Damian Morais

Transitioning from fragmented farmgate logistics to IoT-enabled cold chains and digital traceability is vital to capturing high-value export markets. India’s dairy sector stands as one of the country’s most remarkable economic achievements, transforming from historical milk deficits into the world’s largest milk producer with national output reaching close to 248 million tonnes in FY2024–25.

KFSDA order prohibits manufacturing, distribution, and restaurant use of vegetable-fat imitations marketed under the name ‘paneer’. The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration (KFSDA) has issued a government notification imposing a comprehensive, one-year prohibition on the manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being marketed under the name “paneer” across the state.

50 families in Pottamlodi manage 240 cattle collectively, sharing fresh milk and utilizing manure for chemical-free organic farming. In a notable departure from the commercialized, profit-driven dairy supply chains dominating modern agriculture, the rural hamlet of Pottamlodi in Telangana’s Adilabad district has established an entirely closed-loop, community-driven dairy and organic farming model.