Mother Dairy to build Rs 500 Crores Dairy Plant at Nagpur

Delhi-based Mother Dairy has started the process of acquiring land to set up a dairy plant in Nagpur, Maharashtra, with investment of ₹500 crore to expand its presence beyond North India. The unit is part of its ₹700 crore capex outlay planned for three-four years approved by its board last year. The facility will produce both milk […]

Yogi inaugurated Dairy Project of Gyan Dairy in Gorakhpur

On October 16, 2023, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the milk and milk products project of Gyan Dairy in Gida of Gorakhpur district. Along with this, the Chief Minister also honored 5 women associated with the dairy industry. Key Points: This dairy plant of Gyan Dairy is being set up as CP Milk and Food […]

NDDB plans to develop dairy value chain in Ladakh

National Dairy Development Board chairman Dr Meenesh Shah has said that the NDDB intends to develop a dairy value chain in Ladakh that would provide profitable returns to the producers from milk business. He was speaking at the inauguration of the newly refurbished dairy plant of Ladakh Dairy Cooperative Federation in Leh on Wednesday. Dr […]

Bengal govt to build Rs 65 cr greenfield modern dairy project

The West Bengal government will build a greenfield modern dairy project worth Rs 65.48 crore at Haringhata in Nadia district, the first since 1970s. Ice Make Refrigeration Limited has received the turnkey contract from West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited (WBLDCL), which is the executing agency for Banglar Dairy Ltd, owned by the state government’s […]

Government to partner with Fonterra to cut coal use in dairy

The Government has announced it will partner with Fonterra  in an attempt to cut coal use in the dairy industry, and reduce agricultural emissions. The relationship will see the dairy giant commit to cutting coal usage across six of its manufacturing sites which it says will result in 2.1 million tonnes of early C02e reductions. […]

9 Killed In Ludhiana Gas Leak, Victims’ Kin Narrate Horror

In a tragic incident, at least nine people died and eleven people were hospitalised after a gas leak incident at a factory in the Giaspura area of Ludhiana in Punjab on Sunday morning. The affected area was cordoned off. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was rushed to the spot, and doctors, ambulances, and a fire brigade team are […]

Amul MD Urges Jammu-Kashmir LG To Identify Land For Dairy Plant

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Managing Director Rupinder Singh Sodhi on Sunday urged Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to identify a suitable land to set up a new dairy plant in the UT, an official spokesperson said. Sodhi, accompanied by JKMPCL CEO Gaurav Sharma, informed Sinha that the implementation of Integrated Dairy Development […]

Banas dairy to set up a 5 Lakh LPD dairy plant for Rs 500 Crs in Varanasi

THE Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited— popularly known as Banas Dairy — in Palanpur has formally started preparations for setting up a milk plant in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi. A team from Banas Dairy, led by its chairman Shankar Chau-dhary, accompanied by directors, visited Varanasi Sunday after allocation of land […]