Lower tax rate for manufacturing coops-Amit Shah in RS
Newly set up co-operatives that undertake manufacturing activities will get benefits of a lower tax rate of 15%, as is available to new manufacturing firms, Union minister for home and cooperation Amit Shah has said in a reply in Parliament. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Shah also […]
Allahabad High Court dismisses dairy’s appeal
The Allahabad High Court while dismissing an application said that in case of sale of unsafe or sub-standard milk, the date of commission of offence would be the date when the report of food analyst is received about its quality and not by the date when the sample of food is collected. A Single Bench of […]
India’s dairy import certificate disadvantageous for US exporters
The US has alleged that India’s new dairy import certificate requirements put dairy products from the country at an unfair disadvantage compared to domestically produced items and called for a further delay in its implementation so that both sides could explore ways to resolve differences. “The United States values its trade relationship with India and […]
DAiry Cooperative renaissance opens doors to development
India which is producing 231 million tonnes of milk annually is the largest milk producer in the world, contributing approximately one-fourth of global production. Through cooperatives, millions of small and marginal farmers have been united, creating a network of over 1.7 lakh dairy cooperative societies in the country and establishing massive plants with a processing […]
Inter Dairy Expo 5-7 Dec 2024: Shaping the Future of India’s Dairy
Having clocked in the best decade in its entire history, Indian Dairy sector is getting further fillip with “Inter Dairy Expo 2024”, an initiative of VA Exhibitions in association with India Dairy Association (West Zone) which is scheduled to be organized from December 5 – 7, 2024 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai INDIA showcasing complete value chain of dairy […]
Dairy imports expected to grow next year in Philippine
PHILIPPINE DAIRY imports are expected to increase in 2025 due to strong domestic demand, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a report, the USDA said overall dairy imports are forecast to rise to 3.1 million metric tons (MMT) in liquid milk equivalent for 2025 from 3.05 MMT this year, mainly due to increased shipments of […]
Deere-DeLaval launches dairy sustainability tool
Deere launches dairy management platform in partnership with DeLaval Tractor giant Deere & Co. unveiled a new digital tool for dairy farmers to manage sustainability efforts across their operations. The Milk Sustainability Center, created in partnership with dairy farm machinery company DeLaval, allows farmers to monitor their nutrient use efficiency. The tool compares the amount […]
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 […]
Dairy and poultry offer maximum returns to farmers
Middlemen and retailers seemed to have cornered a large part of the price paid by consumers, thus profiteering at the cost of farmers, during the time of high inflation in case of fruits and vegetables, working papers by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) show. In working papers prepared by RBI’s Department of Economy & […]
Dairy sector will stay protected in FTAs
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said dairy is a sensitive sector in India as it involves livelihood issues of small farmers and there are no plans at all to give any kind of duty concessions under any Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in this area. He said that India has not given any […]