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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Amul Dairy to set up Rs 100cr processing plant in Assam
Vadodara: The Kaira District Milk Producers Union Limited, popularly known as Amul Dairy, is set to establish a dairy processing plant in Assam with an investment ranging between Rs 75 crore and Rs 100 crore. The move is aimed at boosting dairy production in the region and expanding Amul's footprint in the eastern belt of the country. The Assam govt has allotted a 20-bigha parcel of land on lease to Amul Dairy at the Institute of Farm Management Campus in Rani, near Guwahati. The decision to lease the land was approved earlier this month by the state cabinet as part of a broader initiative to enhance the dairy sector under the Advantage Assam 2.0 programme. Amul Dairy chairman Vipul Patel confirmed the development, stating that the Assam plant is part of the cooperative's ongoing expansion across India. "Our new projects, including the Chittoor Dairy in Andhra Pradesh and the ice cream plant in Pune, are already operational. Paneer and sweets production has also begun at the Pune facility," he said. According to the agreement signed with the Assam govt, the new plant is expected to benefit around 20,000 dairy farmers in the state. Initially, the plant will have a milk processing capacity of one lakh litres per day, with plans for future expansion. "The plant in Assam will become operational within the next one and a half years," said Amul Dairy managing director Amit Vyas, told TOI. He added that the facility will play a significant role in strengthening Amul's operations in the northeastern region.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Amul Dairy to pay more for milk, charge less for cattle feed
Vadodara: Anand-based Amul Dairy will increase the milk procurement price it pays farmers by Rs 10 per kilogram of fat, effective from June 1. The dairy cooperative has also decided to reduce the price of cattle feed. Amul Dairy chairman Vipul Patel told mediapersons on Monday that it is the first time in the history of the milk union that cattle feed prices are being reduced while the milk procurement price is being increased. "We have decided to increase the milk procurement price from Rs 855 per kilo of fat to Rs 865. This will directly benefit more than 7 lakh milk producers, who are our members in Anand, Kheda and Mahisagar districts of central Gujarat," said Patel, adding that the new procurement price is the highest in Gujarat. Since Sep 1, 2023, the dairy was paying Rs 855 per kilo of fat. "Further, cattle feed prices have been reduced by 50 paisa per kilo," he said, adding that a 70-kg bag of cattle feed, which earlier cost Rs 1,540 will now cost Rs 1,505. The cost of a 50-kg bag has been reduced to Rs 1,050 from Rs 1,075. "For the 2024-25 financial year, we paid Rs 1,028 per kilo of fat as the final price, which again was the highest in the history of our union," he said.
