November saw moderation in inflation but not in all the states
Retail inflation measured by the year-on-year change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) moderated sharply to 5.88 percent in November from 6.7 percent in October. This is the first print below 6 per cent, the upper threshold since January this year. The decline was due to moderation in food prices. Food prices eased on account of…
Breast milk sales picking up in India. Is it dairy or Ayurveda?
Imagine a 15 ml bottle, the size of an eye drop medicine, or those shampoo sachets commonly found in neighbourhood shops. Now imagine these bottles and sachets carrying breast milk for newborns without the need to put them in freezers. The childcare industry in India has new entrants. And this time, they claim they are not…
Dairy sector to create more jobs: Naveen Patnaik
Dairy sector in India is witnessing a big growth and it has the potential to create huge job opportunities in rural areas and provide additional income support to farmers, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the opening ceremony of the two-day Dairy Summit-2022 organised in Balangir district recently. The chief minister in his message highlighted that…
Mr.Milkman by EverAg reports 12% growth in its milk throughput in 2022
Mr.Milkman by EverAg, India’s leading SaaS platform empowering over 125 dairy players and milk brands with customer subscriptions and deliveries, has reported an increment of 12 per cent in its milk throughput in 2022 compared to 2021. Last year, from January to December, the company facilitated the sale of milk worth INR 117 crores through…
It is never wrong to do the right thing
This blog is dedicated to women farmers of our country. This year brought lots of challenges for the dairy sector. The challenges came in other sectors too. The happenings around us are not a problem. The problem is with how we react to those happenings. It is not action but our knee jerk reaction in…
Nestle India may hike prices, to venture into small towns
Amid inflationary pressures across industries, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) major Nestle India could look at hiking prices in extreme cases where where it unable to absorb the rise in commodity prices. The company has shifted its focus on brands that will provide better value outcomes. Speaking to businessline Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director of Nestle India,…
AP govt. following Naidu’s policy of 99-year lease in case of Amul
Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Minister Seediri Appalaraju said that former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu had only changed the 33-year lease period to 99 years under industrial policy during his tenure, then why the ‘evil quartet’ was criticising the government over the 99-year lease period for Amul, the Minister questioned. The `Dusta Chatusthayam’ (evil quartet) would…
Rs 1,400-cr Dairy Plan to be rolled out soon: Meenesh Shah, NDDB
What have been the steps taken by the board to boost dairy development in recent years and how successful have these been? Currently, we are working in several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam and Maharashtra, to revive dairy cooperatives. In Jharkhand, we are running the state dairy federation and processing and procurement of milk in the…
California set a goal for dairy manure’s role in climate change
A new report says the state’s dairy farmers are on track to cut emissions enough to meet 2030 climate goals. About half of the reduction could come from converting manure into a gas that does less harm than petroleum-based sources. Stanislaus County is among the leaders in this venture so far. The report was released…
Govt dairy co-op sales have increased: Stalin
AIADMK’s interim general secretary and leader of the opposition Edappadi Palaniswami, in a series of tweets, wondered whether there is an attempt to deny people basic nutrition they were getting by consuming dairy products from Aavin. Chief minister M K Stalin said on Sunday that his government has revived Aavin, the state government cooperative which…