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Amul has decided to invest about Rs 250 crore in the dairy sector of Odisha
RS Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited made the announcement at the sidelines of a seminar at the World Food India 2017 recently”
“Currently there was a supply gap of 30 lakh litres of milk per day in Odisha. He also said the state was the second biggest market for Amul in the country”, Sodhi added.
In the seminar, the representative of the TATA Global Beverages Ltd said that it had shortlisted Odisha as the potential location for setting up of a tea packaging unit over 20 acres of land with an investment of 40 crore and employment to 400 people.
ITC representatives along with their subsidiary, Technico Technologies, indicated to expedite setting up of their food plant at Khurda.
Odisha’s Additional Chief Secretary, MSME, L N Gupta said that with 10 agro climatic zones and 480 km long coastline coupled with surplus production of cereals, rice and vegetables, the state offered an enormous opportunity for food processing industry.