₹1,650-cr ‘price difference’ for Banas Dairy’s producers
It is no less than a celebration for Harjibhai Chaudhary, a milk producer at Thavar village in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat, as he will be getting around ₹2.5 lakh in the price difference announced by the district dairy union, Banas Dairy, for its 5 lakh milk producer members on Monday. At the 54th Annual […]
The ‘Utterly Butterly ‘ Story Of India’s 75-year-old Iconic Brand Amul
It was nearly 76 years ago when the seeds of Amul were sowed in India in 1946. Amul was formed as part of a cooperative movement against Polson Dairy in Anand, Gujarat, which procured milk from local farmers of Kaira district at very low rates and sold it to the then Bombay government. Everyone except the farmers benefited from […]
Amul’s AI success: Bovines impregnated in 1st attempt
The joy of motherhood is universal irrespective of type or breed. But sometimes it even leads to many disappointments as well. But for the Amul dairy, it was good news all the way when its trials to turn bovines pregnant in first attempt of an artificial insemination (AI) cycle achieved grand success. This has been done through […]
Dudhsagar Dairy Announces Record-Breaking Profit of Rs 321 Crores
During its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, the Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (MDCMPU), which manages the Dudhsagar Dairy in Mehsana, North Gujarat, claimed a record profit of Rs 321 crore “for the first time in its 60 years of existence.” This profit, which is distributed to milk producers , is roughly […]
Indian dairy major Amul ‘urges government to delay plastic straws ban’
Amul, India’s largest dairy business, has reportedly written to the country’s government urging it to delay a planned ban on small plastic straws, which is due to come into effect on 1 July. News agency Reuters reported it had seen the letter sent by Amul managing director R.S. Sodhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office on 28 […]
Amul enters Organic food market with Organic wheat flour(Atta)
Dairy major GCMMF, which markets its products under Amul brand, on Saturday announced entry into organic food market with the launch of organic wheat flour. The first product launched in this portfolio is “Amul Organic Whole Wheat Atta”, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) said in a statement. Further, Amul will be launching products like moong […]
Defamatory videos: HC orders in favour of Amul, Sodhi says historic
In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court directed Google, Facebook, and Twitter to remove the defamatory videos against the Gujarat Milk Marketing Cooperative Federation (GCMMF) which sells its product under the brand name Amul. The judgment of the court came on Friday last week. In euphoria, Managing Director R S Sodhi lost no time in […]
India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy
(Mozzarella cheese is not a local product, nor widely consumed in India outside our metros, or even widely produced in India. Essentially a milk-paneer-butter country, our per capita annual consumption of cheese is less than 200gm, compared to a global average of 7kg per annum. So, it puzzled observers when the Union cabinet rolled out […]
Exports of Indian dairy products top $500-million mark, hit eight-year high
Indian dairy exports are estimated at an eight-year high in FY22 on strong demand, helped by higher global prices. Provisional data for the first eleven months, from April 2021 to February 2022, indicates that shipments have touched 1.70 lakh tons valued at more than 552 million dollars, a growth of 93% in value and 63% […]
Amul dairy braces for sales disruption due to straw ban
India’s US$8bil (RM33.8bil) Amul dairy group is bracing for disruptions and higher input costs for some products from July when the government’s ban on plastic straws kicks in. India last week refused to waive an impending ban on straws that are packaged with small juice and milk beverage packs, stoking fears in the US$790mil (RM3.3bil) industry that […]