The Centre on Thursday began the first phase of retail sales of onion at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg to provide relief to Delhi-NCR and Mumbai consumers from rising prices of the kitchen staple. NCCF and NAFED, which are maintaining a buffer stock of 4.7 lakh tonne onion on behalf of the government, will undertake the retail sale through their own stores and mobile vans. Onion will be sold at 38 retail points in Delhi-NCR and Parel and Malad in Mumbai.
'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.'
It is the season of cooking and baking, but with Amul Butter in short supply, consumers aren't like the cat that got the cream. A shortage only means market shelves without butter on them. "There is a supply-side deficit. "We are now able to procure only two packs of butter a day, as opposed to three packs (each containing 30 packets of butter) in a day," says a salesman at Modern Bazaar, a departmental store in New Delhi's Greater Kailash.
The Rs 1-trillion organised dairy market is dominated by co-operatives in almost every state.
Between September 2017 and August 2018, close to 15% of all flavoured milk launches in India were in the chocolate category, reports Nitin Kumar.
The move to launch two new premium products back-to-back is significant since it marks the first attempt by Amul to trade up its portfolio.
'Amul has never replaced premium ingredients with cheap ones.'
IFFCO is reaching out to the young Indian urban professional.
Brands are turning up the pitch on voter participation, targeting millennial consumers.
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Amul plans to bring camel milk to the breakfast table
Govt floated import tender, allowed import without fumigation.
Apart from SBI, UPI 2.0 partner banks are HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, RBL Bank, YES Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, Federal Bank and HSBC.
The report suggested that the tariffs can be made simple and transparent.
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
