INDIA MILK PRODUCERS APPROACH PRIME MINISTER
December 1st, 2009
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE GUJARAT Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), India's largest milk cooperative, has accused the government of failing help it placate competing interests of consumers and farmers. GCMMF has increased pasteurised milk prices thrice in 2009 to US$0.5 per litre, worrying consumers. But its 2.8 million milk producers/farmers are demanding more remuneration. The cooperative's chief general manager Rupinder Singh Sodhi told just-food the Indian government has ignored a formal GCMMF memorandum calling for a ban on exports of ...
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