{{short description|Indian public sector dairy company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox company | name = Mother Dairy | trading_name = | logo = Mother Dairy.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | type = Subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board | traded_as = | ISIN = | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{start date and age|1974}} | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | hq_location = Sector-1 | hq_location_city = Noida, Uttar Pradesh | hq_location_country = India | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (when known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Manish Bandlish (Managing Director) | industry = Dairy | products = {{plainlist| *Milk *Dairy products }} | brands = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (when known) --> | services = | revenue = ₹15,000 crore ($1.8 billion) <small> (2024)</small><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mother-dairy-forays-into-bread-segment-aims-to-double-its-revenue-in-5-yrs-120073001284_1.html#:~:text=Chaudhary%20said%20the%20company%20has,around%20Rs%2010%2C000%2D11%2C000%20crore.|title = Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 30 July 2022|agency = Press Trust of India}}</ref> | revenue_year = | operating_income = | income_year = <!-- Year of operating_income data (when known) --> | net_income = <!-- or: | profit = --> | net_income_year = <!-- or: | profit_year = --><!-- Year of net_income/profit data (when known) --> | aum = <!-- Only for financial-service companies --> | assets = | assets_year = <!-- Year of assets data (when known) --> | equity = | equity_year = <!-- Year of equity data (when known) --> | members = | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (when known) --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (when known) --> | parent = | owner = National Dairy Development Board | divisions = | subsid = | module = <!-- Used to embed other templates --> | website = {{URL|http://www.motherdairy.com}} | footnotes = | former_name = }}
'''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.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mother-dairy-eyes-nutritional-space-115101200034_1.html Mother Dairy eyes nutritional space]</ref> Mother Dairy was founded in 1974, as a subsidiary of the NDDB.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference3" />
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Raghav |title=Mother Dairy to spend Rs 1,500 crore on capacity expansion |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-mother-dairy-to-spend-rs-1500-crore-on-capacity-expansion-3789656/ |access-date=22 November 2025 |work=The Financial Express |date=26 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
Mother Dairy was commissioned in 1974 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), under 'Operation Flood'.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference3" /><ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1">{{cite news |title=Mother Dairy expands packaged sweets portfolio, eyes Rs 100 crore revenue in 2–3 years |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/mother-dairy-expands-packaged-sweets-portfolio-eyes-rs-100-crore-revenue-in-2-3-years/story/427979.html |access-date=11 March 2021 |publisher=www.businesstoday.in |date=15 January 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference3">{{cite news |title=Mother Dairy Wants To Break Bread With You! |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/mother-dairy-wants-to-break-bread-with-you-5621361.html |access-date=12 March 2021 |publisher=Moneycontrol |date=30 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1" />
In January 2021, the company launched packaged food products under its Safal brand, sourced from tribals of Jharkhand.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1" />
== Brands and subsidiaries == The company sells milk and milk products under the "Mother Dairy" brand.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1" /> Mother Dairy also sells packaged sweets.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.motherdairy.com/Category/about-us|access-date=2021-05-23|website=www.motherdairy.com}}</ref><ref name="Mother Dairy Reference1" />
In January 2020, Mother Dairy opened its first restaurant 'Café Delights' in Noida.<ref name="Mother Dairy Reference2">{{cite news |last1=Tanwar |first1=Sangeeta |title=Delhi's neighbourhood milk booth wants to switch it up with new cafes |url=https://qz.com/india/1799646/amul-rival-mother-dairy-bets-on-cafe-delights/ |access-date=12 March 2021 |publisher=Quartz |date=10 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mother-dairy-opens-first-restaurant-in-noida-plans-60-outlets-in-delhi-ncr-1637887-2020-01-17|title=Mother Dairy opens first restaurant in Noida, plans 60 outlets in Delhi-NCR|agency=Press Trust of India |date=January 17, 2020 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>
== Revenue == As of 2020, Mother Dairy had a revenue over ₹10,000 crore or nearly $1.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2020-07-30|title=Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mother-dairy-forays-into-bread-segment-aims-to-double-its-revenue-in-5-yrs-120073001284_1.html#:~:text=Chaudhary%20said%20the%20company%20has,around%20Rs%2010,000-11,000%20crore.|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website}}
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