Monthly Round-Up March 2023

 

 

Dear CLFMA Members and Industry Colleagues,

 

The month of March 2023, was quite good. Let me highlight some major updates/activities of CLFMA OF INDIA in the month of March 2023:

 

Meetings:

 

Visit to Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi on March 1,2023 & March 2,2023 by CLFMA Delegation - CLFMA Chairman Mr. Suresh Deora and Dy. Chairman Mr. Divya Kumar Gulati.

 

CLFMA planned for the visit of newly elected team to Krishi Bhavan but some of the Office bearers were not available. Hence Chairman Mr. Suresh Deora (Myself) and Mr. Divya Kumar Gulati visited Krishi Bhavan to build a good rapport with Government of India and during the visit, Livestock Survey Report was presented to the dignitaries viz. Shri. Parshottam Rupala, Hon. Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, GOI., Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Hon'ble Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, GOI., Shri.Rajesh Kumar Singh, IAS, Secretary AHD, Shri. Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS, Secretary (Fisheries), Shri. O. P. Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (NLM/PC) and Shri. G. N. Singh, Joint Secretary (Admin/Trade/GC/IC/IT).

 

On 28th and 29th March, 2023 Chairman of CLFMA Mr. Suresh Deora and Dy. Chairman of CLFMA Mr. Divya Kumar Gulati met Shri. Jatindra Nath Swain, Secretary (Fishery), New Delhi, Shri.O. P. Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (NLM/PC), New Delhi, Dr. J. Balaji, I.A.S., Joint Secretary (Marine Fisheries), Shri. G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, IAS, CEO, FSSAI, New Delhi, Shri. Hans Raj Khanna, Joint Commissioner (NLM) to discuss issues related to Livestock Sector.

 

Representations:

 

On 8th March, 2023, CLFMA wrote a letter to Shri. G. N. Singh, Joint Secretary (Admin/Trade/CG/PC/IC), Department of AH&D, New Delhi thanking him for sparing his valuable time and approving the combined feed additive / supplement list and made some additional requests for clearance of the material from the port without any hindrance, with a cc copy to Mr. Abhijit Mitra, Animal Husbandry Commissioner, New Delhi & Dr. Gagan Garg, Dy. Commissioner (Trade), New Delhi.

 

Also on the same day CLFMA wrote a letter thanking Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Hon’ble Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and expressed the difficulty faced by CLFMA members regarding BIS making all the Feed Companies to register under them and also suggested to the government that making of regulation and nutritional guidelines may be entrusted to Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and requested the minister for exempting Animal Feed industry to be controlled by BIS, as it would not be in the interest of the farmers. It also raised the issue of BIS formulating the feed standards for Poultry.

 

Stakeholders Outreach:

 

On 5th March, 2023 PMO Office, New Delhi requested for the information on the price trends of Feed (Concentrates) during last three months and projections for summer months, CLFMA satisfactorily provided the same on top priority basis.

 

CLFMA OF INDIA supported 4th Edition of India Poultry Expo 2023 at Nashik, which was organized on 25th to 27th March, 2023 at Thakker Dome, Nashik. CLFMA for the first time had obliged their request and Mr. Uddhav Ahire, Chairman, Anand Agro & CLFMA Managing Committee Member represented CLFMA as Guest of Honour in their Expo. Mr. B. V. Shiv Shankar, Tejasvi Publications has expressed his special thanks to Mr. Suresh Deora, Chairman, CLFMA and his new team. More than 4000 crowd witnessed the expo.

 

The dignitaries present were Dr. Chandrakant Pulkundwar, Commissioner and Administration, Municipal Corporation of Nashik and Renowned Actor, Producer and Director, Shri. Makarand Anaspure, Mr Sanjay Nalgirkar, President, Poultry Farmers and Breeders Association and Mr. Vasant Kumar, Ex-President, PF&BA, Dr P.G. Pedgaonkar, General Manager, Venkateshwara Group, Mr Uddhav Ahire, Chairman, Anand Agro and CLFMA Managing Committee Member (Guest of Honour) , Mrs. Shilpi Awasthi, MD, Supreme Equipments Pvt Ltd, and Mr.Ramesh Khatri, Chairman, Poultry Federation of India were on the dais. Over all 66 exhibitors comprising Pharma, Equipment, Hatcheries and Feed Companies, etc. took part in the expo.

 

CLFMA OF INDIA has tied up for a discounted stall rates in the  Expos viz North East Livestock – Aqua-Poultry (NELAP) Expo 2023, which is scheduled from 18th to 20th April, 2023 at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati, Assam & also in the Livestock Expo, which is scheduled from 3rd to 5th August 2023 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, UP and the details of the same has been circulated to all members in regular intervals to avail the discounts on booking of stalls and sponsorships on producing the CLFMA ID to the organizers.

I would like to solicit your valuable inputs and suggestions to improve further and achieve newer heights.

 

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Warm Regards,

For CLFMA OF INDIA,

Suresh Deora

Chairman

 

 

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