TDP slams govt over rising debts of farmers : Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Former TDP MLA Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar on Wednesday slammed the YSRCP Government for making ‘false claims’ on the farm sector when the national level reports said that 93 per cent farmers’ families were stuck in debts in Andhra Pradesh. Narendra Kumar said that the YSRCP betrayed the farmers at every step in the past two…
Anik Dairy owned by Lactalis has named Subhashis Basu as its new CEO
Anik Dairy, owned by dairy major Lactalis Group, has named Subhashis Basu as its new chief executive officer. Basu will be moving on from snacks maker Prataap Snacks NSE 0.28 % where he has been chief operating officer for over four years. Officials aware of the development said Basu is set to assume the new role later…
Collector assures payment of dues to dairy farmers in a week at Ongole
Prakasam district Collector Pravin Kumar assured the dairy farmers that necessary action will be taken to pay the dues to them within a week. He conducted a review meeting on the ‘Jagananna Paala Velluva’ programme with the officials from the Animal Husbandry and Co-operation departments and MPDOs at the Collectorate on Tuesday. Speaking at the…
Assam state govt and NDDB will form a company to promote dairy sector
To promote dairy sector in Assam, state government and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will form a company. In an attempt to expedite the economic development of the milk farmers and make the dairy sector more commercially viable, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with the senior officials of NDDB. The meeting had…
Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2020 released by Parshottam Rupala
Union Minister released the report “Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics- 2020”. This report contains tabulated data sets giving production estimates for major livestock products like Milk, Eggs, Meat and Wool. Key highlights of this report from the dairy sectors are summarised as below: The milk production in India has grown by 5.69% to reach 198.4 MT…
Display best before date for loose sweets or pay upto Rs 2 lakhs fine : FDA
Intensifying surveillance amid the festive season, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have told sweet shop owners to display a ‘best before date’ for loose sweets kept in trays/containers. Pune FDA joint commissioner (food) Shivaji Desai said sweet shop owners and others in the food business can decide on the ‘best before date’ depending on…
Netherlands is willing to establish a dairy training centre in Uttar Pradesh
Netherlands ambassador Marten Van Den Berg met chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday. The ambassador expressed the country’s desire to support UP in modernising its agriculture and dairy sector. The Ambassador also told the CM that the Netherlands is willing to establish a training centre in the state to train its dairy farmers in…
No coercive action for using dairy terms by Plant based products Cos : HC
The Delhi High Court Friday protected five companies selling plant-based milk products, such as almond and oats milk, from any coercive steps pursuant to FSSAI orders directing action against them, including de-listing by e-commerce food business operators, if they used “dairy terms” for their goods. Justice Rekha Palli, who was hearing a batch of petitions…
The Milk Bag Project: 7.5 Lakh Milk Packets Recycled by 3 women
It is often a small spark that inspires big change. That is exactly what happened when a viral social media post led to three women saving almost 7.5 lakh plastic milk packets from polluting the earth. This post cautioned its viewers against snipping the corners off packets of milk to pour the liquid out. It…
Banas dairy to set up a 5 Lakh LPD dairy plant for Rs 500 Crs in Varanasi
THE Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited— popularly known as Banas Dairy — in Palanpur has formally started preparations for setting up a milk plant in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi. A team from Banas Dairy, led by its chairman Shankar Chau-dhary, accompanied by directors, visited Varanasi Sunday after allocation of land…