Introduction of industry

1.1.1Milk & Milk processing industry profile:
Dairy is a place where handling of milk and milk products is done and technology refers to theapplication of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Dairy technology has been defined asthat branch of dairy science, which deals with the processing of milk and the manufacture of milk products on an industrial scale.The dairy sector in the India has shown remarkable development in the past decade and India hasnow become one of the largest producers of milk and value-added milk products in the world.The dairy sector has developed through co-operatives in many parts of the State. During 1997-98,the State had 60 milk processing plants with an aggregate processing capacity of 5.8 million litres per day. In addition to these processing plants, 123 Government and 33 co-operatives milk chilling centres operate in the State.Also India today is the lowest cost producer of per litre of milk in the world, at 27 cents,compared with the U.S' 63 cents, and Japan’s $2.8 dollars. Also to take advantage of this lowestcost of milk production and increasing production in the country multinational companies are planning to expand their activities here. Some of these milk producers have already obtainedquality standard certificates from the authorities. This will help them in marketing their productsin foreign countries in processed form.The urban market for milk products is expected to grow at an accelerated pace of around 33% per annum to around Rs.43,500 crores by year 2005. This growth is going to come from the greater emphasis on the processed foods sector and also by increase in the conversion of milk into milk products. By 2005, the value of Indian dairy produce is expected to be Rs 10,00,000 million.Presently the market is valued at around Rs7,00,000