Amit Shah performs Bhoomi Pujan for the world’s largest curd manufacturing plant 

Pashu Sandesh, 20 July 2026

Advancing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” and the goal of “White Revolution 2.0”, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation  Amit Shah today performed the Bhoomi Pujan for the world’s largest curd manufacturing plant under the Amul Bengal Dairy Project at a ceremony held at the New Town Convention Centre in Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister  Suvendu Adhikari, Chairman of Amul Dairy  Ashok Chaudhary, several dignitaries and representatives of the cooperative sector and Bengal government were present on the occasion. 

Addressing the gathering, Union Minister  Amit Shah said that when a consumer spends Rs 100 on an Amul product, around Rs 87 goes directly to the farmer and livestock rearer. He said that this money does not go to an industrialist or a large business house. Nearly 87 per cent of Amul’s total turnover is deposited directly and transparently into the bank accounts of livestock rearers. This is the true cooperative model, under which the person who produces the product receives the largest share of the business benefit.
Amit Shah said that, with the objective of bringing prosperity to Bengal’s farmers through the cooperative movement, he had written a letter to Chief Minister  Suvendu Adhikari. He said that he himself was surprised by the Chief Minister’s speed of execution. His email was received in the evening, and by 9 p.m. the same day, the West Bengal Government had appointed a Liaison Officer and responded that the officer would coordinate with the Ministry of Cooperation.

Amul is establishing the Amul Bengal Dairy Project at the Howrah Food Park in West Bengal with an investment of approximately Rs 700 crore. Once fully operational, the project will be capable of processing around 30 lakh litres of milk per day. The plant will have the capacity to produce approximately 1,000 metric tonnes, or 10 lakh kilograms, of curd and other cultured dairy products every day. With this capacity, it will be the world’s largest curd manufacturing plant. The project’s proposed daily production capacity includes 10 lakh litres of packaged milk, two lakh litres of UHT milk, one lakh litres of ice cream, 20 metric tonnes of paneer, 10 metric tonnes of ghee and 10 metric tonnes of sweets. In addition, the plant will be capable of producing around 2.5 lakh packs of flavoured milk every day. The Amul Bengal Dairy Project will expand modern processing, value addition, cold-chain and marketing facilities in West Bengal’s dairy sector. It will provide milk-producing farmers and livestock rearers with a better, transparent and stable market for their produce and help increase their incomes. The project will play an important role in strengthening dairy cooperatives in West Bengal, creating new employment and income opportunities in the rural economy, and ushering in a new chapter of the White Revolution in the State.