Banas Dairy

Coordinates: 24°08′09″N 72°26′27″E / 24.135827°N 72.440929°E / 24.135827; 72.440929

Banas Dairy
Cooperative
Industry Milk and milk items
Founded 1969
Headquarters Palanpur, Gujarat,India
Key people
Shankarbhai Chaudhary (Chairman)[1]
Mavjibhai Desai (Vice Chairman)
Sanjay Karamchandani (MD)
Revenue Increase INR₹ 6,800 crore (2014–15)
Number of employees
2600 employees are working at Banas Dairy.
Slogan An oasis in desert
Website www.banasdairy.coop

Banas Dairy (Gujarati: બનાસ ડેરી)(Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur) is a dairy based in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India[2] and is Asia’s No.1 in milk production.[3] It was founded in 1969 according to the 1961 rule of the National Dairy Development Board under Operation Flood. Galbabhai Nanjibhai Patel played an important role in the foundation of the dairy.[1] It is headquartered at Palanpur.

"Banas Dairy" collects an average of around 35 lakh liters of milk everyday.

Products

Banas Dairy produces under brand names Amul, Sagar and Banas. It includes following :-

Above products are marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand.[4]

Banas Dairy has 0.18 Million shareholders, which are spread across 1,200 cooperative societies.

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