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Wet Tuesday in Chennai, heavy rains to continue till December 1; Aavin parlours to operate 24/7

CHENNAI: The city witnessed moderate showers on Monday night and Tuesday, with weather bloggers predicting the start of a rainy week that could continue until December 1. Weather blogger R Pradeep John said that the rain will pick up from Wednesday and last till December 1. Heavy to very heavy rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over …

TIRUPPUR/ERODE: The state government is taking appropriate steps to increase milk production in districts where milk production is low in the state, said Milk and Dairy Development Minister RS Rajakannappan here on Friday. Speaking to reporters, after inspecting Aavin centres at Tiruppur, the minister said, “As far as Tiruppur is concerned, every day, 1.8 lakh litres of milk is procured …

A new milk powder manufacturing plant costing ₹110 crore will be commissioned at the Salem Aavin plant within 16 months. The Salem Aavin procures 5.75 lakh litres of milk per day, the highest amount of milk from farmers in the state. Of this, 2.75 lakh litres are sent to Chennai, 2.25 lakh litres are supplied to various parts of Salem …

Aavin remains one of the most trusted dairy cooperative brands in the country, second only to giants like Amul and Nandini, which procure an average of 1.23 crore and 83 lakh litres of milk per day, respectively. For a society to make a profit, it must produce at least 1,000 litres of milk per day. When we report 36 lakh …

Aavin should be given autonomy in fixing price and other functions to compete with other dairy giants like Amul and Nandhini, said Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board. However, its dairy brand, Aavin, lags far behind industry leaders like Amul and Nandhini. Amul procures nearly two crore litres of milk every day, while Nandhini collects 80 to 85 lakh …

CHENNAI: The searing summer has led to heat stress in cattle affecting milk output from buffaloes and exotic and cross-breed milch cows. While Aavin maintains that the drop in milk procurement is only one lakh litres compared to the same period last year when it was around 26 lakh litres per day, the situation may worsen in the coming days …

A huge number of Aavin employees, whose appointments, during the AIADMK regime were cancelled recently citing irregularities, have begun to approach the Madras High Court. Justice Abdul Quddhose on Wednesday admitted a batch of writ petitions filed by 25 employees and granted an interim stay of their cancellation orders. The lead petition, filed by D. Elumalai stated that he was …

Aavin on Saturday announced new prices after the rate reduction announced by the State government on Friday. Standardised milk would now be priced ₹22, full cream milk ₹24 and double toned milk ₹18.50. For a 30-day cycle, cardholders would pay ₹555 for 500 ml toned milk, ₹630 for 500 ml standardised milk, ₹690 for 500 ml full cream milk and …

The Tiruchi District Cooperative Milk Producers Union — popularly known as Tiruchi Aavin — has crossed five lakh litres of milk procurement a day yet again this month. While the union achieved the milestone in 2019, it is considered significant this year as a new union headquartered at Karur has been created recently by bifurcating the Tiruchi District Cooperative Milk …