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Amul to start work on 20 LLPD milk processing unit in Saurashtra

Amul to start work on 20 LLPD milk processing unit in Saurashtra - Dairy News 7X7

Amul marketer Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) will soon start work on a new 20 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk processing plant near Rajkot, creating additional processing capacity in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to virtually perform the ground-breaking for the ₹500-crore plant next week. Supply issues The plant, considered […]

Process started to merge Amul with 5 other cooperatives: Amit Shah

Process started to merge Amul with 5 other cooperatives: Amit Shah - Dairy News 7X7

Amul will be merged with five other cooperative societies to form a multi-state cooperative society (MSCS), Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Shah said the process for the merger has already started. “The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving priority to natural […]

How dairy co-operatives made India the cream of the world

How dairy co-operatives made India the cream of the world - Dairy News 7X7

The story of 75 years of India’s independence can’t be complete without a chapter on its dairy cooperatives. After seven-and-a-half decades, as we stand today, we see India as a rising global force to reckon with, and the cooperative dairy sector has much to claim credit for. The story of 75 years of India’s independence […]

Agri-allied sectors augmenting farmers’ income: PM

Agri-allied sectors augmenting farmers’ income: PM - Dairy News 7X7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre’s efforts to encourage agriculture-allied sectors such as animal husbandry and horticulture to increase farmers’ income, is finally bearing fruit. Inaugurating two dairy projects of Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (Sabar Dairy) in Himmatnagar in North Gujarat, he said, in the past eight years, incomes of […]

Amul MD Urges Jammu-Kashmir LG To Identify Land For Dairy Plant

Amul MD Urges Jammu-Kashmir LG To Identify Land For Dairy Plant - Dairy News 7X7

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Managing Director Rupinder Singh Sodhi on Sunday urged Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to identify a suitable land to set up a new dairy plant in the UT, an official spokesperson said. Sodhi, accompanied by JKMPCL CEO Gaurav Sharma, informed Sinha that the implementation of Integrated Dairy Development […]

The ‘Utterly Butterly ‘ Story Of India’s 75-year-old Iconic Brand Amul

The ‘Utterly Butterly ‘ Story Of India’s 75-year-old Iconic Brand Amul - Dairy News 7X7

It was nearly 76 years ago when the seeds of Amul were sowed in India in 1946. Amul was formed as part of a cooperative movement against Polson Dairy in Anand, Gujarat, which procured milk from local farmers of Kaira district at very low rates and sold it to the then Bombay government. Everyone except the farmers benefited from […]

Banas Dairy to drop seed bombs on mountains near Ambaji temple

Banas Dairy to drop seed bombs on mountains near Ambaji temple - Dairy News 7X7

Banas Dairy, one of the largest milk cooperative union in Gujarat, is planning to drop seed bombs on the mountain ranges near the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha district, where forest cover has depleted by over 578 hectares in the last three years. “The mountain ranges in our district have become dry. On June 4, we […]

India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy

India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy - Dairy News 7X7

(Mozzarella cheese is not a local product, nor widely consumed in India outside our metros, or even widely produced in India. Essentially a milk-paneer-butter country, our per capita annual consumption of cheese is less than 200gm, compared to a global average of 7kg per annum. So, it puzzled observers when the Union cabinet rolled out […]

From lassi to cookies: Amul building a protein portfolio-Business Journal

From lassi to cookies: Amul building a protein portfolio-Business Journal - Dairy News 7X7

Giving a protein punch to its consumers from the natural source of milk, Amul marketer, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), is now developing a portfolio of protein products, starting with the recently-launched Amul Protein Lassi and Amul Protein Buttermilk (Chhas). Driven by the rise in post-Covid health-conscious consumer class, Amul has developed a […]

‘It Is A Little Far-Fetched To Say App Ke Through Kranti Ho Jayegi’

‘It Is A Little Far-Fetched To Say App Ke Through Kranti Ho Jayegi’ - Dairy News 7X7

India’s retail space is undergoing a churn it has not witnessed before. From the conflict between ecommerce and brick-and-mortar stores, the scene has now shifted to the emergence of technology-based B2B players which are competing with the traditional distributors of FMCG companies. Jayen Mehta, COO, Amul, talks about why these new players cannot displace India’s traditional […]