SBI provides YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan for the dairy farmers
YONO Krishi Dairy Loan Scheme The State Bank of India (SBI) provides a financial armoury for the dairy farmers. The SBI aims to fulfill the farmers’ wish with the YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan. The interested farmers can apply for the loan through SBI YONO. For further details on the Krishi loans, one can login…
Eating locally grown foods seasonally is more environment friendly
The climate crisis is well and truly here, as we all know, and it’s only natural to wonder how we are all contributing to it. What we eat has far-reaching effects on the environment and the journeys our foods undertake to get to our plates can tell us a lot about climate change. From the…
Chief Secy request boost sales of Aavin sweets during diwali
As on November 2, sales of Aavin’s Diwali sweets increased by 44 per cent to 389 tonnes as against last year’s sales of 272 tonnes It has been bumper Diwali for Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (Aavin) with an all-time record in sales of sweets. A circular by Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu…
Heritage foods planning to enter into non dairy Food products market
Heritage Foods Ltd., one of the leading private dairy players in India, announced that its Board of Directors in a meeting held today has approved the Company’s proposed expansion into the Non-Dairy Food Products in the Premium Nutrition Segment. Mr. Srideep Kesavan, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Foods Limited, said, “Heritage Foods has been providing ‘Nutrition to Nation’ through its…
NDDB to manage Varanasi Milk Union for five years
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has signed an agreement with the government of Uttar Pradesh to manage the Varanasi Milk Union for five years. This will promote dairy sector in the northern State, while providing the dairy farmers required economic resilience. Farm income Lakshmi Narayan Chaudhari, Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries,…
Here’s how Iron Man Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel led India to milk revolution
India, the biggest milk producer country in the world, had made a small start towards the milk revolution 75 years ago when Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (KDCMPUL) collected 250 litres of milk from two villages in modern-day Anand. Eventually, the KDCMPUL, which was lacking in scale, has become not just a business,…
Amit Shah praises Amul model and its role in uplifting the dairy sector
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the cooperative sector’s contribution in creating a $5-trillion economy will be immense as shown by the success of Amul, the world’s largest milk cooperative. At an event organised to mark the completion of 75 years of Amul, which was started in 1946 as a cooperative…
Declare Cow as a National animal. Baba Ram Dev appeals to PM
Yoga guru and the chief of Patanjali Peetham, Baba Ramdev, demanded on Sunday that ‘Gomata (cow)’ should be declared as the national animal of India. Addressing the farewell of the two-day ‘Go Maha Sammelan’, organized by TTD at Mahati Auditorium in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati, Baba Ramdev said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister…
IISc researchers use novel method to detect adulterants in milk
By analysing deposition patterns after evaporation, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a low-cost and effective method to detect adulterants in milk. Existing methods like lactometer and observing changes in the freezing point of the milk is limited and other approaches are costly. The method was designed by the postdoctoral researcher, Virkeshwar Kumar…
Mother Dairy back in the black with a net profit of 186 Cr in FY 21
After two years of posting losses, Mother Dairy Fruits & Vegetables Pvt Ltd is back in the black with a net profit of ₹185.80 crore in FY20-21 compared to a net loss of ₹157.70 crore in FY19-20. However, according to its latest RoC filing sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler, the company’s total revenues remained…