The 122nd birth anniversary of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa was celebrated at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle (Metropole Hotel Circle) under the auspices of Kodava Samaja, Mysuru and Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club, Vijayanagar, today.
Tributes were paid to the late Field Marshal by garlanding his bust and showering flower petals on it.
Samaja President K.M. Belliappa, Vice-President M.M. Ponnappa, Secretary M.M. Ponnappa, Club President M.P. Nanaiah, Vice-President K.D. Muthappa, former Vice-President Nayakanda Thimmaiah, Corporator M.U. Subbaiah, former Samaja Presidents M.M. Karumbaiah, M.K. Kuttappa and P.S. Ganapathy and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / January 28th, 2021
A variety of D2C coffee brands have entered the market
According to industry estimates, 80% of India’s coffee consumption comes from south India.
There is a coffee revolution brewing in India. Be it the instant kind or ones that need specific brewing techniques, new-age direct-to-consumer coffee brands are tempting consumers to turn into baristas at home. Sleepy Owl, Third Wave Roasters, VS Mani & Co., Black Baza Coffee and Araku Coffee are some of the brands vying for a slice of the Rs 2,200 crore packaged coffee market, which is dominated by coffee labels from big FMCG players, namely Nestle’s Nescafe, HUL’s Bru and Tata Coffee Grand.
Blending in
According to industry estimates, 80% of India’s coffee consumption comes from south India. Coffee chains such as Café Coffee Day, Barista and, most recently, Starbucks, have been instrumental in giving the coffee culture a facelift in India, a predominantly tea drinking nation.
“Coffee is moving from being exclusively south India’s habit to having an urban appeal. Coffee shops are now spread across tier I and II cities, and are places for youth and young professionals to meet and work,” says Alagu Balaraman, MD – CGN & Associates India.
Sleepy Owl’s co-founder Ajai Thandi says that the primary intention for the company is to replicate the experience and flavour of barista-made coffee at home, sans equipment. This direct-to-consumer coffee brand has introduced coffee bags that can be used just like tea bags to prepare a hot cup of black coffee. It also has a range of cold brew sachets that can be dunked in a jug of water and brewed overnight.
While new-age roasters offer a range of blends and variations meant for specific kinds of coffee, it is the instant variety that offers scale. According to Mintel India, in 2020, 54% of the total coffee launches in India were in the instant/soluble segment. Mastering the instant coffee variant lets brands reach a wider audience. This is why GD Prasad, co-founder, VS Mani & Co., and VP, Dentsu Webchutney, started off by selling the instant coffee-chicory blend.
“There is an exceedingly small segment of consumers that likes to brew its own coffee. These could be enthusiasts who have a French press or a moka pot, and are experimenting. Instant varieties make more business sense,” he says. VS Mani & Co.’s 100 gm instant coffee powder has a repeat cycle of two-to-three weeks. Prasad expects the filter coffee purchase cycle to be longer.
Coffee-nomics
Black Baza Coffee lays emphasis on sourcing coffee responsibly and ethically, and targets coffee enthusiasts who share similar values. Until March 2020, it earned revenue from both B2B and B2C verticals. When the HoReCa segment came to a standstill, its B2B revenue stream dried up. “We had a 60-40 ratio between B2B and B2C revenue; however, B2C is now the predominant business for us, contributing 90% of the revenue,” informs Arshiya Urveeja Bose, founder, Black Baza Coffee.
Sleepy Owl was earning about 20-30% of its revenue from B2B sales to airlines, movie theatres, offices, hotels and restaurants. Thandi says B2B sales aided in sampling and brand building. When normalcy resumes, he expects the proportion to remain the same.
A few coffee roasters follow a café-plus-roastery model. For instance, Third Wave Coffee Roasters, which sells several products directly to consumers, including equipment, has 10 cafés in Bengaluru and two each in Pune and Hyderabad. Blue Tokai has several cafés across the country. “Cafés offer high margin on a single cup of coffee,” says Balaraman. For instance, a single cup of a Pour Over at Blue Tokai costs Rs 170, while the company’s Easy Pour coffee sachet costs Rs 40 per sachet.
Each of these brands have subscription options. “These are mainly for loyalists who want to have a steady flow of coffee. A monthly subscription of five sachets of our cold brew costs Rs 450. We are working on setting up our subscription back end to make it more customisable,” says Thandi.
source: http://www.financialexpress.com / Financial Express / Home> Brand Wagon / by Venkata Susmita Biswas / January 25th, 2021
122nd Birthday Celebration of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, MLAs G.T. Devegowda and L. Nagendra, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, former MLA Vasu, MCDCC Bank President G.D. Harish Gowda, former Mayors M.J. Ravikumar and Srikantaiah and Corporator Pramila Bharath guests of honour, Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle (Metropole Circle), 4 pm.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Events Tomorrow / January 27th, 2021
There is an increasing demand from coffee growers for a relief package in the budget to be presented by the State Government this year.
The demands have grown after the Kerala Government increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw Robusta Coffee at Rs. 90 per kg in Wayanad district. For a 50 kg bag, the MSP offered by Kerala is Rs. 4,500. The MSP announcement that comes at a time when coffee growers are reeling under severe crisis owing to the low price of the produce, higher input cost and vagaries of weather.
