Bengaluru Hoteliers To Use Local ‘Nandini’ Dairy Products Only
The dairy giant Amul eyes entering Karnataka’s Bengaluru to sell milk and curd but the hoteliers group there has said that it will only use ‘Nandini’ products to support the state farmers. The Dairy giant Amul gets a hostile welcome in Karnataka’s Bengaluru where it plans to sell milk and curd as the Bruhat Bengaluru […]
Tamil Nadu says no to Hindi word ‘Dahi’ on Aavin curd packets
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, Aavin, has informed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that it will not print the word ‘Dahi’, the Hindi equivalent for curd on its packets. The FSSAI had proposed to drop the English term ‘curd’ and had wanted to include the term Dahi and had […]
FSSAI Insists for using dahi on Nandini curd sachet
In what is being seen as yet another attempt to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking Southern States, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is now faced with a direction from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to label curd as “Dahi” prominently and use “Mosaru” (the Kannada equivalent) in brackets. In the same […]
Dairy farmers not milking money in Karnataka
Pointing towards the milk crates, dressed in a t-shirt with Nandini dairy’s logo on it, Manohar said, “I get 30 percent less crates of milk now and they have even stopped the six litre milk packets which I sold to the hotels and companies”. Dairy farmers under dairy co-operatives are in crisis due to lower […]
Production down, Bengaluru staring at milk scarcity, says Bamul
With milk production in and around Bengaluru coming down from 14-15 lakh litres a day to 12-13 lakh litres in less than a couple of months, Bengaluru could soon face a scarcity in milk supply in the coming months, reports Niranjan Kaggere. Bangalore Milk Union Ltd (Bamul), one of the largest federations of Karnataka, said […]
Transporters’ strike on, Bengalureans’ milk supply hit
Mounting woes for Bengalureans, milk supply was disrupted in the city as transporters continued their strike in front of Karnataka Milk Federation offices across the city on Sunday. The strike, headed by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents’ Association, was launched over growing demand by transporters to revise costs and a new […]
Shah’s ‘KMF-Amul cooperation’ remark triggers social media row
Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement in Karnataka’s Mandya on Friday calling for “cooperation” between the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and the Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul) in Gujarat has drawn flak in the southern state, with many starting a campaign on social media to save “brand Nandini milk”. Shah inaugurated a mega dairy built […]
Karnataka: Nandini ghee price up Rs 180 per litre in 2-and-half months
Unable to get the government’s approval to hike milk prices in the past few months, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is pushing up the price of Nandini ghee and it has gone up by over Rs 180 per litre in two-and-a half months. A litre of Nandini ghee which was sold at Rs 450 on August 22 is now […]
Pay more money for Nandini milk as price may go up by Rs 3 in Karnataka
A litre of Nandini toned milk (blue sachet) currently costs Rs 37. The cost may go up to Rs 40. Simultaneously, the prices of other varieties and curds will also increase. “For the past two-and-a-half years, milk prices have not increased even as the procurement and supply cost saw a 30-40 per cent jump owing […]
Mymul to set up vigilance squad to tackle fake products
A day after a fake Nandini ghee racket was unearthed in Mysuru, the Mysuru District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies’ Union Limited (MYMUL) has decided to set up a vigilance squad to counter the distribution of fake dairy products misusing the Nandini brand name. MYMUL President P.M. Prasanna told reporters in Mysuru on Friday their vigilance […]