Tirupati Laddu Row: VHP seeks control of Temples to Hindu Society
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday termed as “intolerable” the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddu and demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government hand over the control and management of the temple to the Hindu society. VHP secretary general Bajrang Bagda also pitched for “freeing” all temples and other Hindu religious places…
BL Agro Signs MoU with DeLaval for Dairy Sector
BL Agro’s arm B L Kamdhenu Farms Ltd, has signed an initial pact with Sweden-based DeLaval for a partnership in the dairy sector with an investment of around Rs 1,500 crore. On the second day of World Food India 2024, B L Kamdhenu Frams signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sweden-based DeLaval. The MoU…
China faces glut of unwanted dairy -Slow economy
China is awash in unwanted milk as falling birth rates and cost-conscious consumers have cut demand even as dairy farms expanded in recent years, forcing smaller farmers out of business and squeezing shipments into the world’s top importer. China’s milk surplus illustrates the unintended consequences of Beijing’s food security-driven efforts to boost its dairy sector by…
Brazil’s Dairy Revolution Fueled by a Bull from Gujarat
Brazil is currently the fifth largest milk producer in the world. It wasn’t always the case, though. In the 1960s, India played a crucial role in developing the country’s dairy sector, which has now grown to be worth billions of dollars. The credit for this turnaround goes to the Maharaja of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, who gifted…
BRS sees conspiracy against State-owned Vijaya Dairy to benefit Heritage
Alleging a major conspiracy to divert dairy farmers from the State-owned Vijaya Dairy to Heritage, which is planning to invest Rs.204 crore in Telangana, BRS leader and former Agriculture Minister S. Niranjan Reddy feared that it might spell doom for the dairy industry in the State. Addressing a news conference at Telangana Bhavan on Saturday, Reddy, along with…
Tirupati Temple Takes Legal Action Against Ghee Supplier
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has blacklisted AR Dairy and initiated legal proceedings against it for allegedly supplying adulterated ghee to them, the temple board’s executive officer J Syamala Rao said. In its first official response since the allegation on the use of lard, fish oil, and beef tallow in the ghee used to prepare Laddu…
Gates Foundation: Health Spending to Save 40M Children
In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is most needed to improve children’s health and nutrition, especially in light of the global climate crisis. The Goalkeepers report, titled “A Race to Nourish a Warming World,” projects that without immediate global…
Dairy cooperatives will collect 10 crore lpd of milk in 5 years
Shri Amit Shah will launch the ‘Margdarshika’ on formation and strengthening of 2 lakh new MPACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperatives, Standard Operating Procedure on White Revolution 2.0 and Cooperation among Cooperatives Under the leadership of PM Modi and guidance of Shri Amit Shah Central Government is taking a number of initiatives for the strengthening of…
India’s milk will see significant evolution over 10 years: Akshali Shah
India, the world’s largest producer of milk, has seen an improvement in the dairy sector due to the use of technologies such as automated milking systems. The domestic milk market will grow more due to health-focused innovations, premiumisation and transparency, says Akshali Shah, Executive Director, Parag Milk Foods. The market is set to undergo significant evolution, driven by shifting…
Cooperative model for dairy sector to get a boost
The government is aiming to bring more dairy farmers in the unorganised sector under cooperatives model so that they get remunerative prices and quality products are made available in the market, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Tuesday said. “We are focussing on those states where dairy cooperatives have…