Sanjaya Baru | Amul and dairy co-ops: Milch cows get political
The controversy generated by the aggressive push into Karnataka of the Gujarat-based Amul, owned by the Gujarat government’s multi-billion dollar entity, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), was just waiting to happen. Worried about the impact of the controversy on the outcome of the state Assembly elections in Karnataka, the Amul management has beaten…
A big fat problem in milk: What’s driving up prices?
The current price inflation in milk is mainly due to a shortage of fat. It has led dairies to hike full-cream milk prices or to cut fat content through rebranding of existing products. Also, milk does not attract GST, while fat and powder used in reconstitution does, an anomalous situation for which the consumer ultimately…
Amul’s price revision is a battle against soaring costs
Gujarat’s Amul has courted controversy as a ‘challenger’ to Karnataka’s homegrown Nandini, but the dairy giant is struggling due to rising costs, farms shutting down. Shibam Dairy in Gopalpura village in Gujarat’s Anand district. It is owned by a businessman who invested Rs 11 cr five years ago, but is still waiting to see profits…
Amul Vs Nandini: What’s The Hue And Cry About
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) is currently underway engulfing the nation with interesting matches amidst the slugfest. But India is currently glued to another interesting match between dairy players Amul and Nandini, that has emerged with a massive political outrage with Amul’s entry into the Bengaluru market. Amul Vs Nandini,…
Milk in short supply, Karnataka comes up with a solution
EVEN AS worries over cereal inflation are receding — with temperatures not rising as much to damage the standing wheat crop — it is milk that’s increasingly becoming a cause for concern. he Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (KMF) has recently hiked the price of full-cream milk, sold under its ‘Nandini’ brand, in a rather…
Dairy farmers not milking money in Karnataka
Pointing towards the milk crates, dressed in a t-shirt with Nandini dairy’s logo on it, Manohar said, “I get 30 percent less crates of milk now and they have even stopped the six litre milk packets which I sold to the hotels and companies”. Dairy farmers under dairy co-operatives are in crisis due to lower…
Citizens complain of poor quality of milk; KMF Bangaluru
Several Bengalureans had an unpleasant morning on Wednesday and Thursday as their plans to sip a hot cuppa were foiled by spoilt milk. Much to the surprise of many, the regular Nandini toned milk (blue packet) supplied by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) was spoiled. Many people even called up the helpline number and shared their experiences. The…
Transporters’ strike on, Bengalureans’ milk supply hit
Mounting woes for Bengalureans, milk supply was disrupted in the city as transporters continued their strike in front of Karnataka Milk Federation offices across the city on Sunday. The strike, headed by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents’ Association, was launched over growing demand by transporters to revise costs and a new…
Dairy farmers demand hike in milk procurement price in UDUPI district
Udupi District Dairy Farmers’ Union will stage a demonstration in front of the new milk dairy of Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd (DKMUL) at Uppoor in Udupi district on Saturday, January 21, to urge the government to increase the procurement price of milk. Addressing press persons in Udupi on Thursday, a former Director…
Milk output in Karnataka drops by a million litres a day since July 2022
The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has seen a slump in milk procurement by nine to 10 lakh litres a day since July 2022. Highly placed sources informed DH that on an average, the dairy cooperative has now been procuring 75.6 lakh litres of milk a day from over 26 lakh milk producers in the state….