Although the State Government issued an order to supply eggs and Milk to severely malnourished children in anganwadis from April 1, many children have not received the promised nourishment even 20 days after the programme began. A majority of the anganwadis are either in the dark about the Government Order or, even if they have received information, there is little clarity on the details of implementation. The decision by the Department of...
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National Dairy Plan phase-one launched by Sharad Pawar
-The Economic Times The ambitious Rs 2,242-crore National Dairy Plan phase-one (NDP-I) was launched on Thursday by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar at NDDB, Anand. The project aims to increase the productivity of milch animals and provide India's 70 million small-holder rural Milk producers with greater access to the organised Milk-processing sector. The official release says the new central sector scheme is a six year plan and would be implemented in 14 major...
More »Debate on poverty does not alter the reality of declining poverty or strategy to combat it-PP Sangal
The Planning Commission drew flak when it calculated that if an urban person spent 28 per head every day and someone in rural areas spent 22, that was enough to consider them to be above the poverty line. These figures are based on consumption expenditure data collected in the 66th round of NSSO for 2009-10. From these new estimates, using the Tendulkar Committee methodology, the number of poor in 2009-10 was...
More »Milk to be dearer by Rs 2 per litre in Delhi, NCR from today
-PTI Milk prices in the national capital and adjoining areas will rise by up to Rs 2 per litre from Monday with two leading suppliers hiking rates, but largest seller Mother Dairy is not increasing rates just yet. Amul and Quality Dairy will increase Milk prices from Monday. Mother Dairy and Paras are the other two major Milk suppliers in the national capital and its adjoining areas which consume over 115 lakh...
More »No plain Milk: Amul to take legal action against Cadbury-Rachit Vats
Is plain Milk not enough? The question has become a bone of contention between dairy major Amul and confectionery giant Cadbury, owned by Kraft Foods. Amul will be taking the legal route against Cadbury for promoting its flagship health drink Bournvita in a misguided way. Amul claims Cadbury's campaign saying Milk alone is not nutritious puts the entire dairy industry in a poor light and misguides consumers. "Milk is the best...
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