Bhopal Sahakari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit, affiliated to MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation, Bhopal is in existence since 1977. It covers 11 districts and deals with 22 Milk Chilling Centres in its area of operation. The main Dairy plant of 4.00 lakh liters per day capacity is located at Habibganj, Bhopal. It was established in 1981.
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 5 MT/day each. In addition, a Balanced Cattle Feed plant of 150 MTs per day capacity at Pachama (Sehore) is in operation.
The details of Dairy Cooperative Societies and Chilling Centres are as under :-
| SN |
District |
Dairy Cooperative Societies |
Location of Dairy Plant / Chilling Centre |
Capacity (LPD) |
REMARK |
| Organised |
Functional |
| 1 |
Bhopal |
132 |
132 |
Bhopal |
4,00,000 |
Dairy Plant |
| 2 |
Sehore |
497 |
408 |
Ashta |
40,000 |
Chilling |
| 3 |
Malivaya |
15,000 |
Chilling |
| 4 |
Vidisha |
240 |
237 |
Vidisha |
12,000 |
Chilling |
| 5 |
Gyaraspur |
10,000 |
Chilling |
| 6 |
Pachma |
5,000 |
Chilling |
| 7 |
Lateri |
15,000 |
Chilling |
| 8 |
Raisen |
202 |
201 |
Bareli |
5,000 |
Chilling |
| 9 |
Gairatganj |
7,000 |
Chilling |
| 10 |
Silwani |
10,000 |
Chilling |
| 11 |
Goharganj |
5,000 |
Chilling |
| 12 |
Deori |
2,000 |
Chilling |
| 13 |
Rajgarh |
495 |
495 |
Rajgarh |
13,000 |
Chilling |
| 14 |
Narsinghgarh |
20,000 |
Chilling |
| 15 |
Pachore |
10,000 |
Chilling |
| 16 |
Jeerapur |
3,000 |
Chilling |
| 17 |
Hoshangabad |
117 |
95 |
Sohagpur |
12,000 |
Chilling |
| 18 |
Kiratpur |
5,000 |
Chilling |
| 19 |
Betul |
348 |
345 |
Betul |
20,000 |
Processing & Packing |
| 20 |
Multai |
30,000 |
Chilling |
| 21 |
Harda |
44 |
34 |
Harada |
10,000 |
Chilling |
| 22 |
Shajapur |
201 |
163 |
Shujalpur |
20,000 |
Chilling |
| 23 |
Guna / Ashok nagar |
45 |
21 |
Guna |
5000 |
Chilling |
| |
|
2321 |
2131 |
|
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It may be added that 85,000 milk producers are enrolled as members of organised Dairy Cooperative Societies. It represents 18% represent General category, 29% as landless, 22% as marginal farmers & 21% as small farmers. Out of these 10% farmers belong to schedule caste & schedule tribe.