Nearly 50 years since its release, parallel cinema pioneer Shyam Benegal's Manthan, restored by Film Heritage Foundation, premiered at 77th Cannes Film Festival and will release in theatres across Indian cities on June 1; bookings begin on Monday.
The car in which RS Sodhi was travelling turned turtle after hitting a divider on Anand-Bakrol road at around 9 pm, said Deputy Superintendent of Police BD Jadeja.
GCMMF, the apex body of 18 dairy cooperatives in Gujarat, achieves an impressive turnover in the 75th year of the Amul cooperative movement that was born in 1946, leading to its establishment in 1973.
Not for the first time, the animal rights organization seems to have got its priorities mixed up.
The household consumption of milk and other dairy products is expected to rise and will compensate any temporary loss of sales caused by closure of hotels, restaurants and cafeterias (HoReCA segment) during the ongoing lockdown period, said R S Sodhi, the managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF).
Subsidies threaten an industry that can single-handedly change the fortunes of millions of dairy farmers in the country.
"It is surprising to note that CII is proposing to import SMP (skimmed milk powder) at Zero duty and that too huge quantity of 50,000 tonnes," Amul MD R S Sodhi said in a letter to food processing secretary Pusha Subrahmayam.
Milk is being procured from Gujarat and other parts of Maharashtra to meet the additional demand
The company is already on track to achieve the earmarked target as it registered a 22% increase in turnover in April
GCMMF has registered a provisional turnover of Rs 33,150 crore for 2018-19. The sales turnover achieved by Amul Federation is 13 per cent higher than the previous financial year, the company said in a statement.
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The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under the brand name of Amul, today decided to hike the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre across all six brands being sold in major pockets of Gujarat and Maharashthra from tomorrow.
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Already, 60 percent of its milk producer members have bank accounts and the cooperative is taking steps to open new ones for those who do not have at present, it said.
Infibeam Incorporation shares surged more than 4 percent intraday Monday on a deal to provide online ecommerce and mobile platform for selling Amul products.
"There has been rise in milk demand across the country and therefore, we are planning to raise our milk processing capacity by another 10 million litres per day from current capacity of 28.1 million litres per day (mltpd)," Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Managing Director R S Sodhi told PTI.
The turnover of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) rose 11 percent to Rs 23,005 crore during 2015-16 fiscal.
Russia presents huge potential for Indian exports as 30 percent of that country's requirements (dairy products) are imported, he added.
Storyboard's Editor Anant Rangaswami caught up with RS Sodhi, MD, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) to understand Amul is celebrating the birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien as National Milk Day.
The resolution to bring no-confidence motion against Vipul Chaudhary was signed by 14 out of 17 directors of various district dairy cooperatives and is expected to be taken up at the board meeting on Saturday.
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Buoyed by robust growth in its dairy business the last five years, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that sells products under 'Amul' brand is targeting a more than two-fold jump in turnover at Rs 30,000 crore in the next 7 years.
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), makers of Amul brand dairy products, will be setting up nine new plants in the next four years at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore and also expand the capacity of the existing plant, to a top GCMMF official said.
Organisations have long acquiesced that their employees partner them in their growth and success. But another truth that has dawned is – this mantra goes beyond just employees.
Impressed with the success story of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), which sells its products across India under the 'Amul' brand name, South Africa has expressed interest in following this model in its land.