R S Sodhi , MD Amul lauds the Agriculture Bill 2020
RS Sodhi, MD Amul, yesterday took to Twitter to explain how the free market has helped the dairy farmers prosper. Also read : Dr Kurien’s Amul cooperative model fills the gap in Agriculture Bill 2020: 27,Sep Seven Days Seven News Responding to PM’sMann Ki Baat on the farm bills, Sodhi said milk is an agriculture produce worth…
The man who made the elephant dance : Audiobook of Dr Kurien’s autobiography launched
Dr Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution, was remembered by co-operators across the country on his 8th death anniversary with the launching of an audio book titled “The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance” by Kurien’s daughter Nirmala on the occasion. A webinar organized on the occasion was attended by eminent personalities of dairy…
Packaged dairy products offers healthy cash flows : R S Sodhi Amul
Amid growing consumer preference for branded packaged foods due to trust and safety concerns, dairy major Amul has started witnessing its packed dairy products business matching the revenues generated from the branded liquid milk sales. Of the average 250 lakh litres of milk that Amul processes on a daily basis, nearly 140 lakh litres is branded liquid…
Amul will invest 1000 Crores in dairy and 500 crores in edible oils etc in next two years
GCMMF, which markets dairy products under the Amul brand, will invest around Rs 1,000 crore over the next two years to set up milk processing plants, and another Rs 500 crore on facilities for new products like edible oil, its MD R S Sodhi said In an interview with PTI, Sodhi said the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing…
DAIRY NEWS Mission Milk has helped India make giant strides in dairying
Published on September 04, 2020 in The Hindu Businessline Next phase of National Dairy Plan aims to build and modernise milk processing infrastructure in organised sector Phase I of the National Dairy Plan (NDP-I), referred to as ‘Mission Milk —The Next Revolution’, implemented by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) during 2012-19, helped the country…
DAIRY NEWS Dairy Industry seek 20% subsidy to export Skimmed Milk Powder for the sake of farmers
Dairy cooperatives in the country have sought a 20% export incentive for milk products, as there are ample stocks amid drop in demand from bulk consumers. This will ensure better returns for dairy farmers, they said. At current global rates of SMP this subsidy will amount to Rs 400 Crores for 100000 MT of SMP…
No concessions in dairy sector to the US under any trade treaty: R S Sodhi
Sh R S Sodhi said that India should not give any concessions to the US under any trade treaty. As subsidised imported milk and other dairy products would kill livelihoods in India . Especially when the sector is expected to create 11 million jobs in rural households. “There should be no concessions on dairy because…
Higher farm gate milk price and higher consumer milk prices : Can they coexist? A blog
Let us deep dive down into our memories and look at the situation just around 8 months back . The whole of north India is shivering under the cold wave right now but the dairy industry is facing the heat of consumer’s wrath over hike in milk prices in most part of the country at…
Amul liberates dairy farmers from shackles of reproductive failures on this independence day
Amul Dairy has decided to digitise the artificial insemination service in its operational area. It was initiated on an experimental basis in the year 2019 in 25 village milk producer societies . This was monitored and studied for one year. Digitisation of artificial insemination provides instant service to the milk producers. The information of milch cattle…
500 crores export subsidy for SMP could bring 270 million USD and 120 million smiles
Maharashtra government finally ended their scheme of collecting 1 million LPD of milk at Rs 25 per litre on tuesday. The scheme was extended twice since April 2020. Farmers associated with state cooperatives were the major beneficiaries. The total collection of milk under this scheme could reach to maximum of 5.5 lakh litres per day….