New Delhi: At a time when political parties are sparring over its expansion in poll-bound Karnataka, Gujarat-based dairy giant Amul is likely to set up its first international plant in Sri Lanka.

This comes four months after Sri Lanka sought assistance from the Indian government in setting up a sustainable dairy cooperative. 

A team of senior members from the cooperative, led by Amul’s managing director Jayen Mehta, has visited Sri Lanka twice this year, ThePrint has learnt. 

Mehta travelled to the neighbouring country in January and in March as government-level talks are on, said a senior cooperative official.

The official further said that Amul has been assigned to set up a plant and boost milk production in Sri Lanka because of its successful operation, branding and ground level network. The project is now at an advanced stage, added the official.

At present, Amul has around 2,400 collection centres across 13 states in India and exports milk products to 50 international locations.