The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The FSSAI has notified the FSS (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2017 regarding certain restriction on sale of cream ans FSS (Food products standards and food additives) Amendment Regulations, 2017 regarding revised standards for milk and milk products. These standards are being introduced to widen the scope of …
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) of Uganda and UNDP have issued the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action on 'Climate-Smart Dairy Livestock Value Chains in Uganda'. The objective of this NAMA is to trigger resilient low-carbon development in the dairy sector through the introduction of climate-smart agricultural practices …
The country will get new national standards after 60 years that will standardise outdated benchmarks for determining adulteration. According to these revised standards introduced by top food regulator - Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) - fat content now ranges between 1.5% and 6%, down from a minimum of …
This study evaluates the potential for improving milk production while reducing enteric methane emission intensity from dairy production in Bangladesh. The overall objective of this study is to support Bangladesh in identifying low-cost strategies to reduce enteric methane (CH4) emissions while contributing to the country’s short- to long-term social and …
AHMEDABAD: At a time when demand for farm loan waiver is growing in many states, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products under Amul brand, on Thursday claimed that the income of farmers associated with the co-operative federation has quadrupled in last seven years. The …
Says peacock is the national bird because it does not have sex with peahen Amid the debate on the notification banning the sale of cattle for slaughter, a judge at the Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday asked the State to get the cow declared a national animal and wanted the …
We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced When I wrote about vegetarianism, or, more precisely, why I as an Indian environmentalist would not advocate it, I had expected an emotional response. My article was meant to provoke a discussion. I …
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Amendment Regulations, 2016 related to restriction on sale of cream. [Amendment in the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, substitution of item (1) of sub-regulation 2.1.1 of regulation 2.1; and Draft Food Safety and Standards …
VADODARA: The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy has been conferred the Golden Peacock Award for ecologically innovation and sustainable energy conservation. The award recognizes Amul Dairy's efforts in establishing sustainable energy management system adopted in recovery of methane gas from the dairy effluents, …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Adulteration of Food and Dairy Products, 10/05/2016. Cases of adulteration of food products including dairy products have come to the notice of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 and …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Adulterated Milk Products, 01/03/2016. As per information made available by the State/UT Governments, the number of milk samples analyzed, samples found to be non-conforming to the standards prescribed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Regulations thereunder and action taken during 2014-15 …
EU agriculture ministers have announced a €500m (£365m) aid package after thousands of farmers protested on the streets of Brussels. The mainly Belgian, French and German farmers were protesting against plummeting prices for their produce. They blocked streets with tractors near the EU headquarters, where agriculture ministers were meeting. The …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on adulteration in milk, 24/07/2015. Details of state-wise estimates of milk production during 2011-12 to 2014-15, and per Capita availability of milk during the said period are indicated in this document. As per the data compiled through Food Import Clearance System (FICS), the quantity of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on adulteration of packaged food items and milk products, 21/07/2015 . From time to time, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) takes up the matters relating to safety and standards of all food items with the State authorities concerned including through written …
Concerned over increasing instances of food adulteration, Kerala is gearing up to set up a string of mobile testing laboratories at check posts, claimed to be a first such initiative in the country. The plan is to examine the quality of food articles, including milk, milk products, oil and water, …
The Indian food regulator has extended the ban on milk and other dairy products imported from China for another year. Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which has been in the news for countrywide recall of Nestle's Maggi and stopping its production, has now said there is no …
UP Food Safety sends more for tests; no charges pressed yet. Food safety authorities in Fatehpur district have swung into action after carbonate compounds were found in milk samples reportedly meant for manufacturing Amul packaged milk at one of its village-level collection centres. The use of any foreign agent in …
Contaminants found in samples ranging from milk to spices to packaged water Not only commonly sold food items like milk products, desi ghee, tea, spices like turmeric, chillies and black pepper, but packaged water also have high adulteration levels in the state. The adulteration percentage in these food products has …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on adulteration of milk and milk products, 12/05/2015. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had conducted a Nation–wide survey on Milk Adulteration in 2011 through its five Regional Offices. A total of 1791 samples were drawn from 33 states and were tested …
The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of average household monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE), the distribution of households and persons over the MPCE range, and the break-up of average MPCE by commodity group, separately for the rural and urban sectors of the country, for States and …
