Mother Dairy plans to build ₹500 crore Nagpur dairy plant

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₹500 crore to expand its presence beyond North India. The unit is part of its ₹700 crore capex outlay planned for three-four years approved by its board last year. The facility will produce both milk and valued-added dairy products, said Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt.

Ltd’s managing director Manish Bandlish. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board. “We are very soon putting up our plant in Nagpur.

We are in touch with the ministries. We are making a plan, and in very advanced stages of land procurement. It will be a dairy and value-added dairy plant.

We are planning a food processing plant in Karnataka. We have got internal approvals, and are starting the process. So, we will take 1.5 to 2 years," said Bandlish on the sidelines of the World Food India event held in the Capital.

For the upcoming plant in Nagpur it has applied for the production-linked incentive scheme for food processing. The unit will help Mother Dairy dominate the dairy, edible oil and frozen vegetables markets in north India as well as step up presence in south India, Bandlish said. “For us, southern markets are not very big with regards to dairy—we have small presence in Hyderabad and Bangalore but not beyond.

We are strong in north, west (Maharashtra) and in the east. Safal has pan-India presence while Dhara (edible oil) is in north not beyond that." The proposed plant will become a hub for the company for south and remaining markets, he added. “Last year we increased our manufacturing capacities almost 20-25% largely in dairy products (value added product capacity increased significantly).