Haryana
Sabar Dairy Plant Inaugurated in Haryana
- 06 Oct 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Sabar Dairy Plant at IMT Rohtak, Haryana, terming it a milestone for India’s rapidly growing dairy industry and a major step toward farmer welfare and cooperative empowerment.
Key Points
- About: The plant, India’s largest facility for curd, buttermilk, and yoghurt, has been constructed at a cost of ₹350 crore by Sabar Dairy (Amul Group).
- It will serve the entire Delhi-NCR and northern India, directly benefiting milk producers from Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar.
- Gujarat’s cooperative model, led by Sabar Dairy, which has advanced in embryo transfer, sex-determination, biogas, beekeeping, and organic farming, will be replicated in Haryana to enhance farm income and sustainability.
- Haryana’s Performance: Haryana ranks third in India in milk production, recording an annual output of about 122.2 lakh tonnes, with a per capita milk availability of 1,105 grams per day.
- Backbone of Rural India: The Dairy industry contributes over 6% to the country’s GDP and supports the livelihoods of over 80 million dairy farmers. Around 12-14% of agricultural income comes from dairying.
- Global Ranking: India has been the world’s top milk producer since 1998, now producing 25% of global milk. Between 2014-15 and 2023-24, milk production rose 63.56%, from 146.3 million tonnes to 239.2 million tonnes.
- In 1950-51, India produced less than 21 million tonnes of milk annually.
- Future Plan: Under White Revolution 2.0, 75,000 new dairy societies and 46,000 revitalised cooperative societies will be established nationwide.
- India’s milk processing capacity to rise from 660 lakh litres/day to 100 million litres/day by 2028-29.
- Government Initiatives:
- National Gokul Mission: Genetic improvement and conservation of indigenous breeds.
- National Artificial Insemination Programme: Expanding breeding coverage and productivity.
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF): Modern infrastructure and processing support.
- National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP): Eradication of foot-and-mouth and brucellosis diseases.
- Three New National Cooperative Societies: For animal feed, manure management, and circular economy use of animal remains.
