Indians spending more on milk, F&V than foodgrains
The latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2022-23 does not only point to a continuing decline in the share of food items in the total spending basket of Indians. Equally revealing is a shift in the composition of food expenditure itself — from foodgrains and sugar to animal and horticulture products. In other words, from foods…
Breast milk bank ATM opened at private hospital in Coimbatore
A mother’s breast milk bank ATM was opened at Sri Ramakrishna Rural Health Center at Pachapalayam in Coimbatore on Sunday to encourage lactating mothers to provide their milk to infants in need of it. A release said the facility, which functions round the clock, will be a convenient and secure platform for lactating mothers to…
PM Modi ensured financial inclusion of women farmers at Varanasi
Prime minister Modi inaugurated Band dairy plant at Varanasi on Feb 23rd 2024. During this met women dairy farmers. His interaction with the women farmers was as intense as his interaction with progressive start ups in India. https://youtu.be/B_Ws1Fqvw70 The women dairy farmers expressed their gratitude and the benefits being received by them particularly with Gir…
Mahanand Dairy to be turned over to Anand-based NDDB
Mahanand Dairy, Maharashtra’s milk producers’ federation, to be handed to NDDB. State govt cites brand revival, opposition alleges shift to Gujarat. Mahanand Dairy, the federation of the state’s milk producers in districts and tehsils, will be handed over to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), a central government body headquartered in Anand, Gujarat. While the…
IDA to host 50th Dairy Industry Conference at Hyderabad-Mar 4-6th
India ranks number one in milk production and accounts for 26 per cent of world milk production. The milk economy is estimated to be more than Rs 8 lakh crores. Milk alone contributes about 4 per cent to the Indian GDP. Milk production in the country is growing at 5 per cent compared to the…
UP: PM Modi inaugurates Amul’s Banas Dairy Plant in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Amul’s Banas Kashi Sankul milk processing unit in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The plant is Amul’s largest plant in Varanasi. The Banas Kashi Sankul is a milk processing unit of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd built at the UPSIDA Agro Park, Karkhiyaon in Varanasi….
McDonald’s using cheap vegetable oil in place of cheese-FDA
Maharashtra FDA has taken action against fast-food giant McDonald’s, accusing it of deceptive practices related to the use of substitutes instead of real cheese in burgers and nuggets, as per a TOI report. The FDA has suspended the licence of a McDonald’s outlet in Ahmednagar, leading the chain to remove the term “cheese” from various items. The regulator alleges that McDonald’s used cheese analogues without…
World’s dairy sector growing at 2%, India’s at 6%: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted dairy farmers in Gujarat to make Amul “the world’s largest dairy brand”. Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns the Amul brand and sells dairy products under the brand name, he highlighted Amul’s current status as the world’s “eighth largest dairy”. He said…
Amul’s MD says we are ruthless in protecting our turf
In an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Shruti Mishra, Jayen Mehta, the Managing Director of Amul, shed light on the company’s market dominance, strategic approach to competition, and its unique stance on public listing. Amul, often hailed as the market leader in various dairy product categories, prides itself on not only protecting its turf but also actively…
Dairy Myth
A long-standing, prevalent belief champions dairy as the perfect food. While it may indeed be ideal for calves it is not the case for humans. The perfect food for humans is human milk, and that too only during infancy. Humans are unique in two respects: (1) they continue milk consumption beyond infancy and (2) they…