Kolkata to get world's largest curd plant as Amul invests Rs 600 crore

GCMMF which sells dairy products under the Amul brand will invest Rs 600 crore to set up an integrated plant in Kolkata which will also host the worlds largest curd dahi manufacturing facility its MD Jayen Mehta saidGujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd GCMMF committed to making this investment during the twoday Bengal Global Business Summit BGBS which concluded on ThursdayWe will be setting up an integrated dairy plant in Kolkata West Bengal The new facility will have the worlds largest curd manufacturing plant with a capacity of 10 lakh kg per day Mehta told PTIHe said the total investment in this dairy plant will be Rs 600 crore The total milk processing capacity will be 15 lakh litres per dayMehta said there is a huge demand for curd in Kolkata and its surrounding areasAccording to a statement this state of the art dairy plant is being set up at Sankrail Food Park in Howrah near Kolkata with an investment of Rs 600 crore in two phases by Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd AnandThe consumers of Bengal have a strong preference for curd popular as tok doi and mishti doi This plant will help cater to the growing demand in the marketAmul is currently the largest fresh milk brand in Bengal with sales of more than 10 lakh litres of milk per dayAmul has a strong milk procurement network in 14 districts of Bengal with more than 12 lakh women milk producers associated with itThe new dairy plant will lead to further strengthening of the dairy cooperative movement in Bengal under the White Revolution 20 initiative of the Ministry of Cooperation Government of India it addedGCMMFs turnover increased 8 per cent in the 202324 financial year to Rs 59445 crore The company is expecting a doubledigit growth in revenue during this fiscal on strong demandThe GCMMF handled 310 lakh litre of milk per day on average during the last fiscal It has a total annual milk processing capacity of around 500 lakh litresGCMMF is the worlds largest farmerowned dairy cooperative having 36 lakh farmers across 18600 villages of Gujarat and its 18 member unions procure 300 lakh litres of milk per dayIt also ranks 8th among the top 20 dairy companies in the world in terms of milk processing as per the International Farm Comparison Network IFCNBesides the domestic market GCMMF is exporting dairy products to about 50 countries GCMMF has entered the US market with the launch of four variants of fresh milk to cater to the Indian diaspora and Asian populationWest Bengal received investment proposals valued at over Rs 440 lakh crore during the twoday Bengal Global Business Summit BGBS 2025 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on ThursdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever