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.