Vijaya — Krishna Milk Union, an organisation of 1,50,000 dairy farmer families

Awards & Recognitions

Certificates on a wall are easy. Keeping them is the work.

Everything below is auditable — a licence number, a certification scope, an audited figure. We would rather list three things you can check than thirty you cannot.

Certifications

  • ISO 22000:2018 — Food Safety Management System

    ISO 22000:2018

    Food Safety Management System

    Certified by TNV, accredited by the United Accreditation Foundation. Scope: processing and manufacture of milk and milk products — curd, buttermilk, lassi and cooking butter — at Project Kamadhenu, Veeravalli.

  • FSSAI Licence — Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

    FSSAI Licence

    Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

    Form C licence for the Milk Products Factory, Vijayawada, covering dairy manufacturing, general manufacturing and proprietary food. Issued 14 November 2024, valid to 21 May 2028.

  • Diamond Jubilee — Sixty years, 1965 – 2025

    Diamond Jubilee

    Sixty years, 1965 – 2025

    Krishna Milk Union completed sixty years on 11 February 2025 — six decades of continuous operation as a farmer-owned co-operative in Krishna district.

What the numbers recognise

Highest procurement price in India

₹820

Highest procurement price in India

Per kilo of milk fat, from 1 December 2024. At the time of the annual report, no dairy in the country paid its farmers more.

Turnover, FY 2024-25

₹1,211 cr

Turnover, FY 2024-25

Grown 70% over seven years, with net worth up 140% in six — entirely without outside capital.

Farmer families served

1,50,000

Farmer families served

Across Krishna district, and now supplying markets in East and West Godavari, Guntur, Prakasam, Khammam and Hyderabad.

Source: Annual Report 2024-25, approved at the 24th Annual General Body meeting, 26 September 2025.