Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited’s Managing Director R S Sodhi said the state was the second biggest market for Amul in the country. Photo: MintBhubaneswar: The Gujrat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul) has decided to invest about Rs250 crore in the dairy sector of Odisha, according to an official statement here. Sodi also said that currently there was a supply gap of 30 lakh litres of milk per day in Odisha. The AGT Foods, along with their co-promoters based in Canada, also expressed their interest to make an investment of 250 crore near Paradeep in food processing unit. In order to promote the industry, Odisha had chalked out food processing policy, developed mega food parks at Deras and Rayagada and single window facilitation for investors.

Source: Mint November 05, 2017 07:41 UTC