India’s export prospects, especially for skimmed milk powder (SMP), fat and butter, have been brightened by the recent increase in prices of dairy products on the global market. Prices rose to year-high levels at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions, mainly driven by the post-Covid...
An Experts panel has been named by the government to study and review the objections of the industry to the proposed ban on 27 commonly used pesticides that officials believe are harmful to animals and humans. It is likely that the committee, headed by Chairman TP Rajendran, former...
India plans to increase the country’s output of seaweed to 11.5 lakh tonnes from the current level of production of 2,500 tonnes over the next five years. According to Fisheries Secretary Rajiv Ranjan on Monday, this can be accomplished by using only 1% of its 8,000-kilometer-long...
The dairy industry has requested a zero tax on nutritional items such as Butter, Ghee (butter oil) and Paneer (cottage cheese) from the existing 12 % Goods and Services Tax (GST) to supplement the government’s efforts to ensure the nation’s nutritional stability (GST). The...
The government of Karnataka has listed the Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Bangalore (Rural) districts as rose onion clusters to promote their exports through various interventions under the Centre’s Agriculture Export Policy (AEP). Four Chikkaballapur’s farmers producer...
