25.3 lakh tonnes of milk produced in Kerala last year-Self sufficiency
Public Works Minister P A Mohamed Riyas on Sunday said Kerala will soon achieve the goal of self-sufficiency in the dairy sector. He was inaugurating the dairy farmers meeting jointly organised by the dairy development department, Kozhikode corporation, and block panchayat at the Naduvattam Crown Auditorium. Last year, the annual milk production in the state was…
New milk development policy in UP :5000 crore investment in dairy sector
The Yogi government has given green signal to the Uttar Pradesh Dairy Development and Milk Product Promotion Policy-2022 in the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Under the new policy, subsidy of up to 5 crore will be given for setting up milk processing units in UP. Apart from this, an interest subsidy of Rs 10 crore…
Amul to start work on 20 LLPD milk processing unit in Saurashtra
Amul marketer Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) will soon start work on a new 20 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk processing plant near Rajkot, creating additional processing capacity in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to virtually perform the ground-breaking for the ₹500-crore plant next week. Supply issues The plant, considered…
Amul hikes milk prices by Rs 2 per litre, except in poll-bound Gujarat
Amid the festive season, The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, which markets its products under the Amul brand, hiked the rates of milk by Rs 2 per litre. The price of full cream milk has increased from Rs 61 per litre to Rs 63 per litre, which is expected to impact household budgets. Amul has also…
India’s ever-growing sustainable, plant-based food industry
In the Indian market, the consumer base for the plant-based food is increasingly millennials who want to incorporate more sustainable and suitable plant or healthy products in their everyday lives. As plant-based eating continues to gain popularity in the nation, there was a substantial increase in the number of vegan products introduced last year, according…
Milma planning to hike milk price by Rs 4 per litre
Milma is considering to increase the price of milk by next year in view of the surge in production cost. Sources said the demand is to hike the price by at least Rs 4 per litre. “A two-member committee has been set up to study the hike required and to find its division between farmers…
Protests across the state if the milk support prices not raised in Karnataka
The Sahakara Bharathi Udupi district unit has urged to raise the milk support price according to the cost of production to at least Rs 10. Sahakara Bharati district unit convener Sanoor Narasimha Kamath, speaking here in the press conference, said that the production cost of milk has been increasing due to floods, drought, natural calamities…
Dvara E-Dairy, Jana SFB jointly launch cattle loan service for farmers
Dvara E-Dairy Solutions has launched Dvara Surabhi Loan, a cattle loan offered digitally by leveraging new-age technologies in partnership with Jana Small Finance Bank to create scalable access to finance for unbanked and underbanked small dairy farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Dvara E-Dairy Cattle Loan offers tailored loan products for dairy farmers towards cattle purchase and…
Nova Dairy’s effort to improve the lives of Indian Dairy Farmers
Nova Dairy, the top dairy manufacturer in India, is aiming to improve the lives of dairy farmers via its most recent initiatives. Nova Dairy emphasized in its most recent statement that the organization has put up strategies for dairy farmers to produce clean milk. Additionally, the firm intends to provide animal health and feed advice…
FSSAI mandates registration of foreign food factories including dairy plants
Foreign food manufacturing facilities exporting certain “high-risk” categories to India need to mandatorily register with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) effective February 1, 2023. The categories identified for mandatory registration includes milk and milk-based products, meat and meat products including poultry and fish, infant nutrition, nutraceuticals and egg powder. As per…