and the subsequent remand of Andhra Pradesh former Chief Minister and President of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) N Chandrababu Naidu seems to have dragged the shares of Heritage Foods, promoted by his wife N Bhuvaneswari and daughter-in-law Brahmani. The shares fell by 11.38 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday to trade at…