India could become dairy basket of the region
India is the largest producer of milk in the world. Indian government has recently taken a few initiative to strengthen dairy infrastructure in the country. These initiatives include Animal husbandry infrastructure fund for Rs 15000 Crores. PM Modi always insist on pushing exports and limiting imports under the make in India scheme. Currently India is…
“Time is an illusion, Timing is an art “
Unlock 1.0 is over and by the time you will receive this newsletter, unlock 2.0 would have started. I have never seen dairy industry in such a self contradictory condition as it is today. Let us look at a few of the paradoxes in our sector as follows : Company’s are launching innovative products with benefits of…
Amul approached government to get 160 Crore export subsidy for clearing SMP stocks
All dairies supported dairy farmers during the lockdown period even with lower demand of milk and milk products in the market. The excess milk was converted into SMP and butter. This created huge surplus of SMP and butter with most of the dairies in the country. Amul is the largest milk handling organization in the country….
Dairy is an IT business now, transacting in milk
This title may sound weird , but it is a fact in today’s environment. The government announced lockdown in last week of March 2020 which induced tremors in dairy industry. Most of the dairy companies were not riding the wave of IT led supply chain over online platforms. Amul has been investing Rs 600-800 crores annually…
GHG emission from Top dairies equals 6.9 M passengers cars on road for an year
Institute for agriculture and Trade policies released their document Milking the planet 2020. This study reveals the contribution of various sectors on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Top 13 dairies in the world contributed to GHG more than fuel and fossil gas based industry in 2017. The combined emissions of the top dairies rose by…
Andhra Pradesh signing MOU with Amul for dairy development
Andhra Pradesh government is concerned about the farm gate prices for milk and sugarcane. Chief minister Sh Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy headed a review meeting to discuss about dairy development and sugar factories in the state. Mr Reddy asked the officials to sign an MOU with AMUL for the development of dairy sector by July 15th….
Banas dairy will reward its employees with one month salary
The Banas dairy (AMUL) which is Asia’s biggest dairy has declared a reward for its 3500 employees . The dairy will pay one full month additional salary to all of them. The board of directors in its meeting on Saturday appreciated hard work of its employees during three months of the lockdown . Sh Shankar…
Amul Launches Ginger and Tulsi milk in Corona times
This is probably one of the most fertile time for launch of immunity boosting new product launches by the dairy industry in India. We have seen launch of Haldi milk by Amul in April and later by Mother dairy in June 2020 . Amul has launched two more variants namely Ginger milk and Tulsi milk. Priced at…
Animal husbandry Infrastructure fund may ignite White revolution 2.0
Mr R S Sodhi MD Amul , is confident that recently announced Animal husbandry fund of Rs 15000 crore may begin white revolution 2.0 in the country. He appreciated the efforts of each and every one in the dairy supply chain as corona warriors. In the recently announced stimulus package for farmers, he is happy to have…