World milk day at Dr Kurien CoE: “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairying”
Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Milk Day is celebrated every year on June 1st, to recognise the importance of milk as a global food, where the benefits of consuming milk and milk products are actively promoted world-wide. With the dairy sector supporting the livelihoods of around one billion people, the theme…
World milk day at Dr Kurien CoE: “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairying”
Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Milk Day is celebrated every year on June 1st, to recognise the importance of milk as a global food, where the benefits of consuming milk and milk products are actively promoted world-wide. With the dairy sector supporting the livelihoods of around one billion people, the theme…
Minister criticised PETA suggestion to produce plant based products
Minister of state for home and information technology Satej Patil, who also heads the Gokul milk cooperative, Thursday criticised animal rights’ NGO PETA for suggesting that the dairy manufacture “plant-based milk products”. He tweeted, “Milk not just provides a healthy diet option to the common man but also provides livelihood to millions of farmers. Any…
Amul’s RS Sodhi elected to board of global dairy body
General assembly of IDF has unanimously elected RS Sodhi MD GCMMF in the board of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) on June 1,2021. Commenting on his nomination to IDF, Sodhi mentioned, “It is an honour for me to represent the world’s largest milk producing country and contribute to promoting Sustainable Goals of dairying and also…
PETA India advises Amul to switch to producing creamy dairy-free milk
Concerning demand for vegan food and beverages,PETA India called on Amul, an Indian dairy cooperative society, to realise which way the wind is blowing and switch to producing the creamy dairy-free milk that today’s consumers want. In the letter to Amul Managing Director R.S. Sodhi, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India said “we…
Amul is cleared of blames by ASCI over its stand on integrity of milk label
Amul’s stand on ‘milk’ has been vindicated. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has dismissed three complaints filed by animal rights organizations . Namely Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC), People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Sharan India . They had complained against homegrown dairy giant’s ‘Myths vs Facts’ advt . This advt according…
Sunil Bansal Head of Patanjali Dairy group passed away due to Covid
Sunil Bansal, who headed the dairy business of Yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved, died of COVID-19, the company said on Monday, adding it had no “role in his allopathic treatment.” Mr Bansal, 57, who was Vice President in the Dairy Division of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, died on May 19. A specialist in dairy science, Mr…
Amul will run existing dairy plants in AP and market milk in South India
The state government of Andhra Pradesh led by Mr Jagan Reddy has issued an order on May 19. This order approves the revival of unutilized dairy plants of APDDCF. GCMMF will acquire the unutilized assets of State government . These units were earlier given to district unions. GCMMF will use these assets under production based…
The proud son of a chauffeur in Amul will drive strategy at Country Delight
Hitesh Singh is a name which could make any parent in the world feel proud. Hitesh’s father works with the 8th largest dairy in the world Amul at Anand. Hitesh got his inspiration from Mr R S Sodhi MD GCMMF in early days while he was in school. He got lured by the mammoth size of dairy…
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…