What is PMFME Scheme ? Micro market is sufficient for a micro enterprise
PMFME stands for Prime minister Formalisation of Micro Food processing enterprise Scheme. India has over 2.5 million micro food processing enterprises operating in the unorganised or informal sector. This informal sector has only 7% share in investment and 3% in outstanding credit. However this sector generates 74% of the total employment with one third as…
Centre may avoid sensitive sector like Dairy in FTA with UK and Australia
The government is stepping up its efforts to speed up free trade agreements (FTAs) with ministerial level consultations with Australia and the UK lined up this month. Also read : Inclusion of cheese in India-EU FTA is not healthy for Indian dairy farmers Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will be in the UK for talks…
Centre may avoid sensitive sector like Dairy in FTA with UK and Australia
The government is stepping up its efforts to speed up free trade agreements (FTAs) with ministerial level consultations with Australia and the UK lined up this month. Also read : Inclusion of cheese in India-EU FTA is not healthy for Indian dairy farmers Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will be in the UK for talks…
Agri transport and marketing plan extended to dairy, aid hiked
The government on Friday extended the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme to dairy products and increasing the rates of assistance under the scheme. Under the TMA scheme, the government reimburses a certain portion of international freight charges to mitigate the disadvantage of high freight costs faced by Indian agriculture produce…
Agri transport and marketing plan extended to dairy, aid hiked
The government on Friday extended the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme to dairy products and increasing the rates of assistance under the scheme. Under the TMA scheme, the government reimburses a certain portion of international freight charges to mitigate the disadvantage of high freight costs faced by Indian agriculture produce…
Draft notification of Vegan Foods for inviting comments by FSSAI
Draft Regulations Short Title and Commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2021. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) ―Vegan Food means those foods or food ingredients that have not made use of any ingredients, additives and processing aids of animal…
Animal husbandry sector needs advance technology: Nadir Godrej
Faced with challenges such as low productivity, costly input and price volatility, India’s animal husbandry sector requires a concerted effort from the industry, policy makers and the farmers for breed development, yield improvement and market access — both domestically and globally, experts said. At a webinar jointly organised by Godrej Agrovet and BusinessLine, the experts including…
Animal husbandry sector needs advance technology: Nadir Godrej
Faced with challenges such as low productivity, costly input and price volatility, India’s animal husbandry sector requires a concerted effort from the industry, policy makers and the farmers for breed development, yield improvement and market access — both domestically and globally, experts said. At a webinar jointly organised by Godrej Agrovet and BusinessLine, the experts including…
ICCR chief moots certificate course on ‘cow milking’
The ‘New Education Policy’ (NEP) introduced by the Central government has scope for several innovations and educationists should think of introducing ‘cow or buffalo milking’ and ‘village management’ certificate courses for the rural folk, said Rajya Sabha MP and president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Sunday. “The ‘10 plus two plus…
ICCR chief moots certificate course on ‘cow milking’
The ‘New Education Policy’ (NEP) introduced by the Central government has scope for several innovations and educationists should think of introducing ‘cow or buffalo milking’ and ‘village management’ certificate courses for the rural folk, said Rajya Sabha MP and president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Sunday. “The ‘10 plus two plus…