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.
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.[3]
History
Mother Dairy was commissioned in 1974 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), under 'Operation Flood'.[4] 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.[5][4]
In January 2021, the company launched packaged food products under its Safal brand, sourced from tribals of Jharkhand.[4]
Brands and subsidiaries
The company sells milk and milk products under the "Mother Dairy" brand.[4] Mother Dairy also sells packaged sweets.[4]
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, Middle East, Asia and Africa and exports fresh fruits and vegetables (grapes, banana, gherkin, onion, etc.), fruit pulp & concentrate, frozen fruits & vegetables.[6][4]
In January 2020, Mother Dairy opened its first restaurant 'Café Delights' in Noida.[7][8]
Revenue
As of 2020, Mother Dairy had a revenue over ₹10,000 crore or nearly $1.5 billion.[9]
External links
References
- Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs Business Standard India, 30 July 2022^
- Mother Dairy eyes nutritional space^
- Raghav Aggarwal. Mother Dairy to spend Rs 1,500 crore on capacity expansion The Financial Express, 26 March 2025, retrieved 22 November 2025^
- 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^
- Mother Dairy Wants To Break Bread With You! Moneycontrol, 30 July 2020, retrieved 12 March 2021^
- About Us www.motherdairy.com, retrieved 2021-05-23^
- Sangeeta Tanwar. Delhi's neighbourhood milk booth wants to switch it up with new cafes Quartz, 10 February 2020, retrieved 12 March 2021^
- Mother Dairy opens first restaurant in Noida, plans 60 outlets in Delhi-NCR India Today, January 17, 2020, retrieved 2020-01-17^
- Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs Business Standard India, 2020-07-30, retrieved 2021-06-05^