YSRCP Slams Indapur Dairy Over TTD Ghee Supply
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has accused Indapur Dairy of supplying sub-standard ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for use in the preparation of sacred prasadam, alleging quality lapses that contravene devotees’ expectations of purity in offerings. The criticism was voiced by party leaders in Andhra Pradesh, who claimed that the ghee supplied while…
India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy
(Mozzarella cheese is not a local product, nor widely consumed in India outside our metros, or even widely produced in India. Essentially a milk-paneer-butter country, our per capita annual consumption of cheese is less than 200gm, compared to a global average of 7kg per annum. So, it puzzled observers when the Union cabinet rolled out…
Dairies hike milk prices in Maharashtra due to milk shortage
Increased demand and a shortage in milk has seen dairies increasing their farmers’ milk procurement prices. Milk farmers in most parts of the state are now commanding prices between Rs 25-26 per litre for their milk with 8.5 per cent solid-not-fat (SNF) and 3.5 per cent fat, which dairies say is expected to continue for…