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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Dairy boost: Assam rolls out Rs 5 per litre milk subsidy; CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches plant expansion to support rural economy
AI image To give a fresh boost to Assam's dairy sector, the state government on Sunday introduced a new subsidy scheme offering Rs 5 per litre of milk to dairy farmers. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the initiative at a programme in Guwahati, where he also laid the foundation stone for expanding the Panjabari plant of West Assam Milk Producers' Cooperative Union Ltd (WAMUL), which sells under the Purabi Dairy brand. 'Empowering our dairy farmers. Today, we formally rolled out the subsidy scheme... which will now receive Rs 5/litre subsidy for the milk they give for processing at cooperative societies,' Sarma said in a post on X, adding that the move would encourage higher production, improve farmers' earnings, and spark a rural dairy revolution. According to officials quoted by news agency PTI, over 20,000 dairy farmers across Assam are expected to benefit from this subsidy scheme. The state sees this step as essential to strengthen milk supply chains and enhance economic opportunities in rural areas. At the same event, Sarma performed the 'bhoomi pujan' for a Rs 104 crore expansion of the Purabi Dairy processing unit. The facility, once upgraded, will double its processing capacity from 1.5 lakh litres per day (LLPD) to 3 LLPD. This project is part of an MoU between WAMUL and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), signed during the Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit earlier this year. Calling the expansion 'a crucial step towards a self-reliant Assam in the dairy sector,' Sarma said it would ensure better market access for farmers and strengthen the state's nutritional security. NDDB and WAMUL chairman Meenesh Shah said the plant's growth would support a broader dairy network, boost milk collection, and reach more consumers in the region. The Panjabari facility is the largest milk processing plant in the North East and plays a central role in the Assam Dairy Development Plan (ADDP), which aims to process 10 LLPD state-wide in the formal dairy sector. As part of the expansion, pasteurised pouch milk output will increase from 1.15 LLPD to 2.0 LLPD. The facility will also add a new ice cream production line of 20 thousand litres per day (TLPD), scalable to 30 TLPD, along with additional dairy products totalling 70 TLPD.
New Indian Express
01-06-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Karnataka HC quashes doping ban on ‘pork-eating' hoopster Rai
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the four-year suspension of former national basketball player Shashank J Rai by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP). The ADDP had banned Rai (32), the 6.5-foot-tall hoopster from Mangalore, on October 11, 2022, for testing positive for 19-NA (a metabolite of Nandrolone). Rai's appeal was rejected by the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel on April 16, 2024. Rai had challenged the ban saying the presence of 19-NA in his sample was not a result of willful ingestion of a performance-enhancing substance, but rather an inadvertent consequence of consuming pork, a staple in the cuisine of his native, coastal Karnataka. Justice M Nagaprasanna's order said the penalty imposed by the anti-doping agency was in ignorance of Rai's assertion. 'The court finds the impugned orders vitiated by non-consideration of vital material, absence of reasoned adjudication and a palpable breach of the principle of fairness,' the court observed. On February 5, 2022, while participating in a preparatory camp in Bengaluru, intended for India's elite basketball contingent, the petitioner's urine sample was collected by the National Anti-Doping Agency and the same was opened and resealed in Delhi. The charges from the petitioner for conducting the Sample-B test were also collected by the Agency. Then the sample was sent to a laboratory in Rome.
