Madurai District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd

About us:

         
The Madurai District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd, is popularly known as
Madurai Aavin.  This is one of the largest dairies in the southern part of Tamilnadu.   Madurai
Aavin was started during the year 1967 as Madurai Milk Project. The project and the dairy
machinery were funded by the UNICEF under New Zealand free from Hunger Campaign
Committee. 

          From 01.01.1974 Madurai Aavin brought under the control of Tamilnadu Dairy
Development Corporation Ltd, Chennai.

          From 1982 onwards Madurai Aavin was converted and functioning as a District Co-
operative Unit. The members of this Co-operative unit are the Milk Producers’ Coop society at
the village level in both Madurai and Theni Districts.

          Madurai Aavin is a Co-operative organization statutorily controlled by the Commissioner

for Milk Production and Dairy Development, Government of Tamilnnadu. The apex body for this
unit is the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd, Chennai.

 Location

           The Madurai Aavin located in an area of 39.42 acres of land at the junction of the K. K.
Nagar and Annanagar in the Madurai-Sivagangai Highways, nearer to the Office of the Madurai
District Collector.

Madurai District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd

PROCUREMENT AND INPUT :

The major activity of this wing is to procure milk from the farmer
members of the Districts and also to provide necessary technical input
facility to them. The procurement is carried out by forming village level
Milk Producers’ Cooperative Societies.

Procurement Data: as on October, 2008  

                                                           Madurai District..   Theni Dt.

1.     Total No. of functioning MPCS      :         484                 369     

2.     Total Members enrolled                :     38865              37180  
3.     No. of MPCS under veterinary 
     Animal health coverage                 :         274                 190
4.  No of women MPCS                      :          76                 100      
5.  No. of MPCS under AI Coverage     :         318                192
6.  No. of Women members                :      14556            16461

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Madurai District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd

Aavin
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Aavin

Type Cooperative
Genre Milk and milk products
Founded 1958 (Tamil Nadu, India)
Headquarters Tamil Nadu

Aavin(Tamil:ஆவின்) is the trademark of the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers'

Federation Limited, a Tamil Nadu-based milk producer's union. The aim of AAVIN is to procure
milk, process it, chill it, pack and sell it to the consumers.

Contents
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 1 History
 2 Geography
 3 Activities
 4 Milk Products of AAVIN
 5 References
 6 External links

[edit] History
The Dairy Development Department was established in Tamil Nadu in the year 1958 to oversee
and regulate milk production and commercial distribution in the state. The Dairy Development
Department took over control of the milk cooperatives. It was replaced by the Tamil Nadu
Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited in the year 1981.

On February 1, 1981, the commercial activities of the cooperative were handed over to
Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited which sold milk and milk products
under the trademark "aavin".
With many private companies entering the field of dairy, the Tamil Nadu government is giving
high priority to improve the performance of the cooperatives.Tamil Nadu is one of the leading
states in India in milk production with about 14.5 million litres per day.

[edit] Geography
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (AAVIN) is located at Aavin Illam,
Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai.

[edit] Activities
The Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited is an apex body of 17 District
Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions.The Federation has four dairy plants at the following
locations in Chennai.[1]

1. Ambattur with a capacity of 4.00 lakh litres per day

2. Madhavaram with a capacity of 2.00 lakh litres per day
3. Sholinganallur with a capacity of 4.00 lakh litres per day.
4. Ayanavaram - Product Diary.

These dairies collect milk from District Unions, process and pack in sachets and send for sale to
the consumers in and around Chennai City. The Ambattur product Dairy is also engaged in the
manufacture of milk products such as Yogurt, Ice Cream, Khova, Gulabjamoon, Buttermilk,
Curd and Mysorepak.

[edit] Milk Products of AAVIN

Aavin produces 4 varieties of milk.[2]

1. Toned milk (3% Fat)

2. Doubled toned milk (1.5%)
3. Standardized Milk (4.5%)
4. Full Cream Milk (6%)