{
  "id": "agr-milk-104",
  "question": "How much milk does India produce?",
  "topic": "Agriculture",
  "unit": "million tonnes",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Milk production in million tonnes from cows, buffaloes and goats, estimated each year by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying from the Integrated Sample Survey run with the State animal husbandry departments. The survey year runs from March to February, not April to March.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025",
    "url": "https://www.dahd.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/02/71836f721eb692711897d31f382eb926.pdf",
    "table": "BAHS 2025, Table 34 (year-wise milk production, million tonnes, 1950-51 to 2024-25), checked against Table 35 All India row ('000 tonnes) and the major highlights (section 3.1)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2025-11-26",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-01-25",
  "processing": "Copied as published (Table 34, one decimal).",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying",
    "survey": "Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025 (Integrated Sample Survey)",
    "frequency": "Annual; survey year March to February",
    "measures": "Milk production from cattle, buffaloes and goats, million tonnes",
    "notes": [
      "India is the world's largest milk producer (FAO, cited in BAHS 2025)",
      "Per capita availability of milk: 485 grams/day in 2024-25",
      "Milk production from exotic/crossbred cattle grew 4.97%, indigenous/non-descript cattle 3.51% and buffaloes 2.45% in 2024-25",
      "National Milk Day is 26 November"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2014-15",
      "start": "2014-04",
      "end": "2015-03",
      "value": 146.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 155.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 165.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 176.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 187.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 198.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 210
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 222.1
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 230.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 239.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 247.9
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/agr-milk-104/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/agr-milk-104/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/agr-milk-104/versions.csv"
}