Govt to set up 2 lakh dairy co-operative societies in next 5 years
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a blueprint for strengthening the co-operative movement and deepening its reach. Accordingly, two lakh new Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) and dairy-fishery co-operatives will be set up in villages and panchayats untapped by co-operatives over the next five years. At present, there are around 63,000 functional PACS out of…
Vipul Patel elected as chairman of Amul Dairy
The BJP’s Anand district unit president Vipul Patel was elected Tuesday as the new chairman of the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited—the oldest milk cooperative of Gujarat popularly known as Amul Dairy. Patel’s election brings to an end the reign of Ramsinh Parmar, an OBC, who held the post of the cooperative’s chairman for almost…
Milk prices increased due to rise in fodder cost: Sanjeev Balyan
Milk prices in the country have risen due to increase in the feed and fodder cost, Union Minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Balyan, who is Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said dairy companies pass on 75 per cent of the retail price to farmers. There is…
Dairy start-up MoooFarm to launch online milk sales as expansion
Dairy sector start-up MoooFarm plans to provide full-stack service for cattle growers by soon launching services to sell milk online, besides expanding its operations. “We are planning to help dairy farmers sell their milk through our online platform. We launched a pilot project in Punjab’s Nabha district a month ago and plan to continue it…
Himachal to have chilling points at cluster level for milk collection
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that the dairy sector in the state will be strengthened under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), in a big way. The Himachal Pradesh CM on Friday held a meeting with the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy, Parshottam Rupala in the national…
Four of Congress’s Amul Dairy directors join BJP in Gujarat
In a setback to the Congress, four directors of Amul Dairy—formerly Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union—belonging to the party joined the BJP in presence of state president C R Paatil in Gandhinagar on Saturday, bringing down the party tally to three. The four Amul directors are from Anand and Kheda districts— Gautam Chauhan (Mehmedabad), Sita Chandu…
Lord Krishna’s message on cows is still relevant’-Rupala at GIS UP
Inviting people to invest in UP’s dairy sector, Union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy minister Parshottam Rupala said that Lord Krishna’s message to the world that if you take care of cows then cows will take care of you, was relevant even today. Promising to give 500 mobile veterinary units to UP in…
JICA to fund in green hydrogen, dairy sectors in Himachal
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, after holding a meeting with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at New Delhi on Thursday, said the agency will fund in green hydrogen, tunneling, dairy and sewerage sectors. A detailed meeting in this regard will be held at Shimla soon as the chief minister has asked JICA…
Celebrate February 14 as ‘Cow Hug Day’: Animal Welfare Board
While February 14 is usually celebrated as Valentine’s Day across the globe, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)has reportedly requested that it also be celebrated as ‘Cow Hug Day’!Not only this, but the statutory advisory body also urged the public in India to embrace cows on this day, claiming it would increase “individual and collective happiness” and bring…
Milk prices may go up as production goes down in Maharashtra
LOWER THAN-EXPECTED production mainly due to the warm winter has led to a crisis in the dairy industry of the state. With around a 6-8 per cent dip in daily procurement of milk across the state, dairies have not ruled out another procurement price rise in the state. Last week, the Pune Zilla Sahakari Dudh…