Overview
- The foundation stone was laid on Sunday, July 19, when Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah performed the bhoomi pujan and Amul/GCMMF officials joined the virtual ceremony.
- Officials say the integrated facility will ultimately process about 30 lakh litres of milk a day and produce roughly 1,000 tonnes of curd daily, with a first phase planned to handle 10 lakh litres per day.
- Authorities reported the West Bengal government provided roughly 30 acres of land for the project, and the event also launched the e‑RCS cooperative registration portal, exchanged an MoU with Bharat Taxi, and began work on multiple storage warehouses.
- The Centre and state framed the announcement as a market and income boost for about 1.2–1.25 lakh milk producers, including more than 30,000 women, and pledged breed‑improvement and sex‑sorted semen facilities to raise milk yields.
- Next steps are construction, phased commissioning and delivery of promised farmer supports, and independent verification will be needed to confirm the project’s timelines, employment and benefit estimates.