During the 2024–25 fiscal year, Sarhad Dairy’s camel milk procurement averaged 4,754 litres per day, with payments totaling about ₹8.72 crore made to over 350 camel farming families, strengthening livelihoods in pastoral communities and expanding income opportunities in a traditionally under-served livestock value chain.

The dairy operates on a cooperative model inspired by Amul, sourcing milk through four collection centres across Kutch district — Rapar, Nakhatrana, Gadhshisha and Kotda Athamana — while also managing broad operations that include bovine milk processing, cattle feed production and value-added ice cream output. Sarhad procures around 5.5 lakh litres of milk daily from some 80,000 producers, underpinning a robust rural dairy economy.

Sarhad Dairy’s camel milk initiative has also led to another industry first: the production of camel milk Rajbhog-flavoured ice cream, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2024. Within a year, the plant launched 80 varieties and produced 24.52 lakh litres of this specialty ice cream, with peak dispatches of 58,000 litres, indicating growing product acceptance and market experimentation.