The motivation for food fraud through milk adulteration is economic
Milk and dairy product adulteration came into global concern after breakthrough of melamine contamination in Chinese infant milk products in 2008. However, history of milk adulteration is very old. Swill milk scandal has been reported in 1850 which killed 8000 infants in New York alone. Milk is considered to be the ‘ideal food’ because of […]
Draft notification of Vegan Foods for inviting comments by FSSAI
Draft Regulations Short Title and Commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2021. Definitions- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) ―Vegan Food means those foods or food ingredients that have not made use of any ingredients, additives and processing aids of animal […]
DAIRY POLICY Why creation of the cooperation ministry is unsolicited ?
Some 150 years ago, during British reign, big farmers in the western region of Maharashtra agitated over unfair lending practices and demanded a just and inclusive financing structure. This is where the genesis of cooperative movement took place. The legal architecture of the sector began evolving around 1904 under colonial rule and in 2002 the […]
Why creation of the cooperation ministry is unsolicited ?
Some 150 years ago, during British reign, big farmers in the western region of Maharashtra agitated over unfair lending practices and demanded a just and inclusive financing structure. This is where the genesis of cooperative movement took place. The legal architecture of the sector began evolving around 1904 under colonial rule and in 2002 the […]
Control, competition & cooperation: Ministry of cooperation
One will have to wait for its blueprint to see how it plans to take the country forward. However, experience of co-operatives in India is a mixed bag, more of failures and only few successes. It was an indirect admission of the failure of socialist state with all its controls on the economy. July is […]
Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons
When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives […]
Control, competition & cooperation: Ministry of cooperation
One will have to wait for its blueprint to see how it plans to take the country forward. However, experience of co-operatives in India is a mixed bag, more of failures and only few successes. It was an indirect admission of the failure of socialist state with all its controls on the economy. July is […]
Co-operative word reminds us of Amul for good reasons
When we hear the word ‘co-operative’, most of us think of Amul, and for good reasons. We also think of sugar co-operatives and housing cooperatives, though not in the same league. Some will recall primary agriculture credit co-ops. Most people will not cite IFFCO or KRIBHCO, two large, efficient multi state co-ops. Amul impacts the lives […]
Ministry of Cooperation:To strengthen cooperative movement in the country
The Modi government on Tuesday created a separate ministry — Ministry of Co-operation — for strengthening cooperative movement in the country. A separate ministry has been created by PM Narendra Modi-led Central Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. This ministry will provide separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening cooperative movement […]
Ministry of Cooperation:To strengthen cooperative movement in the country
The Modi government on Tuesday created a separate ministry — Ministry of Co-operation — for strengthening cooperative movement in the country. A separate ministry has been created by PM Narendra Modi-led Central Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. This ministry will provide separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening cooperative movement […]