Amul’s success hasn’t been the catalyst for similar movements across other agricultural commodities. With 50 per cent of India’s population still dependent on income from agriculture, that’s a real tragedy. It is ironic that on Verghese Kurien’s 99th birth anniversary, farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were marching to Delhi to protest against...
Issuing notice to the two social media platforms and the person who uploaded the videos and seeking their replies to the GCMMF's suit, Justice Mukta Gupta refrained from passing any interim order. The Delhi High Court has sought the response of Google and Facebook on a plea moved by the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation...
SMP prices seen stable at ₹250/kg on matching demand and supply amidst easing supplies and improving demand from the bulk consuming HoReCa segment, the dairy sector expects its business to be back to normal this year. The ongoing flush milk season (when milk output is at the peak) will cap any further spike in the...
Milk and animal husbandry have been treated differently from crops even though they come under agriculture and allied activities, stated R S Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF in the daily Free Press Journal. Sodhi, who manages millions of dairy farmers across the state of Gujarat, has asked the govt to formulate the upcoming union budget of...
Paneer, once alien to the South, has found a lucrative market in Chennai. Even a year ago, Chennai-based software engineer K Balaji, like many other South Indians, was not greatly fond of paneer. Today, though, he has developed a taste for (cottage cheese) -- after being urged by his dietician to include it in his...
Milk products of Karnataka are set to cross the national borders as the union of milk producers from three districts has received export licence certificate. This development is seen as a big step forward for the surplus-hit union, which is struggling to find markets for its products. Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara District Cooperative...
Dairy company Parag Milk Foods on Friday reported a 59.35 per cent decline in net profit to Rs 11.21 crore for the third quarter ended December 2020. The company''s net profit stood at Rs 27.58 crore during the same quarter of 2019-20, Parag milk Foods said in a BSE filing. The revenue from operations for...
If The Government Can Encourage More MSMEs To Enter Into Buying And Aggregating Agriculture Crops At The Village Level, This Apprehension Of The Bigger Industries Monopolising The Purchase Can Be Addressed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some pertinent points on the much-needed farm reforms and did well by mentioning the contribution of dairy farming. In...
Hyderabad-based Dodla Dairy Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO) with the capital market regulator Sebi. Hyderabad-based Dodla Dairy Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO) with the capital market regulator Sebi. The public issue comprises a fresh issue of equity...