page_title: Delhi Milk Scheme
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Delhi Milk Scheme / History
caption_attribution_description: English: DPIO(F)/Jul.’51, A03aDelhi Milk Supply Scheme A Milk Supply Van on its round. Photo Number:-21923
context_page_description: Delhi Milk Scheme is a subordinate office of Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
context_section_description: Delhi Milk Supply Scheme under India Council of Agricultural Research was underway after independence of India to provide milk in Delhi. Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) was commissioned on 1 November 1959 with purpose of providing milk to people of Delhi. It was inaugurated by the then President of India Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. It was the only organised dairy firm in Delhi then. It incurred heavy losses in 2010s so it was planned to be leased.
  It is headed by B. S. Beniwal since October 2010.
caption: Delhi Milk Supply Scheme Van on its round, 1951
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