Dudhsagar Dairy

Mehsana District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, Mehsana (MDCMPU Ltd) popularly known as Dudhsagar Dairy, (located at Mehsana in Gujarat) is one of the largest Co-operative Dairy in India. MDCMPU Ltd was established in 1960 with the noble intention of ensuring a fair return to the milk producers. It is a district-level apex body of milk cooperative societies in Mehsana District which aims to provide remunerative returns to milk producers’ and also to serve the interest of consumers by providing quality and safe milk and milk products which give good value for money. It is having eights dairies, Two milk chilling centres, two cattle feed plants, semen collection plant and one Dairy Science College. Various products manufactured are milk in milk pouches, Dahi, Buttermilk, Ghee, Table Butter, Milk Powder, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Ice Cream, Flavoured milk and long shelf life (UHT) milk. It is selling almost all milk and milk products in India and abroad under the brand name of Amul and Sagar and having total turnover of around Rs. 4700/- crores (FY 2018-19) with its broad base of more than 10 lakh farmer members in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana states. The pioneer and founder of this union was Late Shri Mansingbhai, Purthviraj Patel. Under his guidelines, this union was established in 1960 with first-day milk collection 3300 Litres from 11 Milk Societies. Initially, milk was supplied to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation only. It has played a key role in bringing revolutionary changes in economic, social and literacy standards of more than 6.0 lakh rural milk producers, who belong to more than 1200 villages in Mehsana, Patan and Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat. It started from average collection of 3300 litres of milk per day and today we have surpassed the average milk collection of 28 lakh litres of milk per day in the FY 2018-19. The Foundation Stone Implantation of this Dudh Sagar dairy was done in 1963 while the first Milk Chilling Centre was started in 1964. Sh C Subramaniam, then Agricultural Minister had inaugurated first Milk Pasteurization Plant & Powder Plant at Dudhsagar Dairy with capacity of 90,000 Litres. In 1966 Dairy had started supplying Milk Powder to Army and liquid Milk supply to local Mehsana Customers. The Dairy had started milk supplies to Delhi in 1968. The second powder Plant was started in 1972 and the Union also started Marketing of Milk & milk products under SAGAR brand in Bombay and other cities. Third Chilling centre in Hansapur started in 1973 along with Cow milk Collection. In the same year, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited started and marketing of Milk & Milk Products through GCMMF initiated. In 1974 the second Powder Plant & Kadi Milk Chilling Centre were started. Harij Chilling Centre started in 1976. In 1981 Ubkhal Cattle Feed Plant started. The Fourth Powder Plant started in 1984 with the capacity of drying was 45 MT. Sweetened Condensed milk (SCM) Plant started in 1993 for supplying Condensed Milk to defence. This is the only one plant among the cooperative sector for Amul Mithaimate. The dairy had started milk collection through Bulk Milk Cooler in the year 2000. Second SCM Plant at Vihar Chilling Centre started with a capacity of 20 MT per day in 2016. Dudhsagar Dairy had collected peak Milk 40.25 /day on 12.01.2018 which is history records.