Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said India’s dairy sector has grown by 70% over the past 11 years, making it the fastest-growing in the world.
Speaking at the inauguration of Sabar Dairy’s new state-of-the-art facility in Haryana’s Industrial Model Township, Shah highlighted the cooperative sector’s pivotal role in boosting milk production and farmer incomes.
Built at a cost of ₹325 crore, the new Sabar Dairy plant is India’s largest production facility for curd, buttermilk, and yogurt, with a daily capacity of 150 metric tonnes of curd, 3 lakh litres of buttermilk, 10 lakh litres of yogurt, and 10 metric tonnes of sweets. The plant is expected to create significant direct and indirect employment while catering to the National Capital Region and northern states.
Shah said India’s milk production has risen from 146 million tonnes in 2014–15 to 239 million tonnes, while the number of milch animals increased from 86 million to 112 million. Per capita milk availability has grown from 124 grams to 471 grams, connecting nearly 8 crore farmers to the dairy economy.
“The cooperative movement is transforming rural prosperity. By 2029, every Panchayat in the country will have a cooperative Samiti,” Shah said, underlining the government’s vision for White Revolution 2.0, which aims to increase cooperative milk procurement to 1,007 lakh kg per day by 2028–29.
He stressed that modernisation will remain a key focus, with India aiming to build the world’s most advanced dairy plants.
Sabar Dairy, part of the Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union in Gujarat, already supplies milk and dairy products to farmers and consumers across Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Maharashtra.
The event was attended by Gujarat Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Union Ministers Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal, Amul Chairman Ashok Chaudhary, and Haryana BJP President Mohan Lal Badoli, among others.