Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells products by the name of Nandini. They are famous for taste and quality. Nandini sweets like pedha, jalebi, paneer, curds and milk are savored by thousands of people in India. As the name suggests it is the federation of milk producers association working on cooperative principles. Almost every district in state of Karnataka has milk producing co-operatives. The milk is collected from farmers who are its members, processed and sold in the market by the brand of Nandini. It is the second largest milk co-operative in India after AMUL.
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KMF has 13 Milk Unions throughout the State which procure milk from Primary Dairy Cooperative Societies(DCS) and distribute milk to the consumers in various urban and rural markets in Karnataka.
Managing Director: A. S. Premanath Chairman : G. Somashekara Reddy
KMF has been in the news recently for price increases in Milk [1]. Occasionally there is spillover from Karnataka Politics into activities of KMF [2], including the elections for the post of chairman [3] [4], and the timing of the milk price hike [5] after the BBMP elections but before the Gram Panchayat elections in 2010.