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National Milk Day: Date, history and why is it celebrated
4 weeks, 1 day ago

National Milk Day: Date, history and why is it celebrated

India Today  

National Milk Day is celebrated annually on November 26 in India to honor the significant contributions of milk and the dairy industry to the country's development. National Milk Day celebrates the importance of milk as a vital source of nutrition and its role in the economic growth of rural India. The day highlights the achievements of Dr. Verghese Kurien and …

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Cannes 2024: Amul MD on restored ‘Manthan’, India’s first crowdfunded film
7 months ago

Cannes 2024: Amul MD on restored ‘Manthan’, India’s first crowdfunded film

The Hindu  

On May 17, something remarkable unfolded at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, released 48 years ago, was India’s first crowdfunded film: 5,00,000 farmers donated ₹2 each to bring the project to fruition. His modernising efforts liberated dairy farmers from the clutch of monopolisers, turned India into the world’s leading milk producer and transformed the Anand Milk Union Limited into …

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Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan': Restored version of farmers-funded classic shines at Cannes
7 months ago

Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan': Restored version of farmers-funded classic shines at Cannes

Hindustan Times  

Cannes, Veteran director Shyam Benegal's "Manthan", a film financed by 5 lakh farmers of Gujarat 48 years ago, made a triumphant return to the spotlight and public consciousness with its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah walked the red carpet at Cannes along with wife Ratna Pathak Shah, late co-star Smita Patil's son Prateik Babbar, Dr …

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'Humara makhan, humara manthan': Amul celebrates Smita Patil's Manthan's Cannes premiere
7 months, 1 week ago

'Humara makhan, humara manthan': Amul celebrates Smita Patil's Manthan's Cannes premiere

India TV News  

Shyam Benegal's film Manthan was screened at the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival on Friday evening. Celebrating the achievement of Indian cinema, Amul on Friday shared a stylish doodle on social media featuring Amul girl representing late actor Smita Patil, who is holding a glass of milk in one hand and bread and butter in the other. See the …

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50 yrs of a milk revolution that changed Indian cooperative enterprises forever
10 months ago

50 yrs of a milk revolution that changed Indian cooperative enterprises forever

Hindustan Times  

Nilesh Patel, a 35-year-old farmer, stops for a moment to check his phone after selling three cans of milk at the collection centre of Bedwa Milk Producers’ Co-operative Society Ltd in Bedwa village, home to around 6,700 people. This society supplies milk to the district milk union, the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union headquartered in Anand, less than 15km …

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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 …

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A white touch to a refreshed green revolution
3 years ago

A white touch to a refreshed green revolution

The Hindu  

November 26, 2021 was celebrated in Anand, Gujarat as the 100th birth anniversary of Verghese Kurien, the leader of India’s ‘white revolution’, which increased the incomes and the wealth of millions of cattle-owning small farmers in India, many of them women. November 26, 2021 also marked one year from the day when thousands of crop-growing farmers, who have been the …

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National Milk Day 2021: All you need to know about 'Father of White Revolution’ Dr Verghese Kurien – Firstpost
3 years ago

National Milk Day 2021: All you need to know about 'Father of White Revolution’ Dr Verghese Kurien – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Kurien was also the brains behind ‘Operation Flood,’ which led dairy farming to become largest self-sustaining industry in the country as well as the largest rural employment sector. The National Milk Day is also observed to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien who is also known as the ‘Father of White Revolution’ in the country. Here is all …

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National Milk Day 2021: History and significance of day marking birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien
3 years ago

National Milk Day 2021: History and significance of day marking birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien

Firstpost  

National Milk Day is observed and celebrated to honour Dr Verghese Kurien. Every year on 26 November, National Milk Day is celebrated across the country. Objective of this day: National Milk Day is observed and celebrated to honour Dr Verghese Kurien. History and Significance: Looking at Kurien’s hard work, all the dairy majors of the country along with Indian Dairy …

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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 …

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