Indian scientists have developed a technology to tackle health hazard due to adulteration in milk.<br/><br/>Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday dedicated this technology to nation in New Delhi and said it will play important role in Swastha Bharat movement.<br/><br/>The Minister said he will soon be reaching out to all health ministers of the States and also the Centre to adopt and deploy this technology to address the problem of milk adulteration in the country. <br/><br/>Dr Harsh Vardhan pointed out that India ranks number one in the world in milk production and produced over 146 million tonnes in 2014-15.<br/><br/>But it is feared that over 60 per cent of the milk is contaminated due to malpractices in milk supply chain which includes dilution with unsafe water.<br/><br/>He said the milk is otherwise said to be adulterated with contaminants such as urea, salt, detergent, liquid soap and hydrogen peroxide which have hazardous health effects. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the initiative of CSIR for developing and deploying this technology Ksheer-Scanner instantaneously detects the identified adulterants in the milk. It is a low cost portable system with user-friendly features and detection of contaminants in just 40 to 45 seconds at the per sample cost of less than 50 paise.