Dudhsagar Dairy

Dudhsagar Dairy - (AMUL)
Cooperative
Industry Milk Production
Founded 1963
Headquarters Mehsana, Gujarat, India
Key people
Chairman, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF)
Revenue Increase US$549.273 million (2012–13)
Slogan The Pride of India
Website www.dudhsagardairy.coop

The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd., popularly known as Dudhsagar Dairy, is a member of the state-level Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand. Dudhsagar Dairy is the largest dairy in Asia, processing on an average 1.41 million kilograms of milk each day. It has established a network for procuring milk from 4,500,000 milk producers through 1150 village milk cooperatives.

Today, Dudhsagar Dairy has a membership of over 520,000 dairy farmers. Its consolidated turnover in 2012-13 was more than Rs. 34 billion. The union procured 614.7 million kg of milk during 2012-13 at an average milk procurement of 3.2 million kg of milk per day during peak season.

The union is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14000:2004, and ISO 22000:2005 certified and is an environment-friendly organisation.

The building was designed by the architect Achyut Kanvinde.

History

A cooperative movement, on the lines of Amul-model, initiated in Mehsana, organized the rural milk producers, encouraging them to pull together their resources. On 8 November 1960, Dudhsagar dairy was registered under Mumbai Co-operative societies act, 1925. Shri Mansinhbhai Pruthviraj Patel laid the foundation stone on 2 April 1963.

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF) is a body of Dairy Cooperatives in Gujarat. Thirteen dairy cooperatives work under GCMMF. Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producer's Union Limited is also a part of GCMMF and it contributes the highest amount of milk collection for GCMMF. GCMMF sells its milk brand under the name of Amul.

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