Covid-19 corollaries on the dairy sector by CRISIL
As per findings of CRISIL, closure of hotels, restaurants, canteens, catering etc has impacted the demand of milk and milk products. Products like ice creams , curd, buttermilk, lassi and flavored milk, etc usually peaks their demand in the period of April and May in which the country remained under lockdown. It was from late…
DK Milk Union earmarked Rs 6 crore for cattle insurance scheme.
Dakshin Kannada Union (DK Union) will launch cattle insurance drive for its members from June 1( world milk day) . The union has earmarked Rs 6 Crores for the same. The Union will contribute 75% for the premium and the farmers will have to mobilize 25% only. The scheme will protect the farmers against the…
Nandini is slapping milk holidays on Poor dairy farmers in Karnataka
In a village near Hoskote, named Chikka karoti, villagers dumped 4000 Liters of milk due to irrational behavior of Karnataka Milk Federation. The incident took place on Sunday May 24. State federation refused to collect the milk from the village because one of the member producer and her family was found COVID positive. The villages…
Mother Dairy booths could be used as complaint counter for domestic abuse
In a recent development the Delhi state legal services authority has asked women to report any domestic abuse at nearest mother dairy booth or a chemist shop. These two outlets have been in continuous operation even during the lockdown. There has been an upsurge in domestic abuse cases during the lockdown and their number crossed…
ICT may change footprint of Indian dairy sector : Atul Chaturvedi Secy Animal Husbandry
Pashu Aadhar card for 537 million livestock may be a reality in next 2-3 years. The government is inducting latest technologies like block chain to create a high level traceability amongst genomics and animal products like milk and meat. Dairy sector has shown an exemplary growth of over 8% in last few years which is…
Atma nirbhar Bharat ! A little tilt in level playing field
Lockdown is in its third phase but in the last fortnight, more relaxations have enabled traction in economic activities in the country. A stimulus package of 20 lakh crores was announced by our prime minister and later budget announcements related to the dairy sector were made. It would take some time for all of us…
Amul eyeing branded Atta Market
Branded Atta is a Rs 15000-17000 Crore category in Indian FMCG market. It is dominated by large players like ITC , Godrej, Adani apart from large number of local brands. The competition is immense and the category is comfortably growing in double digit. ITC is believed to have almost one third of the total market…
Telangana government interested in boosting milk production in the state
Telangana government is paying Rs per liter to dairy farmers as subsidy to produce more milk. The state produces around 80 lakh litres per day of milk and only half of that reaches to the market. Planning board vice chairman Sh Vinod Kumar launched 54th distribution outlet of KarimnagarDairy at Nizampet on tuesday. He shared…