Food & Beverage News

State spells initiatives to boost agriculture stronghold
Booming investment opportunities and a favourable atmosphere puts Maharashtra in the forefront of the agri-business sector, including for farming and other agricultural purposes

Maharashtra's largest produced commodity is also the least exported
Banana, also considered to be the cheapest and most plentiful and nourishing of all fruits, figures nowhere on the state's popularity charts

Industry should be prepared for sugar decontrol, says Sugar Commissioner
In an interview with P N V Nair, Editor of Food & Beverage News, Apurva Chandra, Sugar Commissioner, Maharashtra, talked about the implications of decontrol

APMC role is cut out to help the farmer even under the model Act
APMC, Secretary, Y D Khavale speaks to S Meghanadan, on various developments awaiting the mandi market in Mumbai

Dairying its way into the hearts of milkmen
Rising against the ranks of the greats in the industry could be no mean task, especially if done in a quick timespan of only two decades

Cadbury looks to boost presence in mouth freshener category
Cadbury India is contemplating expanding its recently launched Clorets Bilkul brand into more formats in the mouth freshener category

Maharashtra has more to offer than batata vada and missal
Indian food is as enriched as the country's culture and as diverse as its people. One can say that just as each Indian state has its traditions and customs, each state has unique food habits

Negligent rulings, time-consuming cases causing a dent in FDA functioning
The Food Department in specific has left no stone unturned in its endeavour to propel the state as a leading practiser and initiator of innumerable food laws

Sugar Federation gets ready for decontrol
Though the Federation is happy about the proposed decontrol, as the industry will gain on several counts, there are some fears as to how the market will react

Our agri business models are being emulated by other states
Putting Maharashtra ahead of its contemporaries in the field of agriculture seems to be the sole prerogative of Harshvardhan Patil, Minister for Marketing, Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra