Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on May 25, 2023, sought Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention to direct Amul to desist from milk procurement from the milk shed area of Aavin in Tamil Nadu with immediate effect, contending that it would create “unhealthy competition” between cooperatives engaged in procuring and marketing milk and milk products in various parts of the country.
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Pointing out that it has been a norm in India to let cooperatives thrive without infringing on each other’s milk-shed area, Mr. Stalin argued: “Such cross-procurement goes against the spirit of ‘Operation White Flood’ and will exacerbate problems for the consumers given the prevailing milk shortage scenario in the country. This act of AMUL infringes on Aavin’s milk shed area which has been nurtured in true cooperative spirit over decades.”
