One health Recognising animal-human health are inter-connected
What does the One Health Concept stand for? It has been seen in the recent-past that various health related issues having enormous-socio-economic impact across the globe are emerging. These include emergence of new infections, re-emergence of existing diseases that are often neglected; detection of antimicrobial resistance at human-animal-environment interface and influence of climate change on…
One health Recognising animal-human health are inter-connected
What does the One Health Concept stand for? It has been seen in the recent-past that various health related issues having enormous-socio-economic impact across the globe are emerging. These include emergence of new infections, re-emergence of existing diseases that are often neglected; detection of antimicrobial resistance at human-animal-environment interface and influence of climate change on…
Control, competition & cooperation: Ministry of cooperation
One will have to wait for its blueprint to see how it plans to take the country forward. However, experience of co-operatives in India is a mixed bag, more of failures and only few successes. It was an indirect admission of the failure of socialist state with all its controls on the economy. July is…
Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons
When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives…
Control, competition & cooperation: Ministry of cooperation
One will have to wait for its blueprint to see how it plans to take the country forward. However, experience of co-operatives in India is a mixed bag, more of failures and only few successes. It was an indirect admission of the failure of socialist state with all its controls on the economy. July is…
Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons
When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives…
Livestock schemes to be merged, get ₹9,800 crore over 5 years
The Central government will spend ₹9,800 crore on livestock development over the next five years. It will be done in a bid to leverage almost ₹55,000 crore of outside investment into the sector. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) decided on Wednesday. It would do this by merging a slew of schemes into three…
Success of India’s dairy sector is not just thanks to private players
Ashok Gulati-Ayushi Khurana (G&K hereafter) compile the many visible indicators of the growth and importance of the milk-economy in their article : Read : From Plate to Plough: India, A land of milk and money These include the quantum of production, rate of growth, share in GDP; and their comparisons with those of other sectors or…
DAIRY POLICY Success of India’s dairy sector is not just thanks to private players
Ashok Gulati-Ayushi Khurana (G&K hereafter) compile the many visible indicators of the growth and importance of the milk-economy in their article : Read : From Plate to Plough: India, A land of milk and money These include the quantum of production, rate of growth, share in GDP; and their comparisons with those of other sectors or…
New Ministry of Cooperation must help those who help themselves
Yoginder K. Alagh writes: It shouldn’t be just about pumping money. It should enable people to leverage community networks, help deal with challenges thrown up by pandemic India now has a Ministry of Cooperation that aims to strengthen the country’s cooperative movement. This is an opportune moment to look at the movement’s history, examine the…