Clarification Regarding Import of Dairy Products

The Government of India is well aware and considerate of the fact that dairying has been a major source of livelihood for millions of dairy farmers in the country and all the schemes/ programmes of the Government are aimed at further strengthening it. However, this is a fact that there has been some demand and…
Centre foresees ‘stagnation’ in milk production

The Centre is foreseeing “stagnation” in milk production and a possible scarcity in the availability of ghee and butter as an impact of the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that took the lives of about 1.89 lakh cattle recently. Union Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajesh Kumar Singh said all options, including import of certain milk products, would…
India may import butter and ghee through NDDB

The Indian government is considering to allow import of some dairy products such as butter and ghee in limited quantity without any subsidy to improve domestic supply amid apprehensions of a stagnant production of milk with demand surging by 8-10 per cent. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar…
Can India really become milk pail of the world ?

49 th Dairy industry conference organised by Indian Dairy Association concluded on 18th March at Ahmedabad on a very high note. The event was inaugurated by Minister of Dairying Sh Parshottam Rupala ji on 16th of March. The valedictory session was graced by Sh Amit Shah ji Minister of Cooperation and Sh Bhupinder Patel ji…
49th Dairy Industry Conference inaugurated by Parshottam Rupala

49th Dairy Industry Conference inaugurated with great fan and fare. It looked like an ocean of dairy farmers and dairy professionals from all parts of the India as well as abroad at the helipad venue in Ahmedabad. The three day conference is getting organized after 27 years in Gujarat. There has been multifold increase in…
Karimnagar Dairy bags NPDD project worth Rs 90.70 crore

The Karimnagar Milk Producer Company limited also known as Karimnagar Dairy has bagged the prestigious National Project for Dairy Development (NPDD) with the financial assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The project was initially decided to develop the dairy sector in north-eastern states, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar…
Central government may take over Mahananda Dairy

Mahanand Dairy once a famous and profitable undertaking of the Maharashtra government may take over by the Central government through National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as the talks about this takeover are in the advanced stage. While answering the queries on calling attention motion in the legislative council Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe -Patil who is…
Milk prices to stay elevated till Diwali: Mother Dairy MD

Milk prices are likely to be at elevated levels till October this year due to high cost of feed and raw material, and supply challenges, a senior official of Mother Dairy, a major milk supplier in the Delhi-NCR region, said on Monday. Organised players, including Mother Dairy and Amul, hiked milk prices multiple times in the…
Eying To Cash In The Booming Organic Market Via Cooperatives

With estimated global organic food market to be around Rs 10 lakh crore where India’s share is paltry 2.7 per cent, the Government is eying to harness the unlimited opportunities on the platter to boost income of farmers for which it has set up a national level cooperative society for organic products. The first-of-its-kind initiative…
Govt to set up 2 lakh dairy co-operative societies in next 5 years

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a blueprint for strengthening the co-operative movement and deepening its reach. Accordingly, two lakh new Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) and dairy-fishery co-operatives will be set up in villages and panchayats untapped by co-operatives over the next five years. At present, there are around 63,000 functional PACS out of…