A Critical Lens on Dairy Budget Allocation: The Unseen Gaps
Over the past few years, the budget allocation for dairy has seen limited growth, with funds primarily directed toward livestock health and Rashtriya Gokul Mission. However, the critical areas of dairy infrastructure, feed & fodder, and farmer-centric incentives have been consistently underfunded. Last year, in the post-election 2024-25 budget, the absence of dairy from the […]
Dairy transformation in Jharkhand
Farmers and livestock rearers in rural Jharkhand are increasingly turning to animal husbandry as a promising source of additional income, an official said on Wednesday. It is providing them a safeguard from crop loss due to erratic weather patterns for the past few years. Jharkhand suffered a drought-like situation in two consecutive years in 2022 […]
Animal Husbandry Sector to create FMD-Free Bharat- Lalan Singh
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying today review the measures taken by the department towards FMD-Free Bharat (FMD-Foot & Mouth Disease) with vaccination by 2030. Shri Singh said that the Livestock sector is an important sector contributing not only to the Indian economy but to the […]
Budget 2024-25 Missing Dairy Focus again
The much-awaited budget for FY 25 by Modi 3.0 has been presented. As a dairy farmer, I searched the Finance Minister’s speech for words such as cow, livestock, dairy, milk, animal husbandry, methane, manure, FMD, Brucellosis, and biogas. Unfortunately, none of these terms were mentioned even once. I then looked for other key terms and […]
Delhi High Court pulls up Animal Husbandry Unit over violations in dairy colonies
The Delhi High Court has come down heavily on the Animal Husbandry Unit of the Delhi government, observing that there is a “lack of will” in State functionaries to stop the “rampant violation of laws” by dairy owners in the nine dairy colonies in the Capital. “These violations not only affect the public health of […]
Environmental enrichment in dairy farming: Enhancing emotional lives of cows
It is a well-known fact that emotions play a pivotal role in the lives of animals. Various studies and researches have shown that the influence of the environment on the emotions of dairy cows is significant enough, and can be thoroughly interpreted through its behaviour. The impact of environment on emotions A fresh and verdurous […]
Bharat Pashudhan App as conceived a decade back in our Vision 2030
When I heard about the launch of Bharat Pashudhan App by our Prime Minister Modi ji, I was elated . The roots of this joy stemmed from my recommendation of the 5-I model, which I included in our Dairy Industry Vision 2030 document launched on February 20th, 2014. The vision document could be downloaded from […]
Kerala Budget 2024-25| Animal husbandry earmarked ₹277.14 crore
The State Budget for 2024-25 has set aside ₹277.14 crore for the animal husbandry sector. Out of this ₹82.50 crore is for the public sector undertakings in the animal husbandry sector and ₹57 crore is for Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University. A total of ₹109.25 crore is set aside for dairy development. Of this, […]
Animal husbandry needs a proper ecosystem with market linkages
Dairy and poultry need a proper ecosystem comprising reliable animal feed supplies and FPOs with market linkages The global animal feed market is undergoing marked changes that are likely to accelerate this decade. The pattern of global consumption is evolving towards higher share of animal products in diets. So, higher quantities of crops will be […]
Animal husbandry needs a proper ecosystem with market linkages
Dairy and poultry need a proper ecosystem comprising reliable animal feed supplies and FPOs with market linkages The global animal feed market is undergoing marked changes that are likely to accelerate this decade. The pattern of global consumption is evolving towards higher share of animal products in diets. So, higher quantities of crops will be […]