FSSAI CEO calls for nationwide crackdown on high-risk food
March 2 (ANI): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Rajit Punhani urged states and Union Territories to significantly strengthen on-ground enforcement mechanisms, with a sharp focus on high-risk food categories, during the 49th meeting of the Central Advisory Committee (CAC) held in Gangtok, Sikkim. Addressing Commissioners of Food Safety (CFS) and senior…
Ahmedabad Paneer Fails Lab Tests, Safety Risks Rise
In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, food safety authorities have raised alarm over significant lapses in dairy product quality after multiple paneer samples tested positive for adulteration and unsafe conditions, highlighting ongoing risks to public health from counterfeit and substandard dairy products. Recent lab tests conducted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Food Department revealed that several paneer…
Dairy Cooling Boosts Melghat’s Rural Progress
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a 2,000-litre bulk milk cooler at Dharni in Melghat (Amravati district) — a crucial step aimed at enhancing milk collection efficiency, reducing spoilage and driving socio-economic development in this tribal region. Gadkari said the facility will provide fresh momentum to milk production, create rural employment, and improve income prospects for…
NAFED-Backed FPO Shines at Dairy Connect 2026
At Dairy Connect 2026, a NAFED-backed Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) — Pariyur FED Farmers Producer Company Limited — took centre stage by exhibiting dairy input products, services and solutions aimed directly at empowering dairy producers and strengthening farm-level value chains across India. The FPO’s showcase included quality dairy inputs such as feed supplements, mineral mixtures…
Milk Producers in Coimbatore dissatisfied Over Rs1/L Incentive
Milk producers supplying to cooperative networks in and around Coimbatore have expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s recent decision to provide only an additional ₹1 per litre incentive for milk supplies, saying it fails to adequately address rising input costs and delayed payments critical to livelihoods in the dairy sector. The additional ₹1 per litre incentive…
Strengthening Agriculture and Allied Sector and Market Access
Transforming India’s Livestock and Fisheries Sector Introduction India’s agricultural progress is increasingly supported by the expansion of allied sectors such as livestock, dairy, poultry, and fisheries. These sectors have become major contributors to agricultural Gross Value Added (GVA) and rural employment. Over the last decade, agriculture and allied sectors have witnessed a steady 3-5% CAGR, fuelled by extensive government efforts, private innovations, and sizeable…
Dairy sector contributes 85% of methane emission in HP
The livestock and dairy production sector in Himachal Pradesh accounts for more than 85 per cent of the state’s annual methane emissions, a new scientific assessment has warned, cautioning that the situation could worsen significantly if timely remedial measures are not adopted. The findings are part of a report titled “Scientific Assessment of Tackling Non-CO2 Emissions: Pathways…
Milk Demand May Outpace Productivity Without Reforms
Even though milk production in India is growing annually, the country’s consumption is rising, potentially creating supply pressures if productivity improvements do not keep up, Brahmani Nara, Executive Director of Heritage Foods, said at the businessline Agri & Commodity Summit 2026. India’s dairy sector is facing a demand vs productivity challenge that experts say could…
Sikkim Cooperative conducted Clean Milk production program
The Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited successfully organized two consecutive one-day Awareness Programmes on Clean Milk Production (CMP) and Good Hygienic Practices (GHP) under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) on 24th and 25th February 2026 for dairy farmers of Namthang–Rateypani and Barfung Constituencies. 24th February 2026 – Tangzi Bikmat GPK Hall, Namthang–Rateypani…
NDDB to Connect 8,000 Rajasthan Villages to Dairy Co-ops
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has announced an ambitious expansion of India’s dairy cooperative network, with plans to link about 8,000 villages in Rajasthan to organised dairy cooperatives over the next five years as part of a broader effort covering 75,000 villages nationwide. The initiative aims to deepen rural participation in the cooperative dairy…