How digital financing is reaching dairy farmers
Digitalisation has proven to be a significant stepping stone to success in countless sectors and the past two years have only strengthened the digital outlay of India. Digital assets across the Indian economy have doubled over the past 15 years, as firms diverted from not only investing in IT but also digitising their physical assets,…
Innovation: The Indian dairy industry’s need of the hour
The Indian dairy business needs innovation now more than ever. Even though the dairy business has had difficulties lately, there is a growing market for dairy products. India is well-positioned to lead the dairy industry as a major player in the global market, following which India is the world’s largest producer of milk, and the…
National Dairy Mela evokes good response in Karnal
Scientists delivered lectures on natural farming, diseases of dairy animals, animal nutrition, how to produce clean milk, value addition and processing of milk, fodder production and management, breeds of dairy animals, integrated farming system, and how to keep the soil healthy The National Dairy Mela, being organised at the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute here, evoked…
Milma milk procurement dips as summer peaks in Kerala
With summer reaching its peak, milk procurement has seen a slight dip across the State, while there is no scarcity of supply by milk cooperative Milma. While there appeared to be a fall in milk production due largely to the weather condition, arrivals from other States too had been affected marginally as milk production had…
Currently No Plans to increase milk prices : Jayen Mehta MD Amul
GCMMF, which sells dairy products under the Amul brand, expects a 20 per cent growth in its revenue this fiscal to around Rs 66,000 crore on rising demand, its MD Jayen Mehta said. The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) has registered a turnover of Rs 55,055 crore in 2022-23, an increase of 18.5…
Centre mulls rehaul of livestock insurance scheme
Pulled up recently by a Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) for zero insurance coverage of livestock in 2022-23, the Centre is considering a comprehensive livestock insurance scheme modelling the Prime Minister’s Fasal Bima Yojana. The Union Animal Husbandry Ministry’s move is to roll out the scheme ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. There are initial…
BJP’s “Misrule” Led To Increase In Milk Prices: M Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said from being one of the world’s largest milk-producing countries in the world, (white revolution) under the previous UPA regime, the country is now ‘forced’ to import milk products due to the misrule of the BJP-led central government. Taking to Twitter, Mr Kharge alleged that the BJP’s ‘misrule’ left…
Farmers, dairy owners wary of steep hike in fodder prices
After the lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreak among cattle last year and the widespread damage to wheat crop by rains this year, concerns over ‘toori’ (dry wheat husk/stem) shortage has now set the alarm bells ringing among farmers. Farmers and dairy owners have warned of a steep rise in the prices of ‘toori’ (cattle fodder)…
Bengaluru Hoteliers To Use Local ‘Nandini’ Dairy Products Only
The dairy giant Amul eyes entering Karnataka’s Bengaluru to sell milk and curd but the hoteliers group there has said that it will only use ‘Nandini’ products to support the state farmers. The Dairy giant Amul gets a hostile welcome in Karnataka’s Bengaluru where it plans to sell milk and curd as the Bruhat Bengaluru…
Amul’s plan to enter Bengaluru market ruffles feathers
The milk industry behemoth Amul’s announcement of their plan to enter the Bengaluru market to supply milk and curd through online portals has ruffled the feathers of Kannadigas on social media, where users used #gobackAMUL hashtag on Thursday (April 6). The announcement by Amul on Wednesday (April 5) was being seen as another attempt to…