Dairy Industries

Madurai District is more of agriculture based area. Population of Cattle and Buffaloes are more in number. The milk chilling plant is available in Madurai City and Palamedu village. This District is getting 237.25 lakhs liters of milk from 375 nos of milk societies. Madurai Aavin is having chilling plant in Madurai City itself and Palamedu chilling plant is used for the benefit the rural people.

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.

The Madurai District has one Aavin Milk Pasteurization Unit. Its present procurement 3 Lakhs liters of milk per day, We aim to procure 5 Lakhs liters per day.

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.