50,000 cattle to be given1.25 lakh doses sex-sorted semen in Assam
Days after bringing a bill to protect cows; the Assam government now decided to buy sperm from outside the state for artificial insemination of the animal. The government believes the step will help increase the numbers of better breeds of cows and control the male population. “The state proposes to introduce the use of sex-sorted…
‘Umeed’ scheme create first women dairy farmer producer Co at Pulwama
Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), ‘UMEED’, through its Self-Help-Group (SHG) platform has initiated a first of its kind all-women Dairy Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) at Mitrigam in Pulwama district. The very thankful Shahzada, an FPO member from the Self Help Group Chandani, said. “I, along with 10 others, have been working very hard….
968 bulk milk cooling centres to be set up in East Godavari district
District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy said that the government would initially set up 968 bulk milk cooling centres in the district. Accompanied by Joint Collectors Dr G Lakshmisha and Keerthi Chekuri, he held a videoconference with officials at the Collectorate here on Monday. He said that the government is conducting ambitious inspections from Tuesday on…
9899 women dairy cooperatives will be formed under AP-Amul project
Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Minister S. Appala Raju on Saturday said as many as 9,899 milk cooperative societies would be formed with women as part of the Andhra Pradesh-Amul project aimed at increasing the milk production and marketing in the State. Accompanied by Rajamahendravaram MP M. Bharat, Mr. Appala Raju on Saturday inaugurated…
SBI distributes sanction letters to 300 dairy farmers in Bongaigaon Assam
Under Cluster Financing of State Bank of India, 300 dairy farmers were handed over the sanction letter in an event held at Kokila village at Manikpur in Bongaigaon on Monday. Kokila village is hub of milk production and around 350 members of Pragati Dugdha Utpadak Samabay Samiti society produces 8000 litres of milk every day….
NDDB supporting dairy development in east and north eastern states
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is expanding its footprint in Eastern and North-Eastern States in the country. By taking dairy development activities in some of the most backward areas of these regions together with local partners, it said in a statement on Thursday. Recently, the Jharkhand government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between…
Rs 8 per liter incentive to dairy farmers in Sikkim : CM Sikkim
Chief Minister P.S. Golay launched the new government scheme to provide incentive of Rs.8 per litre of milk to dairy farmers of the State, during a function at Chintan Bhawan here today. As per the new initiative, the incentive will be transferred to the dairy farmers’individualbank accounts by the State government in additionto the prescribed…
NDDB to support Ladakh UT administration in dairy development
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Ladakh administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday for conducting a benchmark survey to promote dairying and rural livelihood in the region.NDDB’s dairy potential survey will help prepare a road map to boost dairying in the union territory (UT) and will help in enhancing income of rural…
UP Govt plans setting up a dairy in every district : CM Yogi
To boost the state’s rural economy, the UP government will be opening one dairy in every division in phase-I. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday on the day of PM Modi ji’s birthday. During an interaction with dairy farmers, Adityanath said that in the second phase, the target would be one dairy for every…
Remembering Dr Kurien is not enough : Lets walk the talk
We all remembered Dr Kurien on his eighth death anniversary on September 9th. It is quite apt to revisit the key principles which he so fondly embeded in the DNA of of NDDB and later operation flood program. Dr Kurien shared three golden principles tin his autobiography which paved the way of dairy development in…