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Dairy Sector - The Key Player for Nutritional Security in India

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NDRI Hosting National Seminar  on  "Dairy Sector - The Key Player for Nutritional Security in India" (For Details, pl. read below) 7 th National Seminar on “Dairy Sector: The Key Player for Nutritional Security in India ” Dates: 19-20th September, 2014    Venue: NDRI, Karnal SUGGESTED PROGRAMME 19 th September, 2014 (First Day) 0900 – 1100 hrs        Registration 1000 – 1130 hrs        Inaugural Session Milk is often regarded as being nature’s most nearly complete food. It earns this reputation as it provides most of the nutrients which are essential for growth of human body. However, like many other developing countries, in India milk is produced by smallholders and setting up an efficient, hygienic and economic dairy chain is a serious challenge apart from meeting the expected demand of 200 million tonnes by 2021-22. To achieve the qualitative and quantitative targets collective efforts by the Government, Cooperative and Pri

Who is more Influential - NGOs or Industry Associations?

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Who is more Influential in shaping Public Opinion?   NGOs or   Industry Associations During school I read one proverb, " one rotten apple spoils the whole basket ". In recent times there were many headlines in newspapers in which business houses were involved for many wrong reasons.   Some of them are: Coal mines allocation  2G allocation Defence contracts   Midday meal contracts Civil contracts Liquor Contracts Fund or loans diversion by large corporates Stock market manipulation Black Money Tax violations Pollution of water bodies by industries Land grabbing Illegal Mining Spurious and sub-standard products many more... Sometimes I wonder why none of these issues were ever highlighted or discussed by industry chambers. Why always NGOs came in front to expose these issues?  What is wrong with Industry Chambers? Why one rotten apple was allowed to spoils the whole basket? It is quite a disturbing trend, because today in public opinion