New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Raising its concerns about country's nutrition and food security, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has recommended the government to keep the dairy sector out of the purview of negotiations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
"We are against it (dairy being part of RCEP negotiations). We feel that it is against the interest of our milk producers, most of whom are small and marginal milk producers. Some of the countries with reduced duties may dump their products (in India), and then it will adversely affect the livelihood of our farmers," said Dilip Rath, Chairman, NDDB, on the sidelines of a nutrition awareness campaign for the week 16- 20 September 2019 at Anand.
He also stated...