Amrita Patel (pictured), the chairman of National Dairy Development Board, has joined the board of Tata Tea as a non-wholetime independent director.
Kurien was always clear that the cooperative was a business model, says Amrita Patel.
'As long as Amul was coming in with products it was not a problem because it was something value added and with a shelf life.' 'When it gets into the local market by procuring locally, it cuts into the market-share of local cooperatives.'
Now, Bihar wants a white revolution in the state. So, the state has approached National Dairy Development Board to seek assistance.
Amrita Patel, chairman of National Dairy Development Board, and one-time protege of Varghese Kurien, has been silent till now on the raging controversy over the legality of Kurien's chairmanship at the Institute of Rural Management Anand.
Fourteen of 17 board members move no-confidence motion; proximity to Rahul Gandhi seen as trigger.
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