CBI is ready to take over Metro dairy investment case in Kolkata
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said it is ready to take over the probe of the Metro Dairy case provided the agency gets the permission of the Calcutta High Court. CBI counsel Anirban Mitra informed the division bench of Chief justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Indraprasanna Mukhopadhyay, that both CBI and Enforcement…
One health approach will create safe human-animal interactions
On 3 November, India celebrated the International One Health Day, which aims to drive awareness around the shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The idea becomes especially important after the covid pandemic. The department of animal husbandry and dairying (DAHD) is engaging with various other departments to tackle the rising threat of zoonotic diseases…
Fresh scoop! How ice-cream makes it all the way to you
Every 12 months throughout Onam, my household would go to the fantastically embellished Kanakakkunnu Palace in Thiruvananthapuram. We would stroll round to see the colourful streets and the palace flooring embellished with atthapookalam or rangoli flower patterns. On the way in which again, my two siblings and I’d at all times wish to cease at…
Karnataka Milk Federation to stop milk supply to Anganwadis in AP
The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has expressed its inability to supply milk to Anganwadis in Andhra Pradesh unless the latter immediately cleared the Rs 130 crore payment due and also increased the price by Rs 5 a litre. The milk supply from Karnataka, if stalled, could deprive over 20 lakh children under the age of six…
Milk can be sold in any size of packaging from April 2022-Metrology dept
In its bid to empower consumers to make informed decisions before buying any packaged item, the government will implement new packaging norms from next April. The manufacturers will have to make additional declarations to MRP by mentioning the price of the commodity per unit — per kg or litre for items weighing more than a…
Hatsun doesn’t pay minimum wages and forces employees to resign
With a massive turnover of Rs 5,500 crore at the end of the 2021 fiscal, Hatsun Agro Products (HAP), the country’s largest private dairy products company, reported a massive 25% increase in net profit for the second quarter as against the same period in the previous year. Around the time the company planned an additional…
Dairytech startup Stellapps completes first close of pre-Series C round
Ranjith Mukundan, CEO of Stellapps India’s leading dairy-tech startup Stellapps was founded in 2011 by five technology industry veterans who believed that IoT could transform rural India. Its award-winning smartMoo technology solutions enhance productivity, milk quality, and enable traceability. By enabling ecosystem partnerships through its online platform, Stellapps empowers farmers by providing access to financial…
India’s large dairies taking notice of Plant based alternatives to milk
Country’s Big Dairy Companies such as Amul, Mother Dairy , and other national and local milk co-operative brands that dominate India’s dairy sector has taken notice of the rising popularity, if not success, of soy, oat, and other alternatives to milk. As per The Economic Times report, India’s market for plant-based milk and meat replacements is quite tiny,…
SBI provides YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan for the dairy farmers
YONO Krishi Dairy Loan Scheme The State Bank of India (SBI) provides a financial armoury for the dairy farmers. The SBI aims to fulfill the farmers’ wish with the YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan. The interested farmers can apply for the loan through SBI YONO. For further details on the Krishi loans, one can login…
Eating locally grown foods seasonally is more environment friendly
The climate crisis is well and truly here, as we all know, and it’s only natural to wonder how we are all contributing to it. What we eat has far-reaching effects on the environment and the journeys our foods undertake to get to our plates can tell us a lot about climate change. From the…