Who exactly is a farmer? Does it include livestock rearing also ?
There is no clear-cut definition of a farmer in any government reports, but a comprehensive definition is provided in the National Policy for Farmers. This policy was drafted by the National Commission of Farmers, led by MS Swaminathan, and officially approved by the Centre in 2007. As per this policy, the term ‘farmer’ refers to […]
Govt to merge two large dairy schemes to aid private sector
The government has decided to merge two dairy-sector schemes – Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) and Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), with a view to making available the funds from the balance outlay to the private sector dairy and meat processing units. The AHIDF was launched in 2000 with an outlay of […]
India To Protect Interests Of Dairy Sector In EU-FTA: Piyush Goyal
India will completely protect the interests of farmers and dairy sector in the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said. He was here on an official visit to hold discussions with leaders and the private sector on ways to further enhance trade and investment ties […]
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 […]
The Road to India’s Dairy Excellence Dreams
While the country moves forward to achieve dairy excellence, the industry cannot forget that it will be built on the back of millions of dairy farmers and the milch animals they consider as a part of their families. To develop long-lasting and sustainable progress in the dairy industry, we will need to invest in better […]
FSSAI revises order on curd labelling, allows use of regional names
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), on Thursday, revised its order allowing the use of regional common names on labels of curd packets amidst a row in Tamil Nadu over the Hindi term “Dahi”. In a statement on Thursday, FSSAI said that food business operators food can use the term “curd” along […]
Bill to regulate milk procurement passed in AP Assembly
The Assembly on Monday passed a Bill to regulate the transactions at the milk procurement centres, enforce safety standards for the produce and protect interests of dairy farmers and the consumers. Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Seediri Appalaraju moved the Bill titled A.P. Milk Procurement (Protection of Farmers) and Enforcement of Safety […]
Supply of ice cream from the outlets is not restaurant services
The Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) in the case of M/s HRPL Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. Vide Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/2023/08 dated 22.02.2023 Ltd. has ruled that the supply of ice cream from the outlets cannot be classified as the supply of ‘restaurant services’, leviable to GST 18%. In this case, the applicant is engaged in the restaurant business […]
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 […]
Milk and milk products have an average weightage of 6.61 % in CPI
After moderating in the previous three months, inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January surpassed the upper threshold of the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance band. The increase in retail inflation from 5.7 per cent in December to 6.5 per cent in January was largely driven by food prices, particularly cereals. Inflation in cereals […]