Paneer Takes Over US Dairy Market; India Warms Up to Pecorino, Feta

Despite growing popularity of green diets and plant-based cooking, dairy consumption is still high in the United States. Last year, diary sales increased to $61 billion, a $7 billion increase from the year earlier, a Bloomberg report said. A new star is also emerging in the dairy scene in the US – India’s beloved paneer….

Digivridhi Fintech startup for dairy farmers raises 3.1 mill USD

Digivriddhi Technologies Private Limited, DGV a Dairy Industry focused neo-banking startup, has raised $3.1 million pre-series A round from Info Edge Ventures and Omnivore. Through its assisted digital platform, DGV has chosen to focus on India’s 75 million dairy farmers, providing them access to formal banking and world class financial services. Ragavan Venkatesan, Founder and…

Ice cream parlours asked to pay 18% gst from July 2017

Ice cream parlours are feeling the heat as GST Authorities in various States have started issuing summons since an October 6 clarification on a new system of levy. In its September 17 meeting, the GST Council clarified that ice cream parlours sell already manufactured ice cream. The government said a GST of 18% should be levied…

Dairy also offers opportunities to D2C delivery models like Fresh to Home

The last few years have seen major developments within the dairy and meat sector, particularly concerning the supply chain side of things. If you are someone who likes to get daily essentials of meat and dairy to be available at your home in time, chances are you have heard of these start-ups FreshToHome, Licious, Zappfresh, Grubmarket,…

High Heat in SMP and ghee prices- Is it real or a false positive ?

I hope everyone had a great festival time in last fortnight. This Diwali as expected we saw the return of smiles on the faces of consumers as well as shopkeepers. The markets were illuminated with old hustle and bustle. The sale of sweets also touched a new high. The media however did their routine job…

Milk production in the country is Rs 8 lakh crore : Parshottam Rupala

The annual growth rate in the livestock sector in the country is more than eight percent in the last five years. This rate is even higher than the manufacturing sector. Milk production in the country is Rs 8 lakh crore, which is more than the total production of wheat, pulses and oilseeds. This information was…

Stellapps awarded the ‘Best agri start-up in digital innovations

Stellapps Technologies was awarded the ‘Best agri start-up in digital innovations at Agri-Food Empowering India Awards for its effort in digitizing the dairy sector in India. The award was presented by the esteemed Chief Guest Shri. Prahlad Singh Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti of India at New Delhi….

Naveen Patnaik Inaugurates 5 Lakh LPD OMFED Dairy Plant In Cuttack

Amid massive demonstrations by Opposition BJP, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated an ultra modern mega OMFED (Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation) dairy plant at Arilo in Cuttack district on Wednesday. The plant has been set up by the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department, Odisha government at a cost of Rs 263 crore. It…

Aavin will take action against retailers who sell milk above MPRP

Dairy Development Minister S.M. Naser on Wednesday said Aavin will not hesitate to take action against retailers and milk vendors who sell milk above the maximum retail price (MRP). Addressing presspersons after a review meeting with general managers (GM) of all district unions, Mr. Naser said that during the 2015 floods, there were instances of…

Ananda and Mother Dairy are value for money brands in dairy whiteners

There has been a surge in the consumption of dairy whiteners these days. Those who use them in coffee and tea find it dissolves easily and gives their tea a very great whitening ability. We have a good number of dairy whitener brands available in the market which gets sold on different claims. Be it…