Sabar Dairy announces revised milk price for amid protests
After five days of intense protests, Sabar Dairy has revised its annual milk procurement rate, offering ₹995 per kg of fat to cattle farmers, a ₹5 increase from the earlier announced rate of ₹990, officials said on Friday. The decision follows mounting unrest by dairy farmers across Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts of Gujarat, who have […]
Sabar Dairy farmers escalate protest over low milk price
The dairy heartland of Aravalli district is boiling over. For the third consecutive day, cattle breeders have escalated their vehement protest against the Sabar Dairy administration, pouring thousands of liters of precious milk onto the roads and bringing the region’s milk supply chain to a grinding halt. Aravalli: The dairy heartland of Aravalli district is boiling […]
Dairy farmers to protest over milk procurement prices
Urging the State government to increase the procurement price of milk, the Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Association has announced a state-wide protest on March 18. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, Association state president K. Mohammed Ali said 15 lakh families are engaged in milk production. Aavin procures only 35 lakh litres from them every […]
Students Protest Removal of AH and Dairy from Agriculture Syllabus
Core subjects like Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science have been withdrawn from the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree course. Students who have completed their courses in Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science from all four agricultural universities across the state staged a protest against this decision at the Maharashtra Agricultural Research and Education Council (MAREC) […]
Nashik Dairy Farmers Call For Urgent Milk Price Increase
Dairy farmers have launched widespread agitations and demonstrations across Nashik, demanding an immediate increase in milk prices. The current payment of ₹22 to ₹27 per litre to producers is significantly lower than the government-announced rate of ₹34 per litre. Compared to other states, milk producers in Maharashtra receive ₹10 to ₹12 less per litre, exacerbating […]
Mahanand Dairy to be turned over to Anand-based NDDB
Mahanand Dairy, Maharashtra’s milk producers’ federation, to be handed to NDDB. State govt cites brand revival, opposition alleges shift to Gujarat. Mahanand Dairy, the federation of the state’s milk producers in districts and tehsils, will be handed over to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), a central government body headquartered in Anand, Gujarat. While the […]
BJP workers bring cattle to Bengaluru protest, ask milk subsidies
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party workers bought their cattle along at a protest against the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state for not providing subsidies on milk production. The BJP workers staged the protest at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru and raised slogans alleging that the state government had not released dues to the […]
Punjab dairy farmers protest at Verka plant against rate reduction
Scores of dairy farmers from across the state gathered outside the Verka plant in Mohali on Monday to protest against the rate reduction. Baldev Singh, ex-chairman of the Milk plant in Mohali said that Milkfed had reduced the rate from ₹83 a litre to ₹80 a litre. “Contrary to our request for a hike in the rate, […]
Protests across the state if the milk support prices not raised in Karnataka
The Sahakara Bharathi Udupi district unit has urged to raise the milk support price according to the cost of production to at least Rs 10. Sahakara Bharati district unit convener Sanoor Narasimha Kamath, speaking here in the press conference, said that the production cost of milk has been increasing due to floods, drought, natural calamities […]
TRS condemns GST on dairy products lik e curd, butter milk and Lassi
By imposing five per cent GST (Goods and Services Tax) on milk and dairy products like curd, buttermilk and lassi, the Central government was increasing the burden on the poor and the middle class people, alleged Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Warangal district president and Wardhannapet MLA Aroori Ramesh. As per the call given by TRS […]