Congress govt initiated evaluation of Vijaya Dairy
At a time when the quality of dairy products, particularly ghee, has become a contentious issue, Congress govt has initiated an independent third-party evaluation of the state-owned Vijaya Dairy’s mega greenfield facility located in Raviryal, Rangareddy district. This plant was inaugurated in 2021 during the BRS tenure and commenced operations in Dec 2023. According to reliable sources, the National […]
Voted for Congress in Loksabha -Dairy Farmer’s milk in Hassan rejected
Residents of Somanahalli, near Hassan in Karnataka, staged a protest in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Hassan on June 5 alleging that the milk producers’ cooperative society in the village refused to take milk from them on the grounds that they voted for the Congress candidate in the Lok Sabha elections. The villagers […]
Imported palm oil mixed to make cheap ghee- Congress
The Congress on Tuesday said the liberal import policy of the Modi government is causing a “huge crisis” for the farmers in the country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said soyabean is being sold by farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at rates lower than the minimum support price and they are also not getting […]
Release ₹669.5 crore milk subsidy immediately in Karnataka
Claiming that the government’s unpaid dues towards support price for milk had reached ₹669.59 crore during the BJP regime in the State, Congress MLC Dinesh Gooligowda has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to take steps for immediate release of the outstanding amount. Mr. Gowda, who dispatched letters to Mr. Siddaramaiah […]
BJP’s “Misrule” Led To Increase In Milk Prices: M Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said from being one of the world’s largest milk-producing countries in the world, (white revolution) under the previous UPA regime, the country is now ‘forced’ to import milk products due to the misrule of the BJP-led central government. Taking to Twitter, Mr Kharge alleged that the BJP’s ‘misrule’ left […]
Four of Congress’s Amul Dairy directors join BJP in Gujarat
In a setback to the Congress, four directors of Amul Dairy—formerly Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union—belonging to the party joined the BJP in presence of state president C R Paatil in Gandhinagar on Saturday, bringing down the party tally to three. The four Amul directors are from Anand and Kheda districts— Gautam Chauhan (Mehmedabad), Sita Chandu […]