Central Government took an important decision to import soya meal in the interest of Livestock farmers!
The unnecessarily high prices of soya have made the entire poultry, aqua (fish and shrimp), and dairy farmers upset, The livestock industry was also facing this problem as soya meal is the most important source of protein in the livestock feed. And the unavailability of soya due to rising prices had made the condition of all the farmers miserable.
Noticing the problems of Livestock farmers, Mr. Gulrez Alam, Secretary All India Poultry Breeders Association and Director, IB Group and Ashish Gupta, Executive Member All India Poultry Breeders Association and MD Sampoorna Feeds, Ricky Thapar, VP ABIS Exports, IB Group, and Vijay Sardana, Agriculture Expert and Advocate Delhi High Court worked tirelessly for fruitful discussion with Ministers and Central Government for allowing GM Soya meal Import.
AIPBA along with CLFMA (Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers Association), Fish Feed Millers Association, Shrimp Feed Millers Association, Sea Food Processors Association, Sea Food Association of India, PFI (Poultry Federation of India) All the organizations step forward to put farmer’s issues in front of the Government.
The positive results of the meetings held with the government came in the interest of the farmers and the import of soybean meal was approved.
On the behalf of entire Livestock farmers and Industry, the All India Poultry Breeders Association thanks Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Om Birla, Hon’ble Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah Ji, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal Ji, Hon’ble Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala Ji, and Hon’ble Environment Minister, Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji.
We also thanks Dr. Bhagwat Karad Ji, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance, Shri Som Parkash Ji, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Sanjeev Balyan Ji, Hon’ble Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairying, Dr. L. Murugan Ji, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Shri B. B. Patil, Member of Parliament, Zaheerabad (Telangana), Mr. V. Vijayasai Reddy, Member of Rajya Sabha and Mr. Mahipal Dhanda, MLA Panipat (Rural).
We express our gratitude to Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairying,
| It will be imported under Chapter 23 of the Customs Rules. under HSN code 23040020/30 Accordingly, the duty will be imposed. The seller has to declare that “the consignment of soy meal is for animal feed purpose and not for food” For importing CHA a declaration is made by the importer that “the consignment is used for animal feed and not for human food”. |
Dr. OP Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (NLM/PC), and Dr. Praveen Malik, Commissioner Animal Husbandry and Dairying, who come forward in the support of 10 Crore Indian livestock farmers. We also thank Shri Amit Yadav, Joint- Secretary DGFT, Shri Gaurav Masaldan, Joint-Secretary Customs, Shri Diwakar Mishra, Joint-Secretary Commerce, and Dr. Amit Sharma, FSSAI Director (Imports) for their cooperation and proper guidance.
We, express our heartfelt gratitude to all the representatives associated with the organization Mr. B Mastan Rao, MD BMR Group and President, Shrimp Feed Millers Association, Mr. Indar Kumar, Avanti Feeds & President, Shrimp Processors Association, Mr. Fondani Jagdish Wiljibhai, President Seafood Association of India, Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, VP Poultry Federation of India, Mr. Sharma, Executive Director Seafood Association, Mr. Neeraj Srivastava, President CLFMA, Mr. Divya Gulati, Vice President CLFMA, Mr. Vijay Bhandari, President CLFMA (South Zone), Mr. Suresh Deora, Secretary CLFMA, Dr. Sujit Kulkarni, Joint Secretary, CLFMA, Mr. Bittu Dhanda and Mr. Ramesh Khatri who have always stood together in the interest of livestock farmers.
In the end, Mr. Bahadur Ali, Chairman AIPBA once again Thanks to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji, under his dynamic leadership the entire Livestock Farmers and Industry feel safe.