R S Sodhi to ‘advise’ Reliance to scale heights in retail business
After retiring from ‘Amul’, country’s largest dairy brand, its former Managing Director R S Sodhi will now advise Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group on developing its consumer business that has a focus on fresh products, including vegetables and fruits under the group’s subsidiary Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL). Reliance Group did not respond to the queries…
AnimStok.com launch online trade services in animal science
AnimStok.com, an online marketplace in the entire animal science economy — dairy, livestock, poultry, and fisheries — will likely start commercial operation in two weeks. It will offer services in B2B, B2C and C2C segments. “We incorporated Animpet Ecomm in April 2021 and registered it as a 360-degree start-up after nine months. Now that our…
India may import butter and ghee through NDDB
The Indian government is considering to allow import of some dairy products such as butter and ghee in limited quantity without any subsidy to improve domestic supply amid apprehensions of a stagnant production of milk with demand surging by 8-10 per cent. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar…
The Road to India’s Dairy Excellence Dreams
While the country moves forward to achieve dairy excellence, the industry cannot forget that it will be built on the back of millions of dairy farmers and the milch animals they consider as a part of their families. To develop long-lasting and sustainable progress in the dairy industry, we will need to invest in better…
In Jan 23 milk and cream imports jumped 1,024 % $4.87 millions
Milk prices, which have been on the uptrend in the country, could soon hit an all-time high, forcing the world’s biggest producer to step up imports to boost supplies and ease cost of living pressures. Farmers are wrestling with a rare double whammy: a lethal condition called lumpy skin disease in their cows and a…
New dairy plants to boost UP’s milk production
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the working of the animal husbandry department to work out ways in which UP’s milk production can be increased. The state government is working on setting up new dairy plants in Kanpur, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh and Prayagraj districts with the help of the private sector. The CM also focused on the need to work on…
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We know that plastics break down into micro plastic and nano plastic very quickly. Do nano plastics last in our biological cycles…
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We know that plastics break down into micro plastic and nano plastic very quickly. Do nano plastics last in our biological cycles…
The carbohydrate-protein mix in Indian food habits
India is often referred to as the diabetes capital of the world. How did it earn this dubious distinction, accounting for 17 per cent (approximately 420 million) of the world’s population afflicted by abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated blood glucose levels? Is India’s diabetes epidemic driven by genetic or external factors? While the former…
Foreign Trade Policy 2023: EPCG obligation to for dairy exempted
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today launched the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 saying that it is dynamic and has been kept open ended to accommodate the emerging needs of the time. He stated that the policy had been under discussion for a long…