Mother Dairy to set up a Rs 400 Cr dairy project at Nagpur
Mother Dairy project with an investment of Rs 400 crore is coming up in Nagpur. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said this on Sunday. He said that the government will provide 10 hectares of land for this project.The dairy products produced from this unit will be shipped across the country. 30 lakh liters of milk will…
After South India, A New Dairy War, This Time In Madhya Pradesh
After Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the next battleground for India’s dairy industry appears to be shaping up in Madhya Pradesh, where the state’s own cooperative dairy brand, Sanchi, is being challenged by the Gujarat-based dairy behemoth Amul. The Congress party has accused the BJP-led state government of promoting Amul and other brands at the expense…
Steps necessary to strengthen Aavin amid milk shortage
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday called for measures to strengthen Aavin amid reports of shortage and delay in supply of milk in Chennai. In a statement, he said dealers and the public had been affected and the lax attitude of Aavin was condemnable. The reduction in procurement and shortage of manpower…
We don’t need to import milk’, says Amul MD
The ₹10 lakh crore Indian dairy industry which also happens to be the largest milk producer in the world is in the midst of a decline in milk production. While Amul MD, Jayen Mehta, says there was just 1% decline in milk production in FY23, a back-of-the-envelope calculation by dairy experts from across the country…
Steps necessary to strengthen Aavin amid milk shortage
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday called for measures to strengthen Aavin amid reports of shortage and delay in supply of milk in Chennai. In a statement, he said dealers and the public had been affected and the lax attitude of Aavin was condemnable. The reduction in procurement and shortage of manpower…
IDA East Zone celebrated World milk Day on June 1st 2023:
On the occasion of World Milk Day, a one-day National level Seminar was conducted on Nutrition Building by Indian Dairy Association on 1st June, 2023. The program was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister Animal Resource Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal, Shri Swapan Debnath. First he extending the message of Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal,…
Milk production improves in recent weeks
With the summer heat abating in recent weeks due to scattered rainfall, the region’s dairy industry has reported increased production figures after a recent slump. The news came as a positive sign on World Milk Day, observed on June 1. “On Thursday, we produced 4,62,739 litres, and sold 1, 48,000 litres. This quantity is a…
Towards White Revolution 2.0
India has set itself an ambitious target of raising its milk output by around 100 million metric tonnes by 2033–2034 by creating an additional 2 lakh primary dairy cooperatives. But getting there is anything but easy In March, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, while addressing the dairy industry at the Indian Dairy Summit, talked about…
World Milk Day: producer companies pledge to boost milk output
Lakhs of dairy farming members of 22 milk producer companies on Thursday pledged to boost milk production for increasing India’s share in the global output, NDDB Dairy Services said. On the World Milk Day being celebrated on Thursday across various states, lakhs of dairy farmers and their families committed themselves towards making India the ‘Dairy…
Milk wars boil over Amul’s plans for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
The recent battles between the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns the Amul brand, and Nandini in Karnataka and Aavin in Tamil Nadu may have some roots in a 10-year-old headline-grabbing tussle between Verghese Kurien, the driving force behind India’s White Revolution and GCMMF chairman, and Amrita Patel, chairman of the National Dairy…