Introduction

Gwalior Sahakari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit, affiliated to MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation, Bhopal is in existence since 1980. It covers 06 districts and deals with 09 Milk Chilling Centres in its area of operation. The main Dairy plant of 2.00 lakh liters per day capacity is located at Banmore, Morena. It was established in 1983.

The dairy development activities in rural areas include conduct of survey of villages having milk potential, organising primary milk cooperative societies under MP Cooperative Societies Act 1960, enrolling milk producers as its members, inducting cattle, collecting milk from them, imparting training, supporting Technical input services and extending benefits under various State/Central government schemes.

The urban dairy development covers creation and strengthening of necessary infrastructure relating to milk Chilling, processing, manufacture and marketing of milk & milk products of hygienic quality governed under FSSAI norms.

Presently, besides dairy plant, the milk union has Butter and Ghee manufacturing facility of 3 MT/day each. In addition, a Balanced Cattle Feed plant of 100 MTs per day capacity at Shivpuri) is in operation.

The details of Dairy Cooperative Societies and Chilling Centres are as under :-

District Sr. Tehsil Place Chilling Capacity
Bhind 1 Mehgaon Mehgaon (Chilling Centre) 10,000
2 Lahar Dabho (Chilling Centre) 40,000
Shivpuri 3 Shivpuri Shivpuri (BMC) 8,000
Sheopur 4 Sheopur Sheopur (BMC) 5,000
5 Vijaypur Vijaypur (BMC) 5,000
6 Karhal Karhal (BMC) 3,000
Datia 7 Datia Datia (BMC) 8,000
8 Bhander Bhander (BMC) 3,000
Gwalior 9 Dabra Dabra (BMC) 8,000