Amul object proposal of industry to import SMP at zero percent dutyThe proposal was given by industry body -CII in the backdrop of firm SMP prices at Rs 280-300 per kg, compared to last year prices of Rs 15...
Note ban forces dairies to turn to milk powderThis phenomenon of using SMP to make milk in winter -a first in India -helped large dairies register abnormal growths in SMP sales, which w...
Post demonetisation, drought-hit dairies take up powder conversion in winterUsually, large dairies convert excess liquid milk production in winter seasons into SMP to be used for converting it into milk later during...
Large dairy players cap milk procurement, eying powder inventoriesThe plummeted global prices of SMP have affected their exports from India, leading to crash in their prices in the domestic market.
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal writes to PM Narendra Modi for fiscal relief to milk producersBadal has requested Modi to frame a viable interest subvention scheme akin to the one floated last year for sugar mills.
Skimmed milk prices decrease due to surplus supply, lower offtakeThe National Dairy Development Board is the only entity in the country that is allowed to import SMP, an extract of milk that is used to bo...
Started in 1982, SMP project to become operational by 2017SMP) project, work on which started in 1982 to irrigate agricultural land in Odisha & Jharkhand & to reduce damage caused by floods in WB &...
Dairies to turn powder into milk due to shrinking supplyIt is a general trend that half of the milk produced from March onwards is reconstituted from SMP with the addition of butter oil.
- Milk prices likely to remain firm
A weak export demand of over 1.30 lakh tonne skimmed milk powder (SMP) will give a further respite to consumers.
- Expedite surplus milk powder exports to avoid damage: Pawar
Fearing damage to surplus stock of milk powder, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today made a strong case for expediting export of skimmed...
- Sugar players now in fierce price battle
A section of sugar mills has started expressing doubts about the efficacy of the rate.
- Higher cane SMP may push up sugar prices
The 32% hike in sugarcane statutory minimum price (SMP), announced by the Centre, may push up wholesale and retail sugar prices in the coun...
- Govt unlikely to revise SMP of sugarcane for 2008-09 season
The government is understood to have rejected the proposal to increase the minimum price of sugarcane to Rs 155 per quintal, which was reco...
- Milk powder export ban pits cooperatives against corporates
Leading SMP consumers and a section of dairy players who don't have much of milk procurement network are seeking the extension of ban.
- Farmers' body wants SMP
While a section of the sugar industry has been urging the Central government to abolish SMP for sugarcane growers in view of the huge stock...
- Centre's ban on SMP may not check prices
The Union government’s move to curb the soaring prices of skimmed milk powder (SMP) may not yield the desired results. Earlier this month, ...
- PM plays milkyman, bans SMP exports
The PMO has given its consent to slap exports after agriculture minister Sharad Pawar mooted the proposal.