Why milk adulteration?
Stiff competition, low output to blame by Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon THE adulteration of milk in India has been going on for years, presumably in connivance with officials and politicians. Not much should be expected from the administration as those at the helm are insensitive to even such developments as affect the peoples lives. Accordingly, along with a symptomatic treatment of the disease, there is a need to highlight the causes responsible for this deadly activity. In Punjab buffaloes were regarded as the milch animals and cows were mostly kept for raising bullocks. Due to mechanisation of major farming operations, bullocks are no longer in demand. Majority of the enlightened farmers have lost interest in milch animals as they find growing wheat and rice more paying and less laborious than keeping buffaloes for milk. As a result, milk production has gradually passed into the hands of landless and marginal farmers. This class is the poorest of the rural poor without any resources of
