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The cooperative leader from North Gujarat, Shamal Patel has been unanimously elected as the chairman of ₹52,000-crore dairy giant Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) replacing the incumbent Ramsinh Parmar after the election at the 'Amul' marketer.
Patel's nomination was proposed by Ramsinh Parmar, out-going chairman and chairman, Kaira district cooperative milk union and supported by Shankar Chaudhary, chairman, Banaskantha district milk union. Patel heads the Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd - known as Sabar Dairy - one of the 18 member unions of GCMMF having a turnover of over ₹5,700 crore with 3.8 lakh milk producers.
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For the post of Vice President, dairy leader from Kutch, Valamji Humbal, Chairman of Kutch District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, known as Sarhad Dairy, has been elected. Humbal's nomination was proposed by Jetha Bharwad, chairman, Panchmahal district milk union and supported by Mohan Bharward, chairman, Ahmedabad district milk union. Sarhad dairy has an annual turnover of over ₹550 crore with one lakh milk producers.
The election was conducted by the Deputy Collector, Anand in the presence of 18 members who are chairmen representing their district milk unions in the state. Both the leaders were elected unanimously on Thursday at Anand.
GCMMF has a tradition of unanimous elections of its Chairmen since the inception in 1973 under the founder chairman Dr Verghese Kurien.
Soon after the election, Patel said, "The dairy cooperatives of Gujarat have been successful since last seven decades due to high values and standards set by its founder leaders like Tribhuvandas Patel and Dr Verghese Kurien. The combination of dynamic farmer leadership and professional management has made federation the largest food organization in the country."
Vice-Chairman Humbal said, "India has become the largest milk-producing country in the world due to the replication of Amul model across the country. GCMMF will continue to work in close coordination with all to strengthen the cooperative movement and also support milk producers of other states if such a need arises. "
The group turnover of GCMMF combining the turnover of all the constituent member unions and GCMMF for all products sold under the 'Amul' brand has exceeded ₹52,000 crore or USD 7 billion for 2019-20.
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