Confident of achieving every target that we have set Jayen Mehta
The opportunity for the Indian dairy sector is very large and I am very sure in the years to come whatever targets that we have got, it will be easily achievable for a simple reason that the brand Amul has achieved a size and a scale and more importantly the trust of the consumers and…
Cooperative or Combative? The Saga of Milk Wars
During the recent Karnataka elections, one divisive issue was about the milk brand Amul from Gujarat versus local brand Nandini. How did this become an electoral issue? That is because Amul was seen to be muscling into Nandini’s territory. The entrant was identified with the incumbent ruling party and local Nandini’s cause was championed by the opposition….
Stalin tells Centre to stop Amul to refrain from milk procurement
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention in directing Gujarat-based dairy giant Amul to desist from milk procurement with immediate effect citing unhealthy competition with the state’s co-operative milk producer Aavin. In a letter to Shah, Stalin urged the Centre to address the issues arising out…
Amul steps into Tamil Nadu to procure milk at premium
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), which owns India’s largest dairy brand ‘Amul’, is preparing to start milk procurement in Tamil Nadu. The marketing division of Amul has released multiple advertisements inviting farmers to supply milk in northern districts of the state, including Dharmapuri, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Tiruvannmalai, Ranipet and Kancheepuram districts. This would be…
Amul launches advanced organic testing laboratory in Gandhinagar
(GCMMF), popularly known as Amul, a leading food products organisation of India has set up Advanced Organic Testing Laboratory at Amul Fed Dairy, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The lab was inaugurated by Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation, Government of India, on Sunday. With the increasing demand for organic food products in India, there is a…
Who moved our Ghee? It has all but vanished from store shelves
There has been a ghee shortage in the market since Diwali season 2022. Top brands have been running out of stock at shop shelves and on online portals regularly. With the lean season in milk underway (April to August or the summer-monsoon months when production of milk falls in relation to demand), it seems that…
Cross-border sale: NDDB calls milk coop feds’ meet to sort issue
Earlier, KCMMF, known by the brand Milma, had voiced serious concern over Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) foraying into parts of Kerala to sell its Nandini brand of liquid milk The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) will be holding a meeting of the chairman and managing directors of co-operative dairy federations of the country this month…
Amul Is Eyeing Every Item In Your Kitchen
With consistent growth in its group turnover over the years through its dairy and value-added dairy products, Amul now seeks to go all out in India’s booming FMCG space as it believes it is the right inflexion point to tap into other non-dairy food categories. Above Amul’s big diversification bet is the success of the…
Amul, Nandini, Aavin… and politicisation of milk cooperatives
In a country where cows are worshipped, the White Revolution is a forgotten spectacle. When Gujarat-born Amul, perceived to have been mollycoddled by the grand old party aeons ago but now backed by double-engine governments, makes a beeline for Karnataka, political parties are caught in the crossfire of canards. It is a perfect turf for…
Beyond Nandini-Amul debate, dairying is an uphill task for many
If Nanje Gowda, a farmer at Kirugavulu in Mandya district, has sold off all three cows and stopped dairy farming in the last two years, his friends Nanjunde Gowda and Nage Gowda have reduced the number of cows as the rising cost of feed and fodder, coupled with an unattractive remuneration, has hit the dairy…