NEW DELHI: India’s milk production is growing by 35.61% during the last six years to 198.4 million tonnes in 2019-20, says the Economic Survey. Milk production in the country has...

We must carry forward the efforts of Verghese Kurien, the father of India’s White Revolution Shweta Krishnan/Ankit SontakkeThe Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) established National Milk Day (NMD) in India...

The dairy farm sector has been a growth propeller for the agricultural and allied sectors, and has significantly contributed towards creation of rural wealth. Its contribution to the agricultural and...

The viral lumpy skin disease (LSD) has spread to cattle and buffalo in about a dozen big Indian states triggering concerns among thousands of dairy farmers. The disease — caused...

Engineer couple Preetha and Manikandan, who work in top IT firms in Chennai, developed an interest in preserving native breeds of cattle during the Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu in...

Dairy Plan (NDP-I), referred to as ‘Mission Milk — The Next Revolution’, implemented by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) during 2012-19, helped the country maintain its self-sufficiency in milk...

Residues remain largely untested in milk. We are concerned, says CSE director general Antibiotics are extensively misused in the dairy sector and its residues remain largely untested in milk, which...

Amidst various odds and fear of coronavirus disease outbreak, over 50,000 Uttarakhand villagers continued supplying milk to state government’s flagship milk brand ‘Aanchal Dairy’ during the three-month-long Covid-19 lockdown period....

The Centre’s decision allowing milk powder imports under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) has incensed dairy farmers, who are already struggling with lower realisations amid excess supply and demand destruction due...