Even the coffee grower community from Kodagu have been demanding relief package as they feel that the amount paid through the calamity relief fund under the National Disaster Management Plan will not be sufficient to recoup the losses suffered by them due to unprecedented rains.
Former Vice-President of Coffee Board Dr. Sannuvanda Kaverappa said that since 2015, the coffee growers in Karnataka were suffering due to lack of good prices, high input and labour costs and adverse weather, but successive governments have ignored the plight of the growers.
A waiver of coffee loans, re-scheduling of outstanding loans and reduction in the interest rate for loans are justified considering the difficult times faced by the growers, he said. “Coffee planters in the district are reeling because of various reasons, including the vagaries of monsoon and COVID-19. I appeal to the Government to declare a special relief package and announce a waiver of short-term loans and developmental loans taken by coffee growers,” he said.
He also sought immediate payment of pending subsidies towards replanting and other schemes of the Coffee Board. “Kodagu has been tormented by weather and either it is lack of rains or excessive rains that have led to landslides and destruction of plantations.
Karnataka must follow the Kerala model where an MSP of Rs, 90 per kg has been declared to Wayanad coffee growers,” he demanded.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / January 25th, 2021
The tractor rally led by farmers was flagged-off at Kutta on Monday.
Urging the Central government to shelve the new farm laws and demanding support price for coffee, farmers and planters from Kodagu took out a tractor rally from Kutta, the border of Kodagu to Bengaluru, on Monday.
Gathering in large numbers, the farmers, along with their family members, including children, battled the cold weather and lashed out at the Central government.
The farmers seated in the tractors and jeeps raised slogans against the Central and state governments. They also demanded a minimum support price for coffee and pepper.
Probably for the first time in Kodagu, farmers, coffee planters, elected representatives from various political parties and labourers were part of the same protest.
The rally was held under the leadership of Raitha Sangha district president Kadyamada Manu Somaiah.
Speaking on the occasion, Kodava Federation president Kallichanda Vishnu Cariappa said that the farmers in the district have been toiling hard from the last three years. But, the crops have been destroyed in the recent untimely rainfall.
Having no other choice, the farmers have got down to the streets, demanding support from the government, he said.
Rajya Raitha Sangha president Badagalapura Nagendra said that the farmers have decided to take to the stir to claim their right.
Farmers from the district should be provided with a major share in the compensation announced by the Central and the state governments as they have incurred huge losses, he said.
MLC Shantheyanda Veena Achaiah said that the government should give up its stubbornness and should listen to the farmers’ issues.
The rally comprising tractors, jeeps, cars and bikes travelled to Mysuru via T Shettigeri, Hudikeri, Ponnampet, Gonikoppa, Titimati and Anechowkuru.
A protest will be held in front of Freedom Park in Bengaluru on January 26.
ZP member Mukkatira Shivu Madappa, Lt Col Baleyada Kalaiah, Codava National Council president N U Nachappa, former MLC C S Arun Machaiah and others were present.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS Gonikoppa / January 26th, 2021
MLA M P Appachu Ranjan inaugurates the 21st branch of Kodagu District Cooperative Bank at Kodlipete.
The people of the district are responsible for the progress of District Cooperative Bank. The bank should lend loans to only those from the district and not to those hailing from outside, said MLA M P Appachu Ranjan.
He was speaking after inaugurating the 21st branch of Kodagu District Cooperative Bank at Kodlipete.
The bank officials should interact with customers with the utmost patience to compete with the nationalised commercial banks, he added.
Cooperative Bank president Kodangera P Ganapathi said that the bank was started in 1921. To commemorate the 100th year, the 21st branch has been started at Kodlipete. The centenary Bhavana foundation will be laid in the month of June.
MLA K G Bopaiah and MLC M P Sunil Subramani also spoke on the occasion.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Shanivarasanthe / January 24th, 2021
Two cadets from 19 KAR NCC Battalion (Coorg Battalion) in Kodagu of Karnataka-Goa Directorate have been selected for the Annual Republic Day (R-Day) Parade in New Delhi on Jan. 26. They will perform in the NCC contingent that will march through the Rajpath greeting dignitaries including President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Cadet M.S. Indrajith, a second BBA student of Field Marshal K.M Cariappa College in Madikeri, will take part in Prime Minister’s Rally. He is the son of M.G. Subramani and Sujatha.
Cadet C.T. Yashasvi, also from Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College, is a second BSc student. Daughter of Manu Thammiaha and Samitha, she will take part in the All India Rajpath Rally.
College Principal Dr. C. Jagat Thimmaiah, congratulating the cadets for representing the College in National-level, said every year at least one cadet from the College takes part in the Republic Day Parade.
The cadets have been selected and trained by Commanding Officer Col. Chethan Deman and NCC Officer Maj. Raghav of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa College, according to a press release.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / January 25th, 2021
Kannada Sahitya Parishat will organise the district-level Kannada literary convention and the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Kannada Sahitya Parishat on January 29 and 30, said Kannada Sahitya Parishat district president Lokesh Sagar.
