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Aavin

Aavin is the trademark of Tamil Nadu Co-operative

Milk Producers' Federation Limited, a Tamil Nadu-
based milk producer's union. Aavin procures milk,
processes it and sells milk and milk products to
consumers.
 Aavin

Type Cooperative
Genre Milk and milk products

Predecessor Tamil Nadu Dairy

Development Corporation
Limited

Founded 1958 (Tamil Nadu, India)

Headquarters Tamil Nadu

Revenue ₹5,994 crore

(US$840 million) (2018-
 19)
Owner Government of Tamil Nadu

Parent Department of Animal

Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries (Tamil Nadu)

Website www.aavinmilk.com

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 1 February 1981, the
commercial activities of the cooperative were
handed over to Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk
Producers' Federation Limited which sold milk and
milk products under the trademark "aavin". Tamil
Nadu is one of the leading states in India in milk
production with about 14.5 million liters per day.

'Aa' or 'ஆ' in Tamil means 'ப (cow)' and

'பா ' means 'milk'. 'Pasuvin paal' ('ஆவ
பா ') translates to 'cow's milk' ('ப வ
பா ').
Activities
The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers'
Federation Limited is an apex body of 17 District
Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions. It is
headquartered located at Aavin Illam,
Madhavaram, Chennai and has four dairy plants at
the following locations in Chennai.[1]

Ambattur - capacity of 4 LLPD

Madhavaram - capacity of 3 LLPD
Sholinganallur - capacity of 4 LLPD
Ambattur - Product Dairy
These dairies collect milk from district unions,
process and pack in sachets and send for sale to
the consumers. The Ambattur product Dairy is
engaged in the manufacture of milk products.

Milk Products of Aavin

Aavin produces 4 varieties of milk.[2]

Toned milk (3% fat)

Doubled toned milk (1.5% fat)
Standardized Milk (4.5% fat)
Full Cream Milk (6% fat)
It is also engaged in the manufacture of milk
products such as milk khoa, mysorepak, gulab
jamun, curd, butter milk, lassi, yoghurt and ice-
creams.

In September 2017, Aavin announced that it would

be launching seven varieties of milk-based sweets
for Deepavali[3]

Controversies
In 2012, there were widespread rumors about the
milk being adulterated when the milk was being
transported from cooperative societies to dairies.
In 2014, a major adulteration racket was busted by
the police in Villupuram district. The modus
operandi of the gang was to transfer cans of milk
from transport that carries pure milk from Chennai
to Tiruvannamalai and replace with it with equal
quantity of water. Aavin said that it has
encountered an estimated loss of ₹10 crore
(US$1.4 million) due to the racket.[4]

References
1. Dairy Development Department, Government
of Tamilnadu. "Policy Notes" . Archived from
the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved
16 July 2010.
 2. Government of Tamilnadu (11 March 2008).
"Press Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved
16 July 2010.
3. "Aavin launches special sweets for
Deepavali" . The Hindu. Special
Correspondent, Special Correspondent. 26
September 2017. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved
11 October 2017.
4. "Aavin Milk Adulteration Racket Busted" .
Times of India.

External links
Website of the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk
Producers' Federation Limited
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