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The factors pushing India to consider milk imports | Mint Explains | Mint

India is ranked 1st in milk production contributing 23 per cent of global milk production. But now India now faces a unique challenge: considering imports due to a combination of factors, including high feed costs, inclement weather, disease outbreaks, and demand-supply imbalances. In this video, we'll delve into how India's milk output growth has stalled, and how retail milk prices have surged by about 15% in the past year, contributing to high food inflation. In this video, let us Discover the immediate and long-term factors behind this phenomenon and how they are affecting consumers, especially those in low-income households.

12 Jun 2023
Industry

Indian startups are out to digitize dairy farming

A slew of startups are helping small dairy farmers access industry knowledge and markets, bringing variety to the dairy ecosystemSome startups are using daily doorstep delivery of dairy products as an entry point for larger FMCG push

4 min read5 Nov 2020
News

Amul hikes milk procurement prices, 7 lakh cattle breeders benefit

The hike will benefit seven lakh cattle breeders associated with 1,200 milk associations of Amul DairyThe daily milk income of Amul Dairy was 30 lakh litres in the winter while it has fallen to 25 lakh litres now

1 min read14 May 2019
Industry

Dairy farmers protest in Delhi as milk prices crash

The protest, organised by the All India Progressive Dairy Farmers Association, petitioned the Centre for direct price support, higher export incentives and GST exemption for milk products

1 min read31 Jul 2018
Ai

How IoT can help transform India’s huge dairy market

Automated tools that leverage IoT can improve milk production and quality for dairy farmers

3 min read3 Jul 2018
Companies

Parag Milk buys Danone dairy factory in Haryana

The acquisition of Danone's dairy factory will help Parag Milk expand its footprint in North India and strengthen distribution of milk and milk products in Delhi NCR and Haryana, says chairman Devendra Shah

2 min read20 Apr 2018
Industry

Drug firms oppose govt move to regulate oxytocin

Companies manufacturing oxytocin say the availability of the drug will be severely hit if the government restricts its manufacture to only one company in its drive to curb the misuse of the drug

3 min read11 Apr 2018
Industry

Milk output rises 19%, dairy farmers’ income up 24% in 2014-17

India's milk production rose by 19% in the last three years to touch 163.6 million tonnes, Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said

2 min read26 Nov 2017
Industry

Israel firm plans surrogate cow farm near Mumbai to help boost milk output

The surrogate cow farm will house 40 Holstein cows that serve as egg donors and 450 surrogates that will carry the embryos, says Israel's AlefBet Planners

1 min read26 Oct 2017
Politics

Telangana govt offers sops to help start a milk revolution

Telangana CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao says government will provide 50% subsidy to farmers who buy buffalos and 75% subsidy to farmers from SC, ST communities

1 min read19 Sep 2017
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