Addressing reporters here on Monday, he said that litterateur Mandepanda Geetha Mandanna will preside over the literary convention.
The programme will be held at Rao Bahaddur Muttanna stage in C S Venkappaiah auditorium. The welcome arch is named after D J Padmanabha.
Madikeri tahsildar Mahesh will hoist the National flag and CMC commissioner Ramdas will hoist the state flag on January 29, he said.
Superintendent of Police Kshama Mishra will flag-off a procession of the convention president at the main road on the day at 9 am.
Madikeri Taluk Panchayat president Shobha Mohan will inaugurate the book exhibition and other stalls.
Various sessions will be held on January 30.
Young poets meet will be held at Kavya Kaveri Vedike at Brahmagiri auditorium.
Senior litterateur Jaraganahalli Shivashankar will inaugurate. Thirty poets will take part.
Kannada Sahitya Parishat honourary secretary Koodakandi Dayananda, director Kodi Chandrashekhar and Madikeri taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Kudekal Santhosh were present.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Madikeri / January
Uthappa only joined Rajasthan in 2020, having previously played for Kolkata Knight Riders. He has also represented Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors India.
Former India batsman Robin Uthappa has left Rajasthan Royals to join Chennai Super Kings in a cash deal.
The trade for the 35-year-old comes a day after all eight Indian Premier League franchises announced their player retention lists, with Rajasthan releasing former captain Steve Smith and Chennai – on the back of a dismal 2020 campaign – letting go of several experienced players.
Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Singh, Piyush Chawla and Murali Vijay were all released by Stephen Fleming’s side, with former Australia allrounder Shane Watson also retiring.
Uthappa only joined Rajasthan in 2020, having previously played for Kolkata Knight Riders. He has also represented Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors India.
But he scored just 196 runs in 12 games for his fifth IPL team, struggling for consistency and adding to the pressure on Smith, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson and Ben Stokes.
“We do have depth with regards to openers in our squad, therefore when the offer came from CSK, we thought it was a good opportunity for all parties involved. We’d like to wish Robbie all the best for this season at CSK and his future beyond that.”
“We’d like to thank Robbie for his contribution during his time with us,” said Royals chief executive Jake Lush McCrum. “He provided significant value building into the season in our camps in Guwahati and Nagpur, and his speech during our World Cup winners session during the season was one of the most powerful we have heard.
“We do have depth with regards to openers in our squad, therefore when the offer came from CSK, we thought it was a good opportunity for all parties involved. We’d like to wish Robbie all the best for this season at CSK and his future beyond that.”
source: http://www.thecricketer.com / The Cricketer / Home / by The Cricketer / January 21st, 2021
Coffee growers from Kodagu, who are seeking minimum support price (MSP) for coffee, will join the farmers’ protest scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 26 against the Centre’s farm bills.
The coffee growers are seeking to draw attention to their predicament over coffee prices remaining stagnant for more than 20 years while the costs they incurred on labour and other agricultural inputs including fertilizers have increased manifold.
“One 50 kg bag of robusta coffee used to fetch ₹3,000 in the mid- and late nineties. The price has remained unchanged more than two decades later also” said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leader from Kodagu Manu Somaiah.
Coffee growers are putting up with the stagnant prices of coffee while shouldering the burden of rising costs of labour and other agricultural inputs, he said and sought to know why the State is refusing to extend MSP to coffee when neighbouring Kerala was extending the same to its growers.
“About a week ago, we held a meeting and decided to press for our demand for MSP for coffee”, said Mr. Somaiah. “When Kerala, which produces barely 20 per cent of the country’s coffee production, can extend MSP, why can’t Karnataka, which accounts for more than two-thirds of India’s coffee production do the same?”, he questioned.
He said their appeals for MSP are met with the standard reply that coffee was a commercial crop that is not entitled for support price. “But, when Kerala government can do it, what logical explanation can Karnataka government give?”, he asked.
The coffee growers of Kodagu have been at the receiving end of nature’s fury during the last three years when the region was struck by landslides and floods, causing widespread damage to the crop.
Mr. Somaiah recalled that the coffee growers were receiving remunerative prices when it was regulated by Coffee Board till the early nineties. But, it shifted to open market policy soon thereafter on the same promise that the present farm bills are assuring – that the farmers will earn more. But, it was not to be, he regretted adding that the prices are now determined by the trading in New York and London Stock Exchanges.
Mr. Somaiah said the coffee growers in Kodagu are also upset with the State government and Centre over the falling price of black pepper, which is grown as inter-crop. The price of black pepper had reached ₹900 per kg till the Centre started allowing imported pepper from Vietnam and other countries to flood the domestic market and bring down the prices to the level of ₹300 per kg, he lamented.
The coffee growers of Kodagu are joining forces with the farmers from the rest of the State, who are planning to gather in Bengaluru on January 26. The coffee growers from Kodagu will gather at Kutta on January 25 before leaving in about 150 vehicles towards Bengaluru. The coffee growers will hold demonstrations in Ponnampet and Gonikoppa before spending the night in Mandya and proceeding to Freedom Park in Bengaluru on January 26.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / Mysuru – January 23rd, 2021
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