The Prime Minister has launched several initiatives during his visit to Varanasi.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme (CAS) of milk products<\/b><\/p>\n It has been developed by the <\/span>Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).<\/span><\/p>\n Why was it launched? <\/b>NDDB and BIS <\/span>have been involved in certification of Process and Products of Dairy Products respectively. However, there was no unified certification process. This was making it difficult for dairy plants to avail end to end certification.<\/span><\/p>\n What is the purpose of the CAS Scheme<\/b>? It is a unified, first of its kind certification scheme for dairy Products. It has brought <\/span>product and process certification under one umbrella with a unified logo featuring the earlier respective logos BIS-ISI mark & NDDB-Quality Mark and Kamdhenu Cow.<\/span><\/p>\n Benefits of the scheme<\/b>: The scheme will, a)<\/strong> Simplify the certification process, b)<\/strong> Create an instantly recognisable logo for public to be reassured about dairy product quality, c)<\/strong> Increase the sales of milk and milk products in organized sector and in turn enhancing income of farmers and, d)<\/strong> Develop a quality culture in the dairy sector.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>Gharauni: <\/b>It is a rural residential rights record under the <\/span>Swamitva scheme<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the Union ministry of panchayati raj.It has been distributed to over 20 lakh residents of Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>Banas Dairy Sankul: <\/b>It is a dairy facility that will be located at UP State Industrial Development Authority Food Park, Varanasi. This facility can process 5 lakh litre of milk per day.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong>Biogas based electricity generation plant: <\/b>It has been launched at the Milk Producers\u2019 Cooperative Union Plant at Ramnagar, Varanasi to make them energy self-sufficient.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the following articles: \u2013 <\/strong>\u2018<\/b>Prime Minister launches a Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, in Varanasi<\/b>\u2019 <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on 23rd<\/sup> Dec 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n \u2013 <\/strong>\u201cPM inaugurates and lays the foundation of multiple projects in Varanasi<\/b>\u201d <\/span>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on 23rd<\/sup> Dec 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? The Prime Minister has launched several initiatives during his visit to Varanasi. What are the initiatives launched by the Prime Minister? \u2013 \u00a0Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme (CAS) of milk products It has been developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National… Continue reading Prime Minister launches a Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, in Varanasi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-155997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the initiatives launched by the Prime Minister?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What is the Conformity Assessment Scheme (CAS) of milk products?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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