News Final.p65 - Indian Dairy Association

Supplies was inaugurated by Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Director,
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal on 6th
December 2011 in the presence of Shri. Arun Patil,
Chairman, Indian Dairy Association (West Zone) and
Shri. Arun Narke, Vice President, IDA. Shri. Subhash
Mandge, Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Sahakari Dugdh
Mahasangh Maryadit was a Guest of Honour on the
occasion. Shri.Ashwani Pande, Managing Director,
Koelnmesse YA Tradefair Pvt. Ltd. and ZEC Members
of IDA (WZ) were present on the occasion. Dr. Srivastava
also inaugurated IDA (WZ) stall in the exhibition and
visited other stalls.
Bringing about a change
'PARIVARTAN' IS A unique effort by the J.K. Trust Gram Vikas Yojana to bring
about change in the life of Indian farmers. Established in 1997, it currently
operates 3,948 Integrated Livestock Development Centres (ILD) in 110 districts
of ten states. These are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. These
centres cover about 30,000 villages bringing change in the life of 30 lakh Indian farmers. It is a unique initiative
being implemented across the country in an effective, scalable and adaptable way across topographies and
locations.
Jairam Ramesh for Loan to SHGs at 4%
DECEMBER 2011
RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER
Mr. Jairam Ramesh has sought
interest subvention for bank loans
to self-help groups (SHGs) so
that they can avail bank loans at
the rate of 4%.
In a letter to Finance
Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee,
Mr. Ramesh said that while
Gujarat shows the way
THE WHITE REVOLUTION has ensured that Gujarat, though ranked fifth in milk
production in India, will supply milk to most metros in the country. In all, 38
lakh litres of milk is supplied everyday to cities outside Gujarat. Now, Banas
Dairy readies to start its second milk train to Kanpur. Banas Dairy, the state's
biggest milk union, will double supplies from its present six lakh litres to 12
lakh litres in western and southern UP. "Our first milk train started in February
with the capacity of six lakh litres in 10 wagons. We are expecting clearances
for the second train," said Parthi Bhatol, Banas Dairy's chairman, who also
heads Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
The dairy giant is eyeing a slot among top 10 global players with a
targeted turnover of ` 30,000 crore by 2020 and its major member unions are
expanding their processing capacities outside the state.
The exhibition was held from 6th to 8th December
2011 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon (East),
Mumbai. Around 120 exhibitors from 13 countries
displayed their products and services offered to dairy,
sweet and snack industries, which were witnessed by
3,304 trade visitors. Almost all the exhibitors expressed
their satisfaction by the quality of visitor turnout which
include the top management personnel from leading
companies in dairy, sweet and snack industries like -
Haldirams, Cadbury's, ITC Foods, Amul, Hatsun Agro,
Mother Dairy, Perfetti, Uniliver India, Vadilal etc.
credit disbursement to SHGs for women had risen, banks
charged them different rates of interest ranging from 10%
to 13%. "Women SHG members are from the most
vulnerable sections of society.
Considering their socio-economic status, it is
essential that government extends an interest subvention
for loans extended to SHGs," he wrote. Mr. Ramesh
gave the example of farmers who can avail short-term
credit at 4%.
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