Draft policy proposes 3-tier Amul model for FPOs
Emulating the 3-tier Amul cooperative model, bringing in professionalism and financial assistance are some of the provisions incorporated in the draft policy on farmer producer organisation (FPO), which is likely to be finalised this month and slated to be notified before September. The Centre has received 90-100 feedback as the 14-day deadline ended Wednesday after…
Kraft Heinz’s India GCC to increase headcount to 2000 by year’s end
Commenting that the Gujarat government had the best ITeS policy in the country today, she said, “The subsidies you get by setting up in a place like Ahmedabad are lucrative for organisations FMCG giant Kraft Heinz India looks to grow its global capability centre (GCC) in a year by increasing its headcount to around 2,000…
Himachal Pradesh Invests Rs 201 Crore in Dhagwar Milk Processing Facility
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on Wednesday that Rs 201 crore has been allocated for a milk processing plant in Dhagwar, Kangra district. The project is a collaboration with the National Dairy Development Board, and construction is set to commence soon. Initial Capacity and Future Expansion The plant will initially process 1.50…
Dairy firm Heritage Foods looks East in line with pan-India ambition
Heritage Foods is spreading its footprint in the East in sync with its ambition to become a pan-Indian private dairy company. On Wednesday, the company announced its foray into West Bengal and over the next few days, Bihar and Jharkhand are on the cards. In Odisha, Heritage launched its products about six to nine months…
FAO Dairy price index moved up in June 2024
The FAO Dairy Price Index averaged 127.8 points in June, up 1.5 points (1.2 percent) from May and standing 7.9 points (6.6 percent) above its corresponding value one year ago. In June, international price quotations for butter rose to a 24-month high, underpinned by increased global demand for near-term deliveries amidst heavy retail sales and seasonally falling…
Royale Estate’s Mohali Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ) gets Rs 150-cr dairy plant
Mohali Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ) has announced that Gopal’s Sweets, the biggest dairy products brand in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, will set up a manufacturing unit there. The company has invested approximately Rs 150 crore in the project. MIEZ is an industrial initiative by the Royale Estate Group. It is proving to be a…
Consumers pay more but dairy farmers get lesser in Karnataka ?
Milk procurement prices vary across different milk unions in Karnataka, despite the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) selling it at a uniform price across the state. Each of the 15 milk unions in the state has its unique considerations for determining milk procurement prices, taking into account factors like profit margins, expenditure, facilities, and projects. This…
Manchar: Dairy Farmers Demands ₹40 per Liter Milk Guarantee Price
Pune: ” Milk powder is being imported, the market price of milk is increased by five rupees, but 12 per cent GST is imposed. Due to unaffordable milk prices, dairy farmers are facing difficulties. Give a guaranteed price of Rs 40 per liter for farmers’ milk, otherwise, we will have to protest with cows and buffaloes in front of the Ministry in…
Verka in Chandigarh to serve sweetened milk to students under PM Poshan
The UT school education department is all set to serve sweetened milk once a week to the students. The sweetened milk (130 ML with 3% fat content in tetra pak cartons) will be served to students of 111 government schools and seven government-aided schools in midday meal as part of PM Poshan from next week….
Akshayakalpa Organic to focus on Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad
The company has begun working with a cluster of farmers near Hyderabad, says co-founder and CEO Shashi Kumar Akshayakalpa Organic, India’s first certified organic dairy enterprise, will focus on Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad as its production is focused on these three cities, its co-founder and CEO Shashi Kumar has said. “We are working on a…