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No decision on import of dairy products yet, clarifies Govt
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Thursday, 13 April, 2023, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Government has issued a clarification regarding import of dairy products saying that it was aware of the gap in demand & supply during the summer season and that it was monitoring the situation, but no decision was taken with respect to the import of dairy products, yet.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Dairying and Animal Husbandry, after MP from Maharashtra Sharad Pawar wrote a letter to Government opposing such a move, says, “To meet the growing demand and considering the fact that the supply of milk in the ensuing summer season being a lean season may be less, there were demands from several dairy cooperatives for import of conserved dairy commodities – milk fat and powder, as this is a fact that there has been some demand and supply gap observed in the dairy sector, primarily due to increased demand for nutritious, safe and hygienic milk and milk products post-Covid-19 pandemic.”
The statement added that with this background, NDDB (National Dairy Development Board) along with GoI, has been monitoring the demand-supply situation and since the process of import takes time, the necessary back-end processes are being put in place to timely manage the situation in case of any eventuality.
“In case the situation warrants, the import may be done to help ease out the situation for the dairy cooperatives to meet the summer demands,” reads the statement while adding that however, in that case also it will be ensured that it is routed only through NDDB and the needy unions may be given the stocks at the market price after proper assessment.
According to the Government sources, a decision will be taken after watching the demand-supply position later in the summer.
Also some reports suggest that during the peak summer season, due to heat waves, the dairy production may witness a downfall.
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