2020 was my best teacher: A blog by Kuldeep Sharma
So finally 2020 is over and we are in 2021. Everyone just got almost fed up and started to wait eagerly for 2021 to arrive soon. However time takes its own time to accomplish its journey. Einstein’s theory of relativity could not have been learnt better than during this period. Which was full of dismay, anguish…
Obnoxious content about cow and milk is allowed on social media
Finally the vaccine for Covid-19 has reached the market and vaccination has begun in a couple of countries. India is also at the verge of launch of this vaccine with a stringent protocol on phasewise selection of beneficiaries. This is a good-news for the industry and everyone is pulling socks to realize their dreams for…
Every hour a farmer is committing suicide in India : Let us set new targets
Delhi border is sealed and the farmers are waiting for getting an appointment with the government to at least listen to them. They do not know that the job of the government is to make good laws and their reprint versions. The poor farmers also don’t know that it is their own responsibility to understand…
Who moved Mozzarella cheese and ghee into the PLI scheme for dairy ?
We are the world’s largest producer of milk, oilseeds, pulses, cotton, mangoes, papayas and bananas. Globally, India is the second-largest producer of rice, sugar, tea, vegetables and fish also. This makes food processing a priority sector for the policy makers. .The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce…
The future starts today, not tomorrow
The festival time is back. This time the new moon will rise from a much darker sky this diwali than before. Would the illumination of diyas and candles be sufficient to cover up the darkness which has been slowly encroaching the lives of millions and millions of victims this year. The victimization might not have…
Dairy is growing too fast: Lets put a few speed breakers
Milk is the single largest food consumed by Indians in terms of volumes and value. Dairy sector has outpaced the population growth by over 4.5 times since 2000. Everyone is talking about the intrinsic nature of this sector to double farmer’s income. Dairy business is amongst the quickest generator of cashflow for the farmers. There…
Food safety from feed to table in true sense
Finally the government has started to bring disruptive legislation for ensuring food safety and protecting consumer health. India feeds almost one fifth of the population of the world almost three times a day. Covid-19 has set the right context in the minds of the consumer for eating right and healthy foods. The days of unidentifiable food…
Remembering Dr Kurien is not enough : Lets walk the talk
We all remembered Dr Kurien on his eighth death anniversary on September 9th. It is quite apt to revisit the key principles which he so fondly embeded in the DNA of of NDDB and later operation flood program. Dr Kurien shared three golden principles tin his autobiography which paved the way of dairy development in…
SMP, Butter and ghee price in India gets bullish: Would it sustain ?
The commodities prices in India have begun to surge . The prices of SMP, butter and ghee are moving up. The price of milk in most parts of the country is also going up. In North the milk availability has become difficult and prices have gone upto Rs 45 per liter for buffalo milk ….
Higher farm gate milk price and higher consumer milk prices : Can they coexist? A blog
Let us deep dive down into our memories and look at the situation just around 8 months back . The whole of north India is shivering under the cold wave right now but the dairy industry is facing the heat of consumer’s wrath over hike in milk prices in most part of the country at…