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| Industry | Dairy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Sector-1, , India |
Key people | Manish Bandlish (Managing Director) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | ₹15,000 crore ($1.8 billion) (2024)[1] |
| Owner | National Dairy Development Board |
| Website | www |
Mother Dairy is an Indian public sector dairy company that manufactures, markets and sells milk and dairy products. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), which is a statutory body administered by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Government of India.[2] Mother Dairy was founded in 1974, as a subsidiary of the NDDB.[3]
Mother Dairy supplies its products primarily in Delhi NCR, which accounted for over 65% of its sales in 2025. The company also owns Safal retail chain and Dhara edible oil brand.[4]
History[edit | edit source]
Mother Dairy was commissioned in 1974 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), under 'Operation Flood'.[3][5] It was an initiative under Operation Flood, a dairy development program aimed at making India a milk sufficient nation. Mother Dairy sources a significant part of its requirement of liquid milk from dairy cooperatives and village level farmer centric organizations.
In July 2020, Mother Dairy started making breads.[3][5]
In January 2021, the company launched packaged food products under its Safal brand, sourced from tribals of Jharkhand.[5]
Brands and subsidiaries[edit | edit source]
The company sells milk and milk products under the "Mother Dairy" brand.[5] Mother Dairy also sells packaged sweets.[5]
Safal is the retail arm of Mother Dairy. It operates a large number of milk and milk product stores in the Delhi NCR, and also has a significant presence in Bengaluru. Safal also has a plant in Bengaluru, which produces aseptic fruit pulp and concentrates. It supplies milk and milk products to food processing companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Hindustan Unilever, and Nestlé India. Safal also has a presence across 40 countries viz., US, Europe, Russia, Middle East, Asia and Africa and exports fresh fruits and vegetables (grapes, banana, gherkin, onion, etc.), fruit pulp & concentrate, frozen fruits & vegetables.[6][5]
In January 2020, Mother Dairy opened its first restaurant 'Café Delights' in Noida.[7][8]
Revenue[edit | edit source]
As of 2020, Mother Dairy had a revenue over ₹10,000 crore or nearly $1.5 billion.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 30 July 2022.
- ↑ Mother Dairy eyes nutritional space
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mother Dairy Wants To Break Bread With You!". Moneycontrol. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ Aggarwal, Raghav (26 March 2025). "Mother Dairy to spend Rs 1,500 crore on capacity expansion". The Financial Express. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Mother Dairy expands packaged sweets portfolio, eyes Rs 100 crore revenue in 2–3 years". www.businesstoday.in. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ↑ "About Us". www.motherdairy.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ↑ Tanwar, Sangeeta (10 February 2020). "Delhi's neighbourhood milk booth wants to switch it up with new cafes". Quartz. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "Mother Dairy opens first restaurant in Noida, plans 60 outlets in Delhi-NCR". India Today. Press Trust of India. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ↑ "Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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