PM attends Amul’s Golden Jubilee, says, ‘Focus is on welfare of small farmers’
10 months ago

PM attends Amul’s Golden Jubilee, says, ‘Focus is on welfare of small farmers’

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the Motera area of Ahmedabad on Thursday. Recognising the success of India's dairy sector, PM Modi said, "The domestic dairy sector is growing at the rate of 6% as compared to 2% globally". Further, PM Modi said, "The real backbone of India's dairy sector is women's power". "Today, when India is moving ahead with women-led development, this success of India's dairy sector is a great inspiration for it," PM Modi said.

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The Amul model should be tried across all agricultural crops in India
2 days, 4 hours ago

The Amul model should be tried across all agricultural crops in India

Live Mint  

Indian farmers get only one-third of the final selling price, with the rest being enjoyed by the traders, wholesalers and retailers among themselves." The ‘taste’ that India needs: At the same time, a cooperative society of farmers has worked well as an alternative model in India’s dairy sector, thanks to which we have a highly successful dairy-product marketing federation that …

Amul goes to U.S., partners Michigan milk producers’ body to sell fresh milk
7 months ago

Amul goes to U.S., partners Michigan milk producers’ body to sell fresh milk

The Hindu  

India’s largest dairy cooperative Amul has started selling fresh milk and other products in the United States in partnership with a century old local cooperative body, Michigan Milk Producers Association to sell fresh milk in East Coast and the Midwest markets. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, an umbrella body of district-level milk cooperatives in Gujarat, that markets and sells …

Top news this week: Farmers Delhi Chalo march, Cong-SP seat sharing and more
10 months ago

Top news this week: Farmers Delhi Chalo march, Cong-SP seat sharing and more

Live Mint  

Here are top news of the week between 18 February and 13 February that made headlines: ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on halt till 29 Feb Farmers' march to the national capital has been halted till February 29 as groups leading the agitation turned their focus to the death of a youth in the ongoing protest. PM Modi attends Amul's Golden Jubilee …

PM Modi to attend golden jubilee celebration of Amul at Narendra Modi stadium
10 months ago

PM Modi to attend golden jubilee celebration of Amul at Narendra Modi stadium

India TV News  

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, along with approximately 36 lakh animal husbandry farmers, are expected to attend the golden jubilee celebration of Amul on February 22. The Golden Jubilee celebration of Amul will take place on February 22 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Founded in 1946, Amul is an Indian multinational cooperative society …

October, Shastri-Kurien, and the White Revolution: Making India Dairy-Efficient
1 year, 2 months ago

October, Shastri-Kurien, and the White Revolution: Making India Dairy-Efficient

The Quint  

The most telling testimony to the success of the Anand model of dairy cooperatives is the iconic brand Amul. In 2022-23, GCMMF Ltd that controls the Amul brand reported a sales turnover of Rs 72,000 crores which works to be about USD 9 billion. The success of Amul has triggered similar success stories like Mother Dairy and many other state-level …

Dairy sector has a special role in making women self-reliant: President Murmu
1 year, 8 months ago

Dairy sector has a special role in making women self-reliant: President Murmu

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu on April 24 said the dairy sector has a special role in making women self-reliant and changing their social and economic status. Addressing the convocation function of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal, Ms. Murmu said women have over 70% participation in the dairy sector and should be provided easy loans and …

Amul needs to remain a revolutionary brand
1 year, 11 months ago

Amul needs to remain a revolutionary brand

Live Mint  

As brand stories go, Amul’s is remarkable. Mehta is an old hand at Amul, like Sodhi, whose early career was under Verghese Kurien, prime mover of India’s ‘white revolution’. Today, more Indians have a stake in Amul doing even better than just its direct stakeholders—its vast network of dairy farmers, i.e., whose milk it procures at prices it was set …

PM Modi hails growth in milk production in last 8 years
2 years ago

PM Modi hails growth in milk production in last 8 years

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28 expressed happiness over the growth in milk production in the last eight years, and said a vibrant dairy sector is also a great way to further strengthen our “Nari Shakti”. His remarks came in response to a tweet by Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala, who said there had …

PM Modi inaugurates new, state-of-the-art dairy projects in Gujarat
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi inaugurates new, state-of-the-art dairy projects in Gujarat

The Hindu  

On the second day of his three-day visit to his home State, the PM reached Deodar in Banaskantha to open the new plants at Banas Dairy, which is a division of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation under the Government of Gujarat’s Ministry of Cooperation. Mr. Modi interacted with women milk suppliers and farmers in a move to reconnect with …

India's milk production highest in world, more than wheat and rice: PM Modi
2 years, 8 months ago

India's milk production highest in world, more than wheat and rice: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India produces milk worth ₹8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, with small farmers being the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Banas Dairy Sankul, in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. When the livelihood of crores of farmers depend on milk, …

Jagan launches Amul project in Anantapur, hails its help to women, farmers
2 years, 10 months ago

Jagan launches Amul project in Anantapur, hails its help to women, farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday launched the ‘AP-Amul Project’ under the Jagananna Pala Velluva banner in the Anantapur district. The chief minister said Amul has entered the Anantapur district to collect milk from small and medium-scale producers and wished that this would benefit women and farmers who rear cattle. The CM said Amul was offering higher rates than …

Amul video celebrating Indian Independence wins hearts: Watch
3 years, 4 months ago

Amul video celebrating Indian Independence wins hearts: Watch

Op India  

Born in 1946, as an offshoot of India’s struggle for independence, Amul, the world’s ninth-largest dairy company is also celebrating its 75th anniversary corresponding to that with India’s 75th year of Independence. To mark this occasion, brand Amul, also known as the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, has released a video where it celebrates the 36 lakh women dairy farmers …

The success story of the world's ninth-largest dairy company, Amul
3 years, 6 months ago

The success story of the world's ninth-largest dairy company, Amul

Op India  

The brand Amul, also known as the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, needs no introduction. Amul has a storied history, having been created in 1946 in response to the exploitation of marginal milk producers by traders from Polson dairy, which was then the region’s only dairy. Polson Dairy, a locally-owned dairy in Anand, Gujarat, was procuring milk from farmers at …

Amul chief supports farm bill, says a free market helps farmers prosper
4 years, 2 months ago

Amul chief supports farm bill, says a free market helps farmers prosper

Op India  

RS Sodhi, Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, popularly known by the brand name Amul, on Sunday took to Twitter to explain how the free market has helped the dairy farmers prosper. Where as contribution of agriculture to national GDP declining, Milk contribution increasing every year and so is the share of milk in farmers income, thanks …

A.P. ties up with Amul to promote dairies in State
4 years, 5 months ago

A.P. ties up with Amul to promote dairies in State

The Hindu  

The government of Andhra Pradesh entered into an MoU with Amul Diary to enhance the capacities of cooperative dairies in the State. Dairy Development Corporation and Chairperson Vani Mohan, Amul Dairy Chennai Head Rajan, and MD of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation R.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that it would enhance the capacities of cooperative societies, fetch remunerative profits to …

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