Banas Dairy (Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur) is a division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation which is registered under the Gujarat State Co-op Act 1961 and ownership lies with the milk pourers. Based in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India,[2] and is Asia's largest milk producer cooperative.[3] It was founded in 1969, in accordance with the 1961 rule of the National Dairy Development Board under Operation Flood. Galbabhai Nanjibhai Patel played an important role in the foundation of the dairy.[1] It is headquartered at Palanpur.[4]
Banas Dairy collects an average of around 8.3 million liters of milk every day. In winter, milk collection increases to 10 million liters of milk every day.
The company's products are marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand,[5]