Kerala triple lockdown: Milma seeks exemption to collect and distribute milk
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has sought total exemption from ‘triple lockdown’ restrictions clamped on four districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram, holding that the curbs will severely hamper its procurement and distribution operations. In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Chief Secretary V P Joy, Milma chairman P A…
Heritage cuts milk price by ₹4 a litre following Aavin’s price reduction in Tamil Nadu
Dealers have urged the companies not to reduce the procurement price Heritage Foods too has announced a reduction in prices of milk in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Effective Sunday, it will reduce the price of its four variants by ₹4 a litre. “The government has reduced prices of Aavin milk. We thought since the public…
The Second wave is more grim as compared to the last year : R S Sodhi
Mr R S Sodhi MD GCMMF in a recent interview shared his experience with the market sentiments during ongoing second wave of Covid-19. During the first wave last year, the lock down came as an opportunity to spend time with family and near and dar ones. People began to experiment with their cooking skills. Every…
Agenda for the government –#1 Don’t meddle with dairy industry
This article has two recommendations but we will covering related to dairy in detail here. The first is that the health minister needs to be replaced. He promotes neither truth nor good science that Azim Premji, noted industrialist told an RSS gathering recently . Instead, we would like to see someone like the collector of Nandurbar,…
Ice cream manufacturer’s association seeks support from the Government
Summer is back but not with ice creams on the plates of customers. For the second year in a row, the lack of Government intervention to boost the sector has led to a loss of market sentiment for ice creams and frozen desserts during lockdowns and curfews. With almost 12,000 small and large ice cream…
Dairy cooperatives is a political tool in Andhra Pradesh
Hit your opponent where it hurts him most! Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is precisely doing this with his political opponent Chandrababu Naidu and the tool he is employing is dairy co-operatives. During his regime former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is alleged to have destroyed the character of dairy cooperatives in…
Dairy cooperatives is a political tool in Andhra Pradesh
Hit your opponent where it hurts him most! Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is precisely doing this with his political opponent Chandrababu Naidu and the tool he is employing is dairy co-operatives. During his regime former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is alleged to have destroyed the character of dairy cooperatives in…
Aavin price cut post election worries Tamil Nadu’s dairy farmers
Home makers and tea stall owners heaved a sigh of relief as Chief Minister MK Stalin kept his poll promise of a Rs 3 cut in the price of Aavin milk within hours of assuming office on Friday. But milk producers are worried that they will be left to face the consequences of the move….
AP High Court suspends GO over handling of Sangam Dairy case
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has given a rude shock to Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the Guntur District Sangam Dairy case and cancelled the GO 19 to take over Sangam Dairy. The court ruled that the permission of the court was mandatory for the sale or purchase of assets and that the directors could…
Ananda, Amul and DMS become the best Quality Paneer Brand
In a recent research done by Consumer Voice for Paneer, Ananda, Amul and DMS jointly scored highest marks on overall quality. This study was conducted on all popular paneer brands from India market. The test programme for comparative testing of paneer has been done following the Food Safety & Standard Regulations and relevant Indian standard IS: 10484…