Rs 1,400-cr Dairy Plan to be rolled out soon: Meenesh Shah, NDDB
What have been the steps taken by the board to boost dairy development in recent years and how successful have these been? Currently, we are working in several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam and Maharashtra, to revive dairy cooperatives. In Jharkhand, we are running the state dairy federation and processing and procurement of milk in the […]
California set a goal for dairy manure’s role in climate change
A new report says the state’s dairy farmers are on track to cut emissions enough to meet 2030 climate goals. About half of the reduction could come from converting manure into a gas that does less harm than petroleum-based sources. Stanislaus County is among the leaders in this venture so far. The report was released […]
Govt dairy co-op sales have increased: Stalin
AIADMK’s interim general secretary and leader of the opposition Edappadi Palaniswami, in a series of tweets, wondered whether there is an attempt to deny people basic nutrition they were getting by consuming dairy products from Aavin. Chief minister M K Stalin said on Sunday that his government has revived Aavin, the state government cooperative which […]
Give adequate compensation to LSD impacted farmers : Supriya Sule
Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule on Monday asked the government to come up with a centralised plan to revive the dairy economy which has been hit hard by the lumpy skin disease. The Baramati MP also sought comprehensive research to make vaccines for the disease so that its spread can be contained in the future. […]
India ‘s exports of dairy products double to Rs 4,700 cr
India’s exports of dairy products have nearly doubled to Rs 4,700 crore this year compared to Rs 2,400 crore in 2021. This is a significant jump from Rs 1,200 crore in 2015. Data shows exports of skimmed milk powder drove the growth in outbound shipment. Sources said that India, the world’s largest producer of milk […]
Aavin milk price hike aimed at promoting private players: Annamalai
The continued price hike by Aavin is to make the firm non-competitive in a bid to promote private players, said K. Annamalai, BJP State president. “The hike of ₹12 per litre for orange Aavin milk packets has resulted in sales dipping by 5,000 litre. People have moved to milk supplied by private companies. Then, the […]
Aavin hikes its ghee price by ₹50 a litre, justifies decision
The price is either on a par with or lower than that of its competitors. The increase has been effected after the market and the prices of the competitors were studied, says an official. The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation has hiked the price of one litre jar of ghee by ₹50. On Friday, […]
Amul to hike its ghee price by Rs 30 per kg
At present, a one kilogram pouch of Amul Ghee and Sagar Ghee in Ahmedabad is selling at Rs 530, while private brands such as Gowardhan is selling the same pouch at Rs 699. In a fortnight, a kilogram of Amul Ghee will cost Rs 30 more across India, after the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) took […]
Source : India narrative 18th Dec 2022 by Mahua Venkatesh
Retail prices of packaged milk supplied by dairy cooperatives and Mother Dairy could see another round of hike soon, owing to the rise in costs of feed and other inputs. “As we have to hike procurement prices of milk from farmers, there could be one more round of increase in prices by cooperatives,” Meenesh C Shah, chairman, National Dairy […]
Heritage Foods: Will margins make a comeback for this dairy company?
The stock price gained over 9 percent on September 30. The company announced 1:1 Rights Issue through a regulatory filing. “The Board of Directors of the Company at the meeting approved to issue equity shares in the ratio of 1:1 by way of Rights Issue basis at the face value of Rs 5 each per […]
