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Amul to invest Rs 600 crore to set up dairy facility with world’s largest curd plant in Kolkata

GCMMF’s turnover increased 8 per cent in the 2023-24 financial year to Rs 59,445 crore.

The company is expecting a double-digit growth in revenue during this fiscal on 

strong demand.

The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), which sells dairy products under
 the ‘Amul’ brand, will invest Rs 600 crore to set up an integrated plant in West Bengal’s Kolkata,
 which will also host the world’s largest curd (dahi) manufacturing facility, its MD Jayen Mehta said.

We will be setting up an integrated dairy plant in Kolkata, West Bengal. The new facility will have the

 world’s largest curd manufacturing plant with a capacity of 10 lakh kg per day,” Mehta told media.

He said the total investment in this dairy plant will be Rs 600 crore. The total milk processing 

capacity will be 15 lakh litres per day. Mehta said there is a huge demand for curd in Kolkata and its

surrounding areas.

CM Mamata Banerjee on Bengal Global Business Summit

West Bengal received investment proposals valued at over Rs 4.40 lakh crore during the two-day

Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. 

The 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 litres. GCMMF is the world’s largest farmer-owned dairy 

cooperative having 36 lakh farmers across 18,600 villages of Gujarat and its 18 member unions

 procure 300 lakh litres of milk per day.

It also ranks 8th among the top 20 dairy companies in the world in terms of milk processing, as per the

 International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN). Besides 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 population.


Source:- Business news

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