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India`s milk imports soar as disease hits local cattle stock Buying milk is getting expensive in India and the price could soon hit an all-time high, forcing the world's biggest producer to step up imports to boost supplies and ease cost of living pressures. Farmers are wrestling with a rare double whammy: a lethal condition called lumpy skin disease in their cows and a drawdown in market-ready cattle stock after the coronavirus pandemic slowed breeding. Milk prices have already jumped more than 15% to 56 rupees ($0.68) a litre over the past ...
India`s milk imports soar as disease hits local cattle stock
India`s milk imports soar as disease hits local cattle stock
Source: Reuters
4/04/2023 2:59:42 PM
IIL to set up animal vaccine facility in Hyderabad's Genome Valley  Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) on Monday announced that it will invest Rs 700 crore to set up a new animal vaccine manufacturing facility in Genome Valley, Hyderabad. The company said the facility would help meet the vaccine security of the nation against economically important diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and other emerging diseases. The facility will create total employment for around 750 people. IIL, a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB),...
IIL to set up animal vaccine facility in Hyderabad's Genome Valley
IIL to set up animal vaccine facility in Hyderabad's Genome Valley
Source: IANS
11/10/2022 9:54:12 AM
Government committed to increase domestic dairy market to Rs 30L cr: Amit Shah Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the government is committed to increase the domestic dairy market of Rs 13 lakh crore to Rs 30 lakh crore by 2027, adding India has a huge opportunity to supply milk to countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Speaking at the Eastern and North-Eastern Cooperative Dairy Conclave 2022, the Union Minister said that to explore this market, the government is setting up a multi state cooperative which would act as a...
Government committed to increase domestic dairy market to Rs 30L cr: Amit Shah
Government committed to increase domestic dairy market to Rs 30L cr: Amit Shah
Source: IANS
8/10/2022 10:52:47 AM
Mix of solar and biogas to produce green hydrogen at Varanasi's Ramnagar dairy Green hydrogen is a buzzword today with not just the government but even private entrepreneurs investing in R&D to make it cheaper. Green hydrogen, part of the renewable energy basket, is the proverbial new kid on the block that can take a place of pride sooner than expected. However, right now, the main worry for the government planners is its cost to make it commercially viable. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) are working on a...
Mix of solar and biogas to produce green hydrogen at Varanasi's Ramnagar dairy
Mix of solar and biogas to produce green hydrogen at Varanasi's Ramnagar dairy
Source: IANS
12/06/2022 11:59:44 AM
Assam, NDDB ink MoU for Rs 2K cr project to boost milk production The Assam government and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a joint venture company to execute a Rs 2,000 crore project aiming to process 10 lakh litres of milk per day benefiting 1.75 lakh dairy farmers of the state. After signing the MoU, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that six new milk processing units would be set up in seven years to increase the earnings of the dairy farmers. In the six new prop...
Assam, NDDB ink MoU for Rs 2K cr project to boost milk production
Assam, NDDB ink MoU for Rs 2K cr project to boost milk production
Source: IANS
8/01/2022 9:30:42 AM
National Milk Day on Friday to mark Kurien's birth centenary The 'National Milk Day' to commemorate the birth centenary of Dr Verghese Kurien - popular as 'Milk Man of India' for his stellar contribution in the dairy sector and setting up of the Amul - will be celebrated at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Campus at Anand in Gujarat on Friday. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying will jointly organise the event with the NDDB, and other institutions created by Dr Kurien, a statement from the Ministry of Animal Hu...
National Milk Day on Friday to mark Kurien's birth centenary
National Milk Day on Friday to mark Kurien's birth centenary
Source: IANS
25/11/2021 5:06:55 PM