Karnataka Milk Federation

Karnataka Milk Federation
Cooperative
Industry Dairy/Fast-moving consumer good (FMCG)
Founded 1974
Headquarters Bangalore
Website kmfnandini.coop

Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells products such as pedha, paneer, curds and milk in the name of Nandini. It is a federation of milk producers association working on cooperative principles. Almost every district in state of Karnataka has milk producing co-operatives. The milk is collected from farmers who are its members, processed and sold in the market by the brand of Nandini. It is the second largest milk co-operative in India after AMUL.[1]

Background

The first of the dairy co-operatives that make up KMF started in 1955 in Kudige, Kodagu District. KMF was founded in 1974 as Karnataka Dairy Development Corporation (KDDC) to implement a diary development project run by the World Bank. In 1984 the organisation was renamed KMF. KMF has 14 Milk Unions throughout the Karnataka State which procure milk from Primary Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS) and distribute milk to the consumers in various urban and rural markets in Karnataka State with 1500 members.[2]

History

KMF has been in the news in 2010 for price increases in milk.[3] Occasionally there is spillover from Karnataka Politics into activities of KMF,[4] including the elections for the post of chairman,[5][6] and the timing of the milk price hike [7] after the BBMP elections but before the Gram Panchayat elections in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Karnataka Milk Federation launches Nandini brand milk in Mumbai". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Karnataka Milk Federation". www.summer-foundation.org. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nandini milk to turn costlier in Karnataka". Hindu Business Line.
  4. ↑ "Karnataka governor turns the heat on Reddy brothers". Daily News and Analysis.
  5. ↑ "Somashekhar Reddy elected KMF president". mangalorean. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
  6. ↑ "The Milk War: The ruling BJP now has its own milk cooperative to counter Gowda's hold on the Karnataka Milk Federation". Tehelka.
  7. ↑ "'Milk price hike thrills farmers'". Deccan Herald.
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