Banas Dairy
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 and is Asia's largest milk producer. 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. It is headquartered at Palanpur.
Banas Dairy | |
| Company type | Division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Milk and milk items |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Palanpur, Gujarat, India |
Key people | Shankar Chaudhary (Chairman) 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 collects an average of around 5 million liters of milk every day. In winter, milk collection increases to 7.6 million liters of milk every day, the highest collection rate in Asia.
The company's products are marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand. and it is currently largest member union of the latter.
Banas Dairy has 0.18 million shareholders, which are spread across 1,450 cooperative societies. 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.