White Gold, Wasted Gold: Should India’s Paneer Whey Fuel Cars Instead of Bodies?
A lab in Scotland just handed the global dairy industry a headache — and it’s one India should be paying very close attention to. Researchers at Heriot-Watt University, working with the start-up Take Root Bio, have cracked a process that ferments the sugars in whey into bioethanol for vehicles and home heating. On paper, it’s…
India’s Dairy Industry Faces Its Biggest Economic Stress in Decades
The latest economic assessments emerging from SBI Ecowrap during May 2026 may appear, at first glance, to be another routine macroeconomic outlook discussing GDP moderation, crude oil risks, currency pressure and labour income slowdown. However, for those who understand the structural realities of India’s dairy economy, these reports carry a far deeper warning. They indicate…
India’s Dairy Dilemma: Rising Demand, Falling Margins—and a New Playbook Emerges
What McKinsey is signalling in its latest dairy playbook is not a cyclical wobble—it is a structural reset. The global dairy industry, as per its 2026 survey, is caught in a paradox: demand is growing, yet margins are under sustained pressure, forcing leaders to rethink both cost structures and growth engines simultaneously. If you read…