High Heat in SMP and ghee prices- Is it real or a false positive ?
I hope everyone had a great festival time in last fortnight. This Diwali as expected we saw the return of smiles on the faces of consumers as well as shopkeepers. The markets were illuminated with old hustle and bustle. The sale of sweets also touched a new high. The media however did their routine job […]
A true dairyman is gifted with virtues of a mother so why adulterate milk ?
Diwali will be in its true elements after two years . The lights of happiness and joy are covering the darkness of pain and despair. Hope is a new certainty. The pain and despair of the pandemic is just fading out. Corona has made all of us a better human being. We have become more […]
Show me the silver lining for the dairy farmers this year
India has received good monsoons this year. Reservoirs are full in almost all the states in the country. The farmers have all the reasons to feel happy except for those who are facing untimely rains in October. Water sufficiency in the country is an insurance against shortage of feed and fodder till next summer. The […]
What is PMFME Scheme ? Micro market is sufficient for a micro enterprise
PMFME stands for Prime minister Formalisation of Micro Food processing enterprise Scheme. India has over 2.5 million micro food processing enterprises operating in the unorganised or informal sector. This informal sector has only 7% share in investment and 3% in outstanding credit. However this sector generates 74% of the total employment with one third as […]
What is PMFME Scheme ? Micro market is sufficient for a micro enterprise
PMFME stands for Prime minister Formalisation of Micro Food processing enterprise Scheme. India has over 2.5 million micro food processing enterprises operating in the unorganised or informal sector. This informal sector has only 7% share in investment and 3% in outstanding credit. However this sector generates 74% of the total employment with one third as […]
What is PMFME Scheme ? Micro market is sufficient for a micro enterprise
PMFME stands for Prime minister Formalisation of Micro Food processing enterprise Scheme. India has over 2.5 million micro food processing enterprises operating in the unorganised or informal sector. This informal sector has only 7% share in investment and 3% in outstanding credit. However this sector generates 74% of the total employment with one third as […]
Easiest way to solve a problem is stop participating in the problem
Dairy industry in India is passing through an interesting time. With each day passed the threat of a third wave is waning off. Large dairy groups have begun to expand through organic or inorganic growth routes. The sales in Hotels and restaurants is improving because the footfall in markets has improved. Everyone is looking forward […]
To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections
Studies in the past have confirmed consumer preferences for proteins, dietary-fibres and whole-grains as the healthier-foods. The need for protein based food has been prevailing from pre pandemic times. Dairy based foods are becoming the first choice of consumers during the ongoing pandemic times. The labels of the dairy products in India are trying to […]
Milk Olympics : Difference between Black gold and Desi silver reduces
Is Authenticity of Milk a bigger challenge than Safety of Milk ? In a recently revised standard for Buffalo milk by FSSAI, the fat standard is reduced from 6% to 5%. Buffalo–milk is nearly–2–times richer in fat and about 30% higher in milk–solids-not -fat (mSNF) contents–than–cow–milk . One litre of buffalo milk can be equated with […]
Does the govt’s solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem?
Silence is the new language of masses. We have seen a huge price increase in almost all inputs to the dairy industry in the last one year. Finally the milk prices in India have also become dearer by Rs 2 from this month. As per the news in HT on July 13th , “Retail inflation […]