New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Amul, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), has become the first Indian dairy firm to make a place in the global top 20 list released by Rabobank, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company. According to the list, Switzerland's Nestle topped the list with a turnover of US $22.1 billion, followed by France's Lactalis with US $ 21 billion turnover. Amul has achieved an annual turnover of $5.5 billion. "GCMMF (Amul) enters the Rabobank's Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list for the first time at No.16," Amul said in its tweet. It further added that this is a matter of pride for 36 lakh milk producers of Gujarat.

On this achievement, RS Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Ma...