Both brands co-existed in state for a long time until it became an election issue last December. Ice creams of Amul & Nandini come from same factories of Karnataka Milk Federation.
It can be argued that once Amul enters Karnataka, there may be no stopping its expansion into other areas of business. But do concerns regarding competition laws hold merit?
Gujarat’s Amul has courted controversy as a ‘challenger’ to Karnataka’s homegrown Nandini, but the dairy giant is struggling due to rising costs, farms shutting down.
Opposition parties have turned issue into question of regional pride, called out 'BJP conspiracy to sell off Karnataka Milk Federation to Gujarat’s Amul', 'finish off' local brand Nandini.
From being 1-2% below general rate between Nov 2017 and Feb 2020, inflation in milk & milk products has gone up to at least 2% more than general inflation in past 3 months.
From commenting on the release of the latest films, including the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, to Argentina winning the FIFA World Cup final, there is nowhere the Amul Girl doesn’t fit.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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