Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah participated in the state-level Gopalak Sammelan at BHEL Dussehra Maidan in Bhopal on October 3 and laid the foundation stone for a milk processing plant in Ujjain through a digital ceremony.
The Ujjain plant, being established at a cost of ₹255 crore, will have a milk processing capacity of 3 lakh litres per day.
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₹255-crore milk processing plant established in Ujjain.
The plant will process 3 lakh litres of milk per day.
₹16.5-crore Product Dairy Plant inaugurated in Bhopal.
₹12.42-crore State-Level Central Laboratory inaugurated in Bhopal.
₹6.5-crore strengthening works at Shivpuri Mini Dairy Plant inaugurated.
₹15.10 crore dividend distributed among dairy cooperative society members.
During the programme, Shah also inaugurated a Product Dairy Plant in Bhopal with a capacity of 40,000 litres per day. The facility was built at a cost of ₹16.5 crore.
A State-Level Central Laboratory in Bhopal, constructed at a cost of ₹12.42 crore, was also inaugurated. Strengthening works of the Mini Dairy Plant in Shivpuri, costing ₹6.5 crore, were also digitally inaugurated.
The programme also included the distribution of bonuses to members of the Bhopal and Indore Milk Unions and financial assistance to gaushalas. A total dividend of ₹15.10 crore was distributed among members of dairy cooperative societies.
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Why This Matters
The Ujjain plant and other dairy projects are intended to expand milk-processing capacity and strengthen dairy-sector infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh.
Women livestock rearers, known as Gopalak Didis, were felicitated during the event. Two sanction letters under the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Kamdhenu Yojana were also distributed.
