Assam Announces Rs 200 Cr Dairy Plant in Mariani
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced plans to establish a large dairy processing plant in Mariani with an estimated investment of ₹200 crore, aimed at strengthening rural economic self-reliance and boosting cooperative dairy networks in the region. The announcement came during a government event in Jorhat district, where Sarma highlighted the project’s potential…
Godrej to Invest ₹150 Crore to Expand Dairy Plant in Telangana
The Godrej Group has announced a ₹150 crore investment to expand its dairy processing operations in Hyderabad, a major move aimed at strengthening its presence in southern India’s dairy sector and meeting rising consumer demand for value-added milk products such as curd, buttermilk and flavoured milk. The expansion plan — part of an MoU signed…
Hi-Tech dairy plant to be commissioned in Namakkal in February
A hi-tech dairy plant, that is upcoming in Namakkal at a cost of ₹89.28 crore, will be commissioned next month (February) and the trial run of the plant has begun. The Namakkal Aavin that was bifurcated from Salem Aavin in December 2018 has 537 village-level dairy cooperative societies (DCS), of which 504 are functional. As there is…
NDDB to build solar-dairy at Kargil for Army milk supply
The NDDB is establishing a solar-powered milk processing plant in Kargil — one of the highest-altitude dairying projects in India — to ensure supply of fresh milk to Indian Army units deployed in remote, high-altitude regions such as Siachen, Nubra Valley, Leh and other posts. The planned facility will have a processing capacity of 10,000…
Amul to Establish ₹150 Cr Dairy Plant in Assam
The Assam government has approved land allocation for Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul to set up a dairy processing plant in Rani, Kamrup district. The plant, with an estimated investment of ₹75-150 crore, will have a processing capacity of 1 lakh litres per day and is expected to benefit around 20,000 dairy farmers. This initiative is…
Punjab Launches ₹135 Cr Dairy Expansion in Majha
In a significant move to bolster Punjab’s dairy sector, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has unveiled a ₹135 crore expansion project for the Milkfed plant in Amritsar’s Majha region. The initiative aims to enhance the production of sterilized flavored milk and introduce new fermented dairy products such as lassi, curd, and rabri. This expansion is projected…
Nova Dairy’s Malanpur plant completes 25 years
Nova Dairy has marked the 25th anniversary of its Malanpur plant. The plant was established on December 26, 1999. A media statement said that over the years the plant has played a pivotal role in fulfilling the company’s mission of delivering superior dairy products to millions of households across India. Quoting Ravin Saluja, Director of…
Amul Dairy to set up plant in AP, Pune and Punjab
The Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited, popularly known as Amul Dairy, will be setting up new plants at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Pune and Punjab. For this, Gujarat’s oldest milk co-operative will be investing Rs 1,000 crore over the next couple of years. In the last financial year, it invested Rs 1,000 crore in the expansion of its plants….
Royale Estate’s Mohali Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ) gets Rs 150-cr dairy plant
Mohali Industrial Economic Zone (MIEZ) has announced that Gopal’s Sweets, the biggest dairy products brand in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, will set up a manufacturing unit there. The company has invested approximately Rs 150 crore in the project. MIEZ is an industrial initiative by the Royale Estate Group. It is proving to be a…
Kochi-based firm sets up country’s first off-grid solar power plant in dairy sector
Sapins, a Kochi-based dairy products company, has arguably become the first in the dairy sector to set up the country’s first off-grid solar power plant in the sector. The 200-kW plant installed at a cost of ₹2.8 crore will meet the entire energy requirements of the upgraded plant at Kizhakkambalam with a processing capacity of…