R S Sodhi says had resigned in morning, Relieved by GCMMF as MD
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) Board on Monday relieved Managing Director R.S. Sodhi from his duty with immediate effect. On the other hand, Sodhi claimed that he had submitted his resignation in the morning. As per the GCMMF board decision, made available to media, the board members, meeting in Ahmedabad on January […]
Amul’s utterly butterly supply melts; eateries switch to alternatives
It is the season of cooking and baking, but with Amul Butter in short supply, consumers aren’t like the cat that got the cream. A shortage only means market shelves without butter on them. “There is a supply-side deficit. We are now able to procure only two packs of butter a day, as opposed to three packs (each containing 30 packets of […]
No plans to increase Amul milk prices in near future: RS Sodhi
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk under the Amul brand, has no plans to increase prices of milk in the near future, its MD R S Sodhi said. GCMMF mainly sells milk in Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and Mumbai markets. The cooperative sells more than 150 lakh litres of milk per day, out of […]
Amul to start work on 20 LLPD milk processing unit in Saurashtra
Amul marketer Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) will soon start work on a new 20 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk processing plant near Rajkot, creating additional processing capacity in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to virtually perform the ground-breaking for the ₹500-crore plant next week. Supply issues The plant, considered […]
Process started to merge Amul with 5 other cooperatives: Amit Shah
Amul will be merged with five other cooperative societies to form a multi-state cooperative society (MSCS), Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Shah said the process for the merger has already started. “The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving priority to natural […]
How dairy co-operatives made India the cream of the world
The story of 75 years of India’s independence can’t be complete without a chapter on its dairy cooperatives. After seven-and-a-half decades, as we stand today, we see India as a rising global force to reckon with, and the cooperative dairy sector has much to claim credit for. The story of 75 years of India’s independence […]
Agri-allied sectors augmenting farmers’ income: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre’s efforts to encourage agriculture-allied sectors such as animal husbandry and horticulture to increase farmers’ income, is finally bearing fruit. Inaugurating two dairy projects of Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (Sabar Dairy) in Himmatnagar in North Gujarat, he said, in the past eight years, incomes of […]
Amul MD Urges Jammu-Kashmir LG To Identify Land For Dairy Plant
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Managing Director Rupinder Singh Sodhi on Sunday urged Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to identify a suitable land to set up a new dairy plant in the UT, an official spokesperson said. Sodhi, accompanied by JKMPCL CEO Gaurav Sharma, informed Sinha that the implementation of Integrated Dairy Development […]
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 […]
Banas Dairy to drop seed bombs on mountains near Ambaji temple
Banas Dairy, one of the largest milk cooperative union in Gujarat, is planning to drop seed bombs on the mountain ranges near the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha district, where forest cover has depleted by over 578 hectares in the last three years. “The mountain ranges in our district have become dry. On June 4, we […]