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  NDDB urges Nirmala Sitharaman to rationalize taxes on dairy items

  India | June 13, 2019 13:47 IST

  Making his submissions at a meeting convened by the Union Finance Minister for pre-budget consultations with stakeholder groups from agriculture and rural development at New Delhi on Tuesday, NDDB Chairman Dilip Rath also pitched for reduction of GST on breeding outputs, besides a cut in import duty on import of bovine germplasm.

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  'Asia's milk demand will increase to 320 mn tonnes in 6 yrs'

  India | March 24, 2015 14:08 IST

  Vadodara: To meet its growing demand for milk, Asia needs to increase production to 320 million tonnes by 2021, according to sector experts.Experts from UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and National Dairy Development Board