Cooperative sector is best model for Bharat’s growth: R.S. Sodhi
Few Indian brands enjoy the recognition and reputation that Amul does. The dairy giant is now expanding the milk products portfolio and getting into new products like vegetables and frozen fruits. In an exclusive interview, R.S. Sodhi, managing director of Amul, talks about its plans and the bigger role Amul has to play in the cooperative sector….
From Amsul Taaza to Amul Kitchen wares: Amul has to fight with them all
Home grown dairy giant Amul is busy fighting legal battles against copycats in metros like Mumbai & Delhi. The high courts in Mumbai and Delhi have issued interim orders in at least half a dozen cases after India’s largest food marketing organization filed suits of trademark and copyright infringements against such players. Around four brands selling milk…
Amul milk cooperative to invest ₹500 cr in Telangana
Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd (Sabar Dairy), which packs milk and produces milk products under the Amul brand, will be setting up facilities in Telangana with a total investment of ₹500 crore in two phases. One of the largest milk cooperatives and a member of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, Sabar Dairy entered…
India is producing 10 times more milk than it did in the mid-1970s
IT SURPRISED MANY WHEN – Verghese Kurien settled in a small village in Gujarat after his post-graduation from Michigan State University in 1949. He hailed from a reputed family in Kerala. His uncle John Matthai was India’s first railway minister and subsequent finance minister. Kurien but envisioned that the village can be the birthplace of India’s…
PM Modi to launch a dedicated Dairy logo as mark of quality
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on Thursday and launch multiple development initiatives, including inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 22 projects worth over Rs 870 crore, his office said on Tuesday. It has been the constant endeavour of the prime minister to work for the development and economic progress of his Lok…
Chocolate Milk Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2026
Chocolate milk market slated to expand by 2026 and Groupe Danone, Amul, Arla Foods are likely to take the lead. A new statistical surveying study titled Chocolate Milk Market investigates a few critical features identified with Chocolate Milk Market covering industry condition, division examination, and focused scene. Down to earth ideas of the market are referenced in a…
Amul, Parag, Prabhat and Sonai’s Cheese project approved under PLI
The food processing ministry on Monday said it has approved 60 applications of investment proposals by packaged food companies, including Amul, ITC, HUL, Britannia Industries, Parle Agro, Tata Consumer Products and Nestle India seeking benefits under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. In March this year, the Union Cabinet approved a PLI Scheme for the food processing…
Cooperative model best suited for development of India: Amit Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday described the cooperative model as the best suited model to achieve an all-encompassing and inclusive development in a huge country like India with a population of 130 crore. Mr. Shah said the cooperative model had the capacity to bring prosperity for all and there was a…
Dairy Farmers To Get “Kisan Credit Card”: Union Minister
Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Friday said the ”kisan credit card” will be given to dairy farmers as well enabling them to get loans of up to ₹ 3 lakh at reduced interest rates. Speaking at the National Milk Day celebrations in Anand in Gujarat, the Union minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also launched online…
Remembering Dr Verghese Kurien who would have turned 100 today
The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union came into being on December 14, 1946, well before Verghese Kurien arrived in Anand. The credit for creating the cooperative – which was already collecting some 7,250 litres of milk daily from nearly 2,000 farmers in 27 villages when the 28-year-old mechanical engineer joined as manager on January…