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Gujarat woman milking millions in dairy den

Prashant Rupera & Bharat Yagnik, TNN | Jul 6, 2012, 03.45AM IST

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VADODARA: Ramilaben Govindbhai Patel hasn't been to college. But at 43, she earns what some CEOs take home. Nothing fancy here. She milks cows every day and supplies milk to a dairy co-operative. She milked Rs 1.10 crore Rs 1,10,17,675 - net profit in 2011-12, to be precise! At Pentarpura village in Sabarkantha district, Ramilaben's dairy farm churns out 5.55 lakh litres of milk per annum. What had started as a SUPER MILKMAID: Ram ilaben m ade a net profit of Rs backyard business in 2000 is now a full-fledged 1.10 crore in 2011-12. family business. She is an outstanding success story of the change the White Revolution has brought about in Amul capital. Twelve years ago, Ramilaben registered herself as a primary milk producer at Pentarpura's dudh mandali (village level milk society) and took a bank loan for five cross-bred cows. Today, she runs 'Jai Ranchod Dudh Utpadan Kendra', which is a five-acre home to 280 cattle where 40 workers get employment, even though the farm has four automatic milking machines. She and her husband Govindbhai visited Israel last year to finalise plans to set up a calf-rearing farm alongside a fully computerized 'tabela'. Vadodara "Our farm has 24-hour water, cooling system, fodder chaffing machines and other things but India through we now want to adopt Israeli technology where rotary units will milk cows automatically and also indicate the fat content," says Ramilaben. The modernization will cost Rs 1 crore. a d m o re Re Ramilaben is an inspiration to other women in Gujarat who are the backbone of the dairy industry. Out of the total 16,117 milk societies, 2,124 are run by women. Of the 31.8 lakh members in 15 district unions, 8.2 lakh are women. "A quarter of our total members are women but their contribution to the productivity of the dairy sector is much more," says R S Sodhi, managing director of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets the brand Amul.

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Interestingly, while we are trying to figure out which women milk producer earns highest in Gujarat, we came across the number of inspiring stories. There is a woman by the name of Lilaben Patel, who like Ramilaben, also hails from Sabarkantha district. Lilaben has never been to school but she owns a farm that has 160 cows and earns Rs 50 lakh per annum. Her husband - Punjiram - says earlier they had to work 24 hours when they took care of farming business. Now, the couple retires at 10 am and switches on air-conditioner as animal husbandry business is paying them much better than farming! Day s of NDA gov t in Bihar num bered: Lalu Ov er 1 9 ,000 m ay lose net connectiv ity on Monday
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Prashant Rupera (Vadodara) replies to Sudhir Krishnan 1 day ago Thank you Sudhir, we appreciate your feedback. Farmers in Gujarat have really come a long way. Ramilaben's family like other milk producers took up to animal husbandry after realising that they cannot simply remain dependent on farming because of uncertain monsoon. What started to make some extra earnings, has now turned into a full fledged business.

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Prashant Rupera (Vadodara) replies to Prem Ahuja 1 day ago Thank you Prem. You are right that there is a lot to learn from such individuals. They are examples of self-made entrepreneurs. In fact, Sabar Dairy's management has informed us that there are more than 450 farmers who produce more than 100 litres of milk per day and out of that 25 farmers in Sabarkantha District have produced milk worth over Rs 25 lakh per year in last financial year.

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Amul has brought work for many thousands and nutritive milk for million of children's in India only because of one innovator . We lack innovation. We should instill in our children the SPIRIT OF INNOVATION instead of telling them become doctor, engineer, IT etc.

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I am glad to know that people in Gujarat are taking advantage of the milk revolution which is a brain child of Sri. Varghese Kurien who is also the God Father of AMUL. But for some political and rigid mentality of North vs South kind of people, he had to quit before fulfilling his whole vision.. Any way.. its glad to know that his revolution principle is still working and benefits the common people of that state..

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LET THE CATTLE IS SHOWN LOVE, THEY TOO ARE LIVING BEINGS. NEED TO BE VIGILANT WHILE DRAWING MILK. LET THE MEDIA PUBLISH INPUTS FOR ANIMAL LOVERS WHO WISH TO CARRY ON.

Prasanna Venkatesha Murthy (Bengaluru) 2 Follow ers 11 hrs ago Silver: 811 Agree (1) Disagree (0) Recommend (0) Offensive

Glory of such capabilities that too of a woman entrepreneur, very pleasing bit of information for the readers who are bored of heavy doses of news and comments on politics and crimes from the media. Thanks TOI for this article. There are plenty of achievements and achievers in plenty of other fields of human interest in our country, please give space for them regularly.

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Inspiring and as well an eye opener to all white collared genius as to how to earn money

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Soon Gujrat will be a wasteland full of toxic dump due to capitalistic greed of the current establishment.

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Don't forget to shun malpractices carried out by milkmen to increase yield like giving hormone injections....remember behind every great fortune there is crime..

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I am so proud of them. This is what you call women empowerment.

