The Fermented Product Dairy Plant, which will increase the availability of Sanchi’s value-added milk products and promote diversification of milk products and modern processing, will be inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah on October 3, 2026.
As an important step towards giving new momentum to milk processing and production of value-added milk products in Madhya Pradesh, the Fermented Product Dairy Plant established on the Bhopal Cooperative Milk Union premises will be inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah on October 3, 2026.
The project has been prepared with a grant of Rs 6 crore from the Government of India and a contribution of Rs 10.80 crore from Bhopal Cooperative Milk Union. The total cost of the project is Rs 16.80 crore. The plant has a milk processing capacity of 40,000 litres per day.
Various value-added milk products will be prepared at the Fermented Product Dairy using modern machinery and technology. As per the project, the facility will have the capacity to produce 10,000 litres of milk, 10,000 litres of curd and 30,000 litres of buttermilk daily. In addition, it will be able to produce 1,000 litres of lassi, 800 kilograms of shrikhand and 1,000 kilograms of mawa every day.
Operation of the Fermented Product Dairy will help increase the availability of Sanchi’s value-added milk products. The modern processing facility will enable large-scale production of products such as curd, buttermilk, lassi, shrikhand and mawa according to consumer needs.
Managing Director of Bhopal Cooperative Milk Union Maryadit Shri Jaidev Biswas said, ‘The Fermented Product Dairy Plant is an important initiative for Bhopal Milk Union in the direction of modern milk processing and value addition. Through this plant, production of various value-added products including curd, buttermilk, lassi, shrikhand and mawa will be promoted.’
Along with the existing milk processing infrastructure of Bhopal Cooperative Milk Union, this new plant will provide additional infrastructure for the production of value-added products. This will promote diversification of milk products and modern processing.
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