Shobha and Smita sister of Shashi Tharoor were the first of Amul babies
Did you know this? Tharoor Family Amul Babies. by Shashi Tharoor. My family’s association with the Amul brand is intensely personal. Way back in 1961, Amul’s advertising agency, ASP (Advertising &Sales Promotion Ltd), was looking for a baby to front their milk powder in a first-of-its-kind ad campaign. They went through hundreds of pictures of babies –…
Process started to merge Amul with 5 other cooperatives: Amit Shah
Amul will be merged with five other cooperative societies to form a multi-state cooperative society (MSCS), Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Shah said the process for the merger has already started. “The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving priority to natural…
Ludhiana | Stray cattle take over city streets as shelters filled to capacity
Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC), meanwhile, continues to face allegations of turning a blind eye to the growing menace of stray cattle on streets, despite collecting over ₹31 crore in the form of cow cess from the public in the last five years. With cave-ins, delays in repair, waterlogging and the evergreen problem of stray cattle…
Sikkim Best Performing Dairy Coop from East and NE regions by NCDFI
The Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. has been adjudged as the Best Performing Dairy Cooperative from East and North-East regions by National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) during the Cooperative Dairy Conclave 2022 of the Eastern and Northeastern regions, organised by NCDFI and Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union at Manan Kendra in Gangtok….
Godrej Jersey expands milks procurement
Godrej Jersey, the dairy business of Godrej Agrovet, has expanded milk procurement in Maharashtra and is eyeing export markets in West Asia for value-added products like ghee. “We have entered into Maharashtra for milk collection in a big way in areas closer to Hyderabad as there is a shortage of milk in Telangana” said Bhupendra…
Tenders invited to set up Aavin dairy at Madhavaram at ₹125 crore
With a capacity to process 10 lakh litres of milk per day, the new dairy will be the fifth facility to cater to the demand of Chennai city Tenders have been called for the construction of a brand new dairy for Aavin at Madhavaram at a cost of ₹125 crore. The facility, the fifth for…
High cost of cattle feed: Milk cooperatives face strain in supply chain
No plan to increase price of milk as of now, say federations As the festival season has started, milk cooperative federations are witnessing a strain in the supply chain as the production has witnessed a marginal decrease primarily due to the increase in fodder cost. The organised sector is witnessing a decrease in procurement and…
Tech intensive dairy industry is more sustainable, K Rathnam explains
The dairy industry is limping back to life in the post-Covid era, having faced challenges such as demand degeneration, high cattle maintenance costs, and shifting demand patterns. Despite the fact that it has been a difficult time for farmers, particularly small and marginal, with a limited number of milch animals, the pandemic has also forced…
Amul is Regional Sponsor Of Argentina Team For FIFA World Cup 2022
Indian dairy giant Amul has signed as the regional sponsor of the Argentina football team for the upcoming FIFA World Cup beginning next month in Qatar on November 20, 2022. This is the first regional sponsorship deal in India in the history of Argentine soccer, as per TOI. “Amul is proud to announce its association with the Argentina Football Association (AFA),” said…
How Jai and Anuj Agarwal built Gyan Dairy into a milk behemoth
2003, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The engineer started with a bang. Born and brought up in Kaimganj, some 230 km from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Jai Agarwal went to The Scindia School in Gwalior, completed his graduation from the DY Patil College of Engineering and joined the four-decade-old family business of tobacco in 2001. His…