Amul’s expansion plan is signal for other coop to shape up
Amul, the local and biggest FMCG brand in India, is in an aggressive expansion mode. Its hunger for growth well beyond the home state of Gujarat is both natural and disturbing. For some state cooperatives in the south, and now increasingly in Madhya Pradesh, Amul’s aggressive expansion into their territories has become a source of […]
What’s The Territorial Battle Between The Milk Cooperatives?
row between several dairy brands like Amul, Nandini, Aavin and Milma has been in the spotlight for the last few months. Dairy cooperative brands like these have been at the centre of India’s dairy sector growth for the last several decades. The story of dairy sector in India has been one of success. From a milk deficit […]
Does India have room for a dairy behemoth ?
On an October morning in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri, then Prime Minister of India, was engrossed in a conversation. He was looking to clear his doubts after spending the night at a farmer’s house in Anand, Gujarat. Shastri, after he was informed about the stellar performance of a local dairy cooperative, was keen to understand […]
Shah asks NDDB to make India “Dairy to the World”
Appreciating the stellar role being played by NDDB in strengthening the dairy co-op movement in the country, Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs & Cooperation raised the bar for the NDDB to reach out to all those panchayats and villages where there is no dairy co-op. “NDDB needs to further strengthen cooperative dairying by […]
India Not To Import Butter, Other Dairy Products-Rupala
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Friday made it clear that the country will not import dairy products like butter and the supplies will be improved with the help of huge untapped domestic sector. Rupala’s statement comes even as his ministry’s top official had last week stated that the stocks […]
Milk cooperatives indulged in market distorting tactics
The new controversy in election-bound Karnataka is, surprisingly, around two large and successful dairy cooperatives —Amul (brand owned by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, GCMMF) and Nandini (brand owned by Karnataka Milk Federation, KMF). The debate seems to have been kick-started by two events: a statement in December 2022 that if Amul and Nandini work […]
Four of Congress’s Amul Dairy directors join BJP in Gujarat
In a setback to the Congress, four directors of Amul Dairy—formerly Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union—belonging to the party joined the BJP in presence of state president C R Paatil in Gandhinagar on Saturday, bringing down the party tally to three. The four Amul directors are from Anand and Kheda districts— Gautam Chauhan (Mehmedabad), Sita Chandu […]
I am Laxmi a woman dairy farmer from India and I need money in my hand
A day in the life of Laxmi I am Laxmi, a dairy farmer from India (Laxmi takes care of 4 cows and 5 family members) . I wake up at 4 AM and prepare food for my cows Gayatri, Savitri, Jamuna and Saraswati. The cows are fed by me before I cook food for my […]
How ‘Operation Flood’ helped in the evolution of the dairy sector In India?
The evolution of the dairy sector in India and the stellar role played by dairy cooperatives since the launch of Operation Flood form an integral part of the country’s growth story as the country now is the largest producer of milk. India contributes 21 per cent to global milk production. It is important to note […]
Fair price for farmers: How consumers can spur the change
I have often quoted an OECD-ICRIER study that puts an economic value to the losses suffered by the Indian farmers in the 16-year period, between 2000 and 2016. It puts the loss at a staggering Rs45 lakh crores, which means on an average, every year farmers suffered a loss of roughly Rs2.64 lakh crore. While […]
