CHANDIGARH: Punjab Dairy Development Board in collaboration with Indian Dairy Association (North Zone) Punjab Chapter and Verka celebrated World Milk Day at Livestock Complex, Mohali with a seminar on the topic of "Milk for Health and Prosperity". It was pointed out that Punjab was producing 8% of country's total milk with only 2% of milch animals.

Manjit Singh Brar, managing director, Milkfed Punjab, was the chief guest. Indian Dairy Association North Zone was represented by its vice chairman Dr GR Patil and Dr RK Malik, executive editor, Indian Journal of Dairy Science.

Manjit Singh emphasized upon the students to consume more milk and milk products as it was very important for their growth and fitness required to meet the challenges of highly competitive world. Dispelling the myths about the harms of milk fat, he referred to the recent issue of Time Magazine wherein an American research has stressed the need to consume more butter for better health.

Dr. Nitika Goyal, assistant professor, College of Dairy Science and Technology, GADVASU, Ludhiana made a presentation explaining the constituents of milk and the utility of each of them for the human health.