New Indian Express
01-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Dope of shame for India yet again
CHENNAI: WHEN it comes to doping, India will always be in front. The latest figures could be the highest positive doping cases after the 225 cases in 2019. What is even more intriguing is that the positive cases are in less than a year. According to the latest Annual Report of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports published on their website, 186 returned Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) in the April 2023-January 2024 (about 10 months) period. The number of samples increased to 4891, including 544 blood samples. Going by percentage, this is a high 3.80. In 2022, India had topped the world in the percentage of doping positives against the number of samples tested. The figures were based on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) testing figures published last year in April. According to the WADA report, NADA found 125 positives, about 3.2 percent of the total number of samples collected and was highest among countries that had tested more than 2000 samples. As far as testing samples is concerned, 4891 could be the highest in the country. 'During the period of April 2023 – January 2024, a total of 4891 dope samples including 544 blood samples were collected during sports championship and training camps,' said the report. At 43, athletics has seen a spurt of positive cases including Asian Games and championship medallists. Weightlifting had 33 AAFs, followed by powerlifting with 27 positive cases. Wrestling (10) and boxing (9) were next. Pencak-Silat is a sport that has returned 2 positive cases. In all, there were positive cases in 24 sporting disciplines. Cricket figures among the top sport to have opted for Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) with seven cricketers opting for this provision. The report said, 'TUE may give that athlete the authorization to use that substance or method while competing without invoking an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).' Surprisingly, there have been only two TUE requests in athletics. Kabaddi saw four TUE requests but they were all granted. The report said that Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) had heard 92 Anti-Doping Rule Violation cases while the Anti Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) heard 35 cases. The ADDP issued 56 orders while ADAP 21. 'The ADRV cases/Appeals as per following details have been heard/disposed by ADDP/ADAP during the period of April – December 2023,' said the report. The report also pointed out that the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has increased the capacity from 4000 to 6000.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Council raises more than £15m from property sales
A council has disposed of seven properties to raise millions of pounds and avoid potential future losses. The sites released by Southampton City Council in the last year include a student accommodation block, retail units and warehouses. More than £15m was raised through private sales and auctions, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The council, which warned in February that it faced bankruptcy, said it needed to manage assets better and had disposed of properties that might carry a future "disbenefit". The authority currently has a temporary capitalisation direction from the government, allowing it to use the receipts from asset sales to fund revenue costs in its budget. It said individual sale prices could not be disclosed. However, one site - a DPD depot in Raunds, Northamptonshire, which was purchased in 2017 - appears to have been sold at a £620,000 loss, according to council documents. In 2020/21, it was delivering rental income of more than £477,000, papers showed. Other disposals include a vacant office in Cambridge, where the council surrendered its lease, and two properties in Southampton that were sold at auction. Labour councillor Sarah Bogle, in charge of Southampton's economic development, said decisions were taken as part of a five-year asset development and disposal programme (ADDP). She said: "We want to have the right assets and use them much better and manage them a lot better, which I think historically we haven't always done." ADDP manager Julianna Clark said the council had secured "good" capital receipts, with some above initial estimates. She said: "These particular assets that we chose are saying it is better for you to cash the capital receipt because in the longer term you could potentially hold it for a disbenefit." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Council's emergency financial support extended Emergency support for council facing 'bankruptcy' The councils selling the family silver to pay bills Southampton City Council
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Southampton City Council raises more than £15m from asset sales
A council has disposed of seven properties to raise millions of pounds and avoid potential future sites released by Southampton City Council in the last year include a student accommodation block, retail units and than £15m was raised through private sales and auctions, according to the Local Democracy Reporting council, which warned in February that it faced bankruptcy, said it needed to manage assets better and had disposed of properties that might carry a future "disbenefit". The authority currently has a temporary capitalisation direction from the government, allowing it to use the receipts from asset sales to fund revenue costs in its said individual sale prices could not be disclosed. However, one site - a DPD depot in Raunds, Northamptonshire, which was purchased in 2017 - appears to have been sold at a £620,000 loss, according to council 2020/21, it was delivering rental income of more than £477,000, papers disposals include a vacant office in Cambridge, where the council surrendered its lease, and two properties in Southampton that were sold at councillor Sarah Bogle, in charge of Southampton's economic development, said decisions were taken as part of a five-year asset development and disposal programme (ADDP).She said: "We want to have the right assets and use them much better and manage them a lot better, which I think historically we haven't always done."ADDP manager Julianna Clark said the council had secured "good" capital receipts, with some above initial said: "These particular assets that we chose are saying it is better for you to cash the capital receipt because in the longer term you could potentially hold it for a disbenefit." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
