National Dairy Development Board

Pawar to launch National Dairy Plan on Thursday

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is all set to roll out its ambitious, 15-year-long National Dairy Plan, envisaging an outlay of Rs 17,300 crore, with the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad

Publication Date:

18/04/2012

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Dairy Development, Animal Care, Ministry Of Agriculture, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, World Bank, India

Economy

Jairam seeks help from corporates

The Union rural development ministry is setting up a body called “Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation’ (BRLF) with a `1,000-crore corpus with the help of India Inc, to promote economic and social empowerment in 170 districts, including those affected by Naxal violence.

“I have already written to the Tatas, Reliance, Infosys, and Wipro, apart from the dairy cooperative NDDB, and Nabard, to be the founding members of BRLF. My ministry is giving initial corpus of `500 crore,” Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday.

Publication Date:

16/04/2012

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

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Ministry Of Rural Development, Naxalites, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Tribals, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Industry, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Economy

Animal Care

$352-million World Bank credit for National Dairy Support Project

Kozhikode: The World Bank has approved a $ 352-million credit for the National Dairy Support Project.

Publication Date:

19/03/2012

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Animal Care, Cattle, Dairy Development, Kozhikode (D), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Milk, World Bank

Animal Care

1.7k-cr National Dairy Plan Gets CCEA Approval

Project aims at boosting production using scientific breeding and feeding.

Publication Date:

20/02/2012

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Dairy Development, Animal Care, Milk, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India

Food Policy

India retains top slot in milk production

Anand (Gujarat) India continues to be the largest milk producing nation, according to the report of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for 2010-11.

The country’s estimated milk production for the period stood at 121 million tonne (mt), close to 17% of the world’s total produce.

Publication Date:

21/12/2011

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Anand (D), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Milk, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), World Bank, Farmers, Livestock, Food Policy