Transforming Dairy Sector: Growth, Inclusion, Sustainability
Today, India is celebrating its 77th independence day. The entire nation has rallied together with renewed determination to achieve developed nation status by the year 2047. India has a unique distinction of trebling its milk production capacity and doubling its per capita milk availability every 25 years. We are looking at around 650 Mill MT…
Building Nutrition Security with Dairy : Roles Risks and Regulations
Stellapps technology and Think Ag organised a webinar last week on Nutrition security with Dairy . The webinar was to kick start of purposeful discussions on showcasing legitimacy of Milk as a lifeline of human nutrition. It has become a fashion to curse dairy and milk in one way or the other. It looks like…
Arguing against free markets is actually disbelieving freedom itself
I have been hearing the seminal quote by Mahatma Gandhi in Indian context that “Mass Production is production by masses” since I started my career in the dairy industry. It’s almost four decades and even today I find most of the policies are oriented towards protecting the farmers. I am unable to decipher at times…
Dairy sector : Show me the money
It is an interesting time for the dairy industry globally. India is the world’s largest producer of milk in the world. Milk acts as an insurance policy for the farmer’s cash flow in India . It not only contributes almost one third of total value added by agriculture but 5% to Indian GDP also. It…
I serve ESG in the dairy sector . Choose any two .
“I serve Environment, Sustainability and Governance in the dairy sector . Choose any two” . I remember visiting a Highway motel in the UK in 2006 while conducting a survey on milk products. The menu placard on my table read “We serve Quality, Service and Price “. Choose any two. It was like a puzzle…
World Milk day :Can West Bengal become Gujarat of East India ?
The Indian Dairy Association Eastern region celebrated World Milk Day on June 1st in a big way. The celebrations opened dialogue on “Nutrition building through Dairying” as a theme. State animal husbandry minister along with the Who’s who of dairy sector from the state attended this function. It was a real discovery for me while…
Social media is a bane disguised as boon, Or is it the opposite ?
Sugar is not the problem with Bournvita. 200 ml of milk with one serving of Bournvita contains 6.5-7.5 gms of added sugar only .Which is far less than sugar found (14-20 gms) in 200 ml of other drinks including fruit juice drinks sold in local markets. Social media is a part of our lives now….
Fasten your seat belts get ready for a rough weather ahead
Dear friends, We have been reading a lot about the dairy industry for the last few weeks. Some great insights have been shared by renowned economists, scientists, politicians and senior journalists. Let me list the five different areas in which the dairy was discussed and deliberated in the media. a. Reasons for higher milk prices…
Can India really become milk pail of the world ?
49 th Dairy industry conference organised by Indian Dairy Association concluded on 18th March at Ahmedabad on a very high note. The event was inaugurated by Minister of Dairying Sh Parshottam Rupala ji on 16th of March. The valedictory session was graced by Sh Amit Shah ji Minister of Cooperation and Sh Bhupinder Patel ji…
If your dream don’t scare you, they are not big enough
This is an era of big dreams. Everyone is dreaming big for the nation, for the farmers and for the economy. Our dairy industry is also playing a significant role in building the nation. Dairy contributes almost one third to the GVA to Agriculture . India has around 100 million farmers and almost two thirds…