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Which is India’s No. 1 ‘crop’? Is it rice? Or wheat? Well, neither. The right answer happens to be milk.
Which is India’s No. 1 ‘crop’? Is it rice? Or wheat? Well, neither. The right answer happens to be milk.


The Indian dairy sector has been registering a consistent annual growth for the last several years. We are the largest milk-producing country in the world. For a nation, which is still to shed the tag of being a developing entity despite its enormous size, it is no mean achievement to be sitting atop the world in this most critical food and livelihood sector. Further, this position is not likely to be challenged in either the near or distant future.