Reliance’s FMCG arm to launch ice cream brand “Independence”
Reliance Consumer Products, a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company backed by Reliance Retail Ventures, is reportedly exploring the possibility of entering the burgeoning ice cream market with its brand “Independence,” which was launched in Gujarat last year. According to sources familiar with the matter, Reliance Consumer Products, a FMCG company backed by Reliance Retail Ventures,…
Milk prices up by 10.5% from a year ago
Inflation in the prices of milk and milk products has accelerated almost continuously for the last 20 months and, in the last five months, it has consistently surpassed the overall level of price rise in the country. The reason for this, according to people closely associated with the milk industry, could be a combination of…
Amul has been consistently growing at 15-18% in last decade
“The kind of outlook that we have for adding more products in our portfolio, working on developing the organic products business and a lot of other opportunities in expanding the cooperative network across the country, all this will help in maintaining, in fact, expediting the growth rate in the times to come,” says Jayen Mehta,…
Centre foresees ‘stagnation’ in milk production
The Centre is foreseeing “stagnation” in milk production and a possible scarcity in the availability of ghee and butter as an impact of the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that took the lives of about 1.89 lakh cattle recently. Union Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajesh Kumar Singh said all options, including import of certain milk products, would…
R S Sodhi to ‘advise’ Reliance to scale heights in retail business
After retiring from ‘Amul’, country’s largest dairy brand, its former Managing Director R S Sodhi will now advise Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group on developing its consumer business that has a focus on fresh products, including vegetables and fruits under the group’s subsidiary Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL). Reliance Group did not respond to the queries…
AnimStok.com launch online trade services in animal science
AnimStok.com, an online marketplace in the entire animal science economy — dairy, livestock, poultry, and fisheries — will likely start commercial operation in two weeks. It will offer services in B2B, B2C and C2C segments. “We incorporated Animpet Ecomm in April 2021 and registered it as a 360-degree start-up after nine months. Now that our…
India may import butter and ghee through NDDB
The Indian government is considering to allow import of some dairy products such as butter and ghee in limited quantity without any subsidy to improve domestic supply amid apprehensions of a stagnant production of milk with demand surging by 8-10 per cent. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar…
In Jan 23 milk and cream imports jumped 1,024 % $4.87 millions
Milk prices, which have been on the uptrend in the country, could soon hit an all-time high, forcing the world’s biggest producer to step up imports to boost supplies and ease cost of living pressures. Farmers are wrestling with a rare double whammy: a lethal condition called lumpy skin disease in their cows and a…
New dairy plants to boost UP’s milk production
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the working of the animal husbandry department to work out ways in which UP’s milk production can be increased. The state government is working on setting up new dairy plants in Kanpur, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh and Prayagraj districts with the help of the private sector. The CM also focused on the need to work on…
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We know that plastics break down into micro plastic and nano plastic very quickly. Do nano plastics last in our biological cycles…