India-Pakistan War Tensions: India Halts All Trade With Pakistan, Including Life-Saving Drugs
Pahalgam Terror Attack, India-Pakistan Tensions Live Updates: In a sweeping move following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, India has imposed a total ban on all imports and transit of goods from Pakistan, citing national security concerns. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a gazette notification on Saturday, invoking the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, and the current Foreign Trade Policy 2023 to enforce the prohibition.
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Time of India
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- Time of India
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Importantly, SPCDF is being formed in the year which not only marks the International Year of Cooperatives, the fourth year of the formation of the union cooperation ministry, Ministry of Cooperation, but also the 150th birth anniversary year of Sardar Patel, who sowed the seeds of Amul. Gujarat is also the headquarters of the 1965-established National Dairy Development Board. Sources said the governing structure of the new federation will comprise multiple stakeholders, including a GCMMF representative (20% equity), representatives of 10 milk unions of Gujarat (60% equity), and three board members representing farmers from outside Gujarat (20% equity). Currently, Gujarat is home to 18 milk unions, which are members of GCMMF. Of these, 10 milk unions, including Banas Dairy, Sabar Dairy, Amul Dairy, and Mehsana's Dudhsagar Dairy, procure close to 100 LLPD milk from states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Bihar, among others. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Amul's member unions are fast expanding their national footprint to cover other states as well. "SPCDF will be formed and governed under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act. The members of these societies formed under the Amul model will get all the benefits, including government schemes. This is essentially a move towards the goal of White Revolution 2.0 as envisioned by GOI to expand the dairy cooperatives network, making them efficient and effective," said an official close to the development. "Effectively, this will expand the national cooperative network," the official said. Currently, with a network of 36 lakh farmers across 18,600 villages of Gujarat and 18 member unions that procure 300 LLPD, GCMMF (Amul Fed) is the world's largest farmer-owned dairy cooperative. It is ranked 8th among the top 20 dairy companies in the world in terms of milk processing, as per the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN). 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Time of India
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