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.
The country's leading milk suppliers have hiked prices of full cream milk by Rs 2/litre citing rise in input costs. The prices of cow and buffalo milk prices have also increased.
Case was filed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against TMC govt's stake sale in Metro Dairy to Keventer Agro Ltd. Chidambaram appeared as counsel for Keventer.
Dairy major Mother Dairy says it 'has been experiencing inflationary pressure on overall input costs... accompanied by distress in milk production' due to Covid.
Most major ice cream brands have seen a double digit growth against the pre-Covid levels of 2019. Starting from February, sales figures have touched as high as 20-30%.
While lockdown restrictions hit business to an extent, sales also affected by 'misconception' that ice cream makes one susceptible to Covid because one can catch cold, say stakeholders.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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