Gandhinagar, May 17 -- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated the newly built milk processing plant of Madhur Dairy at Dashela in Gandhinagar.

Speaking on the occasion, Shah stated that the fully automatic milk processing plant, built on 15 acres of land at a cost of Rs. 128 crores, would become a key driver of economic progress for livestock farmers.

According to the release, the plant will process 2.5 lakh litres of milk daily, with plans to increase the capacity to 5 lakh litres in the future. He added that nearly 75 per cent of the profit remaining after operational expenses would be directly transferred to the bank accounts of livestock farmers.

Describing the dairy sector as an important instrument of...