Panel Urges Milk Price Review for Fair Farmer Returns
A parliamentary panel urges the government to review milk price determination to ensure farmers get better returns. It highlights that milk price inflation is lower than food inflation, affecting farmer income. The panel also calls for addressing milk adulteration and explains the suspension of the Delhi Milk Scheme license by FSSAI. A parliamentary panel has […]
Parliamentary panel suggests giving subsidies to farmers to keep non-milching livestock
The Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Agriculture, headed by former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi, has recommended subsidies for farmers to keep non-milching animals to manage the problem of stray cattle. The panel asked the Centre to increase the allocation for insuring livestock. Appreciating the efforts of the Union Animal Husbandry […]