Company type | Division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation |
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Industry | Milk and milk items |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | Palanpur, Gujarat, India |
Key people |
Shankar Chaudhary (Chairman)
[1] Bhavabhai Rabari (Vice Chairman) Shri Sangramsingh R Chaudhary (I/C MD) |
Revenue | INR₹ 18,255 crore (2021–22) |
Owner | Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat |
Number of employees | 5000 |
Website |
banasdairy |
Banas Dairy ( Gujarati: બનાસ ડેરી) (Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur) is a division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat based in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India [2] and is Asia's largest milk producer. [3] It was founded in 1969, in accordance with 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. [4]
Banas Dairy collects an average of around 5 [5] million liters of milk every day. In winter, milk collection increases to 7.6 million liters of milk every day, [6] [7] the highest collection rate in Asia. [8][ citation needed]
The company's products are marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand. [9] and it is currently largest member union of the latter. [10]
Banas Dairy has 0.18 million shareholders, which are spread across 1,450 cooperative societies.[ citation needed] Till year 2014 it was procuring milk from more than 0.35 million milk producers of Banaskantha district of Gujarat and measuring approximately 3.3 million liters of milk per day in Gujarat state. [10]
In March 2021, Banaskantha District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (BDCMPUL), popularly known as Banas Dairy, has inaugurated a buttermilk packaging plant set up with an investment of ₹10.30 crore. [11] Present capacity of the plant is a packaging capacity of two lakh litres buttermilk. [11]
In September 2020, considering the growing demand for potato-based products across the world, Banas Dairy is planning to establish a Rs 100-crore potato processing unit in North Gujarat. [6] [8] The unit is planned to be set up in Banaskantha district in Northern Gujarat which is known for potato farming and the unit is planned to produce 50,000 metric tonnes of potatoes is focused for producing French fries and other 12 other potato products for catering both domestic and international markets in the Southeast Asia annually. [8] [6] The civil work for the project has already begun and the machinery for the plant is planned to be imported from Netherlands and the production is targeted to begin by October 2021. [6] Currently, Banas Dairy is one of the 18 cooperative unions operating under the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and procures around 7,000 metric tonnes of potatoes from 500 odd farmers and manufacturers potato-based products at a hired unit in North Gujarat. [6]
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Company type | Division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation |
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Industry | Milk and milk items |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | Palanpur, Gujarat, India |
Key people |
Shankar Chaudhary (Chairman)
[1] Bhavabhai Rabari (Vice Chairman) Shri Sangramsingh R Chaudhary (I/C MD) |
Revenue | INR₹ 18,255 crore (2021–22) |
Owner | Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat |
Number of employees | 5000 |
Website |
banasdairy |
Banas Dairy ( Gujarati: બનાસ ડેરી) (Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur) is a division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat based in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India [2] and is Asia's largest milk producer. [3] It was founded in 1969, in accordance with 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. [4]
Banas Dairy collects an average of around 5 [5] million liters of milk every day. In winter, milk collection increases to 7.6 million liters of milk every day, [6] [7] the highest collection rate in Asia. [8][ citation needed]
The company's products are marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand. [9] and it is currently largest member union of the latter. [10]
Banas Dairy has 0.18 million shareholders, which are spread across 1,450 cooperative societies.[ citation needed] Till year 2014 it was procuring milk from more than 0.35 million milk producers of Banaskantha district of Gujarat and measuring approximately 3.3 million liters of milk per day in Gujarat state. [10]
In March 2021, Banaskantha District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (BDCMPUL), popularly known as Banas Dairy, has inaugurated a buttermilk packaging plant set up with an investment of ₹10.30 crore. [11] Present capacity of the plant is a packaging capacity of two lakh litres buttermilk. [11]
In September 2020, considering the growing demand for potato-based products across the world, Banas Dairy is planning to establish a Rs 100-crore potato processing unit in North Gujarat. [6] [8] The unit is planned to be set up in Banaskantha district in Northern Gujarat which is known for potato farming and the unit is planned to produce 50,000 metric tonnes of potatoes is focused for producing French fries and other 12 other potato products for catering both domestic and international markets in the Southeast Asia annually. [8] [6] The civil work for the project has already begun and the machinery for the plant is planned to be imported from Netherlands and the production is targeted to begin by October 2021. [6] Currently, Banas Dairy is one of the 18 cooperative unions operating under the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and procures around 7,000 metric tonnes of potatoes from 500 odd farmers and manufacturers potato-based products at a hired unit in North Gujarat. [6]
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