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Company type | Division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation |
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Industry | Milk Production |
Founded | 1963 |
Headquarters | Mehsana, Gujarat, India |
Key people | Ashok Chaudhary Chairman of Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited , Dudhsagar Dairy |
Revenue | US$549.273 million (2012–13) |
Owner | Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat |
Website | www |
The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited, popularly known as Dudhsagar Dairy, is a division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation of the Government of Gujarat.
Dudhsagar Dairy is the second largest dairy in Asia, processing on an average 1.41 million kilograms (3.1×10 6 lb) of milk each day. It has established a network for procuring milk from 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 kilograms (1,355×10 6 lb) of milk during 2012–13 at an average milk procurement of 3.2 million kilograms (7.1×10 6 lb) 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 organization.