Another White revolution?

Initially, both milk procurement and sales of milk were impacted in several parts of the country, but then solutions were mapped out and the industry got back on its feet.

With the pandemic raging across the world, it has thrown up a possibility for our dairy industry to benefit as people become more aware of the need to adopt a healthy diet.

Across the globe, the pandemic has hurt large commercial dairy farms even in countries with superior diary infrastructure, pushing governments to step in and bail them out.

While our industry is scraping by, the government could do more, like consider reducing GST on ghee - which has been a long-standing demand of the dairy industry and will ultimately benefit milk producers.

Farm animals that produce milk need to be the focus of care, as they are the first link that could be affected if the situation continues and farmers are unable to maintain their production rate.