Milk Consumption

59% stuck to their preferred brands, 19% cut down on consumption; 16% moved to cheaper alternatives of the same brand; a small number bought local milk or completely stopped consumption

In milk, around 80 per cent of what consumers pay is passed on to the farmers in the form of procurement price

GCMMF, which sells milk under the Amul brand, has hiked the prices of Amul Gold and buffalo milk by Rs 2 per litre each across all markets except Gujarat. "Prices have been increased by Rs 2 per litre for Amul Gold and buffalo milk due to increase in fat prices," Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) managing director R S Sodhi told PTI. Prices have been raised for all markets except Gujarat, he added. The Cooperative had last increased the milk prices on August 17 by Rs 2 per litre citing rise in milk procurement cost. GCMMF passes on almost 80 paise of every rupee paid by consumers for milk and milk products to the milk producers. Apart from Gujarat, GCMMF mainly sells milk in Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and Mumbai. GCMMF sells more than 150 lakh litres of milk per day and out of the total quantity, Delhi-NCR accounts for nearly 40 lakh litres per day.

On the impact of LSD on the country's milk production, Balyan said there will be a minimal impact on annual milk production, if any.

India's milk production is expected to jump three-fold to 628 million tonnes in the next 25 years with an average annual growth of 4.5 per cent, Amul Managing Director R S Sodhi said on Monday. The country's milk production was 210 million tonnes in 2021, the MD of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under the Amul brand, said. "Milk production in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5 per cent to reach 628 million tonnes in the next 25 years," he said while giving a presentation on the outlook of the Indian dairy sector over the next 25 years. Sodhi was speaking at International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022, being organised at India Expo Centre & Mart here during September 12-15. India's share in global production is estimated to nearly double to 45 per cent in the next 25 years from 23 per cent now. The demand is also set to increase because of the rising population, Sodhi said. The demand for milk is .

LocalCircles -- a community social media platform -- conducted a survey to gather information on how the households are coping with it

The commercial importance of the milk aside, these non-bovine animals merit greater attention for other reasons as well

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Tuesday denied farm leader Rakesh Tikait's allegation that there is a proposal to import milk from Australia.

Over 10 crore litres of milk has so far been transported by 'Doodh Duronto' special trains from Renigunta of Andhra Pradesh to the national capital, the Railway Ministry said.

We plan to touch Rs 1 trillion of Amul brand's turnover in next five years, says GCMMF MD R S Sodhi

The dairy start-up has cumulatively raised Rs 300 crore, which will be largely invested in Odisha to empower local dairy farming community and create indirect jobs

Apart from reducing supply glut, recovery is also set to cut down pressure on dairy companies that are reeling under severe financial stress

Municipal circular warns of penalisation under Section 188 and Section 270 of IPC and Section 3 of Epidemic Act for those failing to comply

Dairy farmers' realisation plunges Rs 5-7 a litre; Household consumption of milk products rises

The amount spent on milk and milk products (M&MP) dropped 10%. While households, hotels, and halwai shops spent Rs 6 trn on M&MP in 2016-17, consumption expenditure reduced to Rs 5.4 trn in 2017-18

The govt had fixed a thickness criterion of 50 microns when the use of plastic carry bags was banned a couple of years ago.

Also, the Centre is planning to introduce milk in the mid-day meal scheme to increase milk consumption