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TopicMilk production

Topic: Milk production

Milk prices up by 10.5% from a year ago — higher input costs & supply side issues to blame

Average price of 1L milk is Rs 56.8 — up from Rs 51.4 last yr. Since October 2022, inflation in milk prices has outpaced general rate of price rise in India. Higher demand another factor. 

India’s milk imports soar as lumpy skin disease hits local cattle stock

Farmers are wrestling with a rare double whammy: a lethal condition called lumpy skin disease in their cows & a drawdown in market-ready cattle stock after Covid slowed breeding.

Amul and Mother Dairy raise milk prices for third time this year

The country's leading milk suppliers have hiked prices of full cream milk by Rs 2/litre citing rise in input costs. The prices of cow and buffalo milk prices have also increased.

Want to boost milk and meat production? Feeding insects to cattle can help

The global market for edible insects is growing quickly, and advocates say that using insects as ingredients can make human and animal food more sustainable.

Cows moo past buffaloes as India’s milk supply champions, thanks to cross-breeding

India recorded all-time high milk production of 209 million tonnes in 2020-21 & cows accounted for 51% of this, govt figures show.

Fodder shortage in India major reason behind rise in milk costs, says govt institute

There is a deficit of 23.4% in the availability of dry fodder, 11.24% in that of green fodder and 28.9% for concentrates, the institute has said in a report. 

On Camera

Justice Abhay Oka floated filtering Article 32 cases to tackle backlog. It’s tricky

Article 32 of the Constitution guarantees the right to directly approach the Supreme Court for fundamental rights, but a massive backlog is threatening its effectiveness.

India’s aviation sector set to boom under Modi 3.0 but ‘emerging duopoly’ could hurt consumers

Sector analysts warn that with Go First expected to remain grounded & SpiceJet struggling, industry is likely to consolidate to just 2-3 player market, hampering competition.

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.