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Author did not mention, How Ramilaben was able to manage to acquire 5 acre land for her cattle farming business from the income of 5 cross breed cows ( failed project of Gujarat Agricultural University ). Can anyone elaborate the statistics used by the author in this article. This is very profitable business, I would like to invest in this dairy business in Gujarat. My investment will definitely help in getting the jobs to pass-outs from the newly established private dairy science colleges (not affiliated with agricultural universities and most of them owned by MLAs and their relatives) and to run these colleges.

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new technology must be used simultaneously with traditional methods in dairy &agri business to improve better yields,because both sectors are responsible for white & green revolution.

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The Panjab & Haryana States have been made to look towards the progressive farmers of Gujarat State,though for a better cause, for the necessary input to remodel & revise their existing systems.These states have the needed men,machinery & the will to bring laurels even at a faster pace.These two High Tech Agriculture based States can march ahead,hand in hand, in increasing Milk Production,offering more & more jobs to the educated jobless in a big way. Animal Husbandry Dept,seeking necessary know-how should approach the advanced countries like Israel,Canada,Holland Australia,New Zealand etc for Milch improved cattle farms,Milk procurements redesigned /restructured infrastructure & the latest Marketing know-how,both in the country & abroad. Better managed organisations is the need of the day, in addition to the existing Cooperative Societies. The small farmers be given at least five milch cattle to start with. The Rural Development Banking system be made easily available & the cows/buffaloes be supplied by the Govt agencies at a reasonable subsidy.The Govt Agencies must visit the villages & in consultation with the willing farmers ,immediate arrangements be taken care of. During the lean season, the dairies must be given couple of milch cattle or some other alternative to sustain so that the dairy system remains alive . During the flush season,the increased inflow of milk be used for manufacturing its products & supplied to the ever needy mega/metro cities through fast delivery system. More & more chilling centres & small processing units be started district wise. Though the said infrastructure does exist ,this has to expanded at a faster pace with well trained Dairy Personnel ;both Degree/Diploma holders & short term dairy courses from recognised institutes .The NRIs belonging to Panjab & Haryana can extend their helping hand to their home States!

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Kudos to Ramilaben for her untiring milking job thereby she earned above Rs.1 crore net profit. But our politicians are 'milking' in a different way and thereby they too make huge profits in billions in a year. How the politicians milk? By taking bribe from poor citizens, by cheating poor citizens, by illegal mining as in the case of some Karnataka ministers, by forcibly taking agricultural lands from the poor farmers, by drying lakes and ponds and offering the same to big real estate sharks, and the list goes on endlessly.

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Shrikant (Lucknow ) 9 Follow ers 19 hrs ago Silver: 2109 Agree (4) Disagree (0) Recommend (0) Offensive

A very interesting fact. She is really an ideal woman. She must be honored.The fact shows why the Gujrat is Gujrat. There are lot of chances in our state as well, but chances may come only to hard working and honest men and women. In my state this is not so as we lack that culture.

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We must appreciate the leadership of Gujarat here.

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DAVID ISRAEL (ISRAEL) 20 hrs ago

Have worked on a farm in Israel and have seen conditions for farmers in India and in the USA, The Indian farmers work a lot harder than farmers in America & Israel. Yet their yield is a lot less and they earn a lot less. What they lack is help in getting the right seeds and ecofriendly technology (not just pesticides and more pesticides and genetically modified seeds) to make their farms more productive. Hope the people in the government do more to improve the lives of the farmers, and are able to produce a lot more food than they are- while at the same time being kinder to their animals & the environment.

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Bravo to Ramilaben Govindbhai Patel for his milk industry.

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Ramilaben thanks for your enterprising attitude. Investing 1 crore in developing milking procedure is not a small decision.

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THIS ONE IS QUITE INSPIRING. SUCH STORIES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO VILLAGERS BY NGOS AND ALL THOSE WHO CAN, JUST TO INSPIRE ALL THE MILKMAN AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PRODUCE MORE AND MORE MILK. SURPLUS OF MILK WILL MAKE THE ADULTERATORS LOOK FOR OTHER AVENUES. WELL AGAIN A STORY FROM MODI LAND.

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The farmers and NGOs run by women in Tamilnadu should emulate and adopt the success story of this Gujarati woman ( about whom we are proud of). and ignite White Revolution. State Govt, commercial banks, NABARD and Farmers' Associations should lend all assistance. This will help in rejuvenating the rural economy. This assumes more importance in the context of maverick monsoon in recent years.Besides the income from dairy farming will be steady unlike agriculture which depends on the vagaries of monsoon. t
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THIS STORY IS ABOUT GUJARAT, WHICH ALWAYS LOOKS FORWARD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR LEADER, NARENDRA MODI. I HOPE THE MILKMANS IN WHOLE OF THE COUNTRY TRY TO FOLLOW THE GUJARAT MODEL TO MAKE INDIA A MILK SURPLUS COUNTRY. PLENTY OF MILK WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE ADULTERATORS OF MILK LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES.

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if other states too copy the Gujarat Model of diary farming, our villages will be self sufficient and can curtail the migration to town/ city

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Role model to many.

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Dr Kurien must be a smiling man at the inspirational success of his daughters.

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