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Output could be 6% below initial estimate - govt note...
11 April 2022

A government ban on plastic straws will begin in July...
14 March 2022
10 December 2021

Government agreed to set up panel to consider crop support prices...
08 December 2021

The proposal addresses minimum support prices for all produce...
29 November 2021

Farmers ask administration to introduce a law to secure government prices for crops beyond rice and wheat...
24 November 2020

India’s Punjab region started a major vaccination drive against food-and-mouth disease earlier this year, but the effort could stall as owners oppose ear tagging of cattle, fearing that this could increase their tax burden....
11 November 2020

The Indian state of Assam began the first phase of a foot and mouth disease (FMD) and brucellosis vaccine drive on 10 November....
21 August 2020

India’s ambassador to the United States told reporters that concluding current negotiations on a limited trade deal is a vital first step in creating a comprehensive trade pact in the future....
06 August 2020

In a letter sent to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, 100 doctors associated with the WHO One Health initiative seek a ban on wet markets and closures of abattoirs that do not follow safety guidelines....
22 July 2020

The United States and India will soon finalise a trade deal after two years of negotiations....
23 March 2020
04 March 2020

INDIA - The Gujarat state government admitted that on average, 138 kg of beef transported in five vehicles are caught by the police department everyday....
02 March 2020

INDIA - New Zealand has said there is no prospect of New Zealand flooding the Indian market with or without a trade agreement, seeking to allay New Delhi’s fears on dairy imports....
03 February 2020

INDIA - Proposed reduction of tax on cooperative societies to 22 percent plus surcharge and cess as well as exemption from Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) will help increase investments in the dairy sector. The relief to cooperatives has come at a time...
24 January 2020

INDIA - Private and co-operative dairies are at loggerheads with each other over a sharp rise in the prices of skimmed milk powder (SMP)....
13 January 2020

INDIA - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently carried out a special inspection drive and seized dairy products worth Rs 69 lakh for violating norms....
16 December 2019

INDIA - Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy on Saturday announced an increase in milk prices by up to Rs 3 per litre in Delhi-NCR due to lower supply and rise in procurement cost....
29 November 2019

INDIA - The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered milk companies to set up a systematic milk sample testing system in their dairy plants. The move comes after a recent survey revealed the presence of carcinogen and other toxic substances...
26 November 2019

INDIA - India and the US have identified almost 40 products like pistachios, walnuts and apples that can be considered for duty concessions. The two sides are also trying to zero in on workable concessions for medical devices....
17 September 2019

INDIA - As the phase-1 of the ambitious National Dairy Plan (NDP-1) comes to an end this November, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has initiated talks with the World Bank and the government departments concerned to go ahead with the second...
16 September 2019

INDIA - Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the producer of Amul brand dairy products, is planning to penetrate rural India with smaller pack sizes of pasteurized milk derivatives. The decision coincides with the organisation's expansion...
09 September 2019

INDIA - Mother Diary has hiked the price of cow milk by Rs 2 per litre from Friday in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)....
04 September 2019

INDIA - Just when liquid milk prices were showing signs of stabilising after remaining subdued for the past few years, the dry buffalo rate, or the sale price of a buffalo that has stopped giving milk and is ready for slaughter, has dropped sharply....
26 August 2019

INDIA - The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under the 'Amul' brand, is looking at 40-60 new value-added dairy products over the next two years. The launches, which could include high-margin offerings,...
20 August 2019

INDIA - The ambitious milk-fortification programme of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is seen facing dissent on its home ground. ...