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Amul Plant in Telangana Promises Start of White Revolution 2.0
A new Amul dairy plant is planned in Toopran, in Telangana’s Medak district.
Union minister G. Kishan Reddy laid its foundation stone.
The project is expected to cost ₹400 crore and take 18 months to complete.
Farmers nearby will be able to sell milk to the plant.
The milk will be made into foods such as curd, buttermilk, paneer and ice cream.
Leaders say this could help farmers earn more and create jobs for local people.
They also want more dairy cooperatives, where farmers work together.
A state minister said the plant could help provide quality milk to schoolchildren.
Union minister G. Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone for a proposed ₹400-crore Amul dairy plant at Toopran in Medak district.
The plant is expected to be completed within 18 months and process milk into products including curd, paneer, ice cream and ghee.
Kishan Reddy said the facility could raise farmer incomes, create local jobs and support greater economic self-reliance for women.
He urged Telangana to strengthen dairy cooperatives and said the Centre aims to establish 75,000 new dairy cooperative societies by 2029, including 1,525 in Telangana.
State ministers and local representatives cited possible benefits including milk for schoolchildren, rural employment and a stronger dairy ecosystem.
- Who
- Union minister G. Kishan Reddy, state ministers, local representatives and officials attended the foundation-stone event.
- What
- The foundation stone was laid for a proposed ₹400-crore Amul dairy plant.
- Where
- Toopran, in Medak district, Telangana.
- When
- Sunday; the plant is expected to be completed within 18 months.
- Why
- The plant is intended to process locally procured milk, improve dairy farmers’ incomes and create local employment.
Key facts
- Project
- Proposed Amul dairy plant
- Investment
- ₹400 crore
- Location
- Toopran, Medak district, Telangana
- Expected completion
- Within 18 months
- Products mentioned
- Milk, curd, buttermilk, lassi, paneer, ice cream and ghee
- National cooperative target
- 75,000 new dairy cooperative societies by 2029
- Telangana cooperative target
- 1,525 new dairy cooperative societies
- Loans for women's groups
- Public sector banks are providing loans of up to ₹20 lakh to each group, according to Kishan Reddy.
Quotes
G. Kishan Reddy
Union minister for coal and mines
“Telangana must play a leading and crucial role in the new White Revolution. Our dairy farmers must become stronger. Our women must achieve greater economic self-reliance. Our villages must become more prosperous.”
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