White Revolution 2.0 is being run closely by The Ministry of Cooperation through monthly review meetings with states. By bringing everyone together for quarterly National Review Conferences, and holding regional workshops once a year, working alongside the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The point of the White Revolution 2.0 is to grow the number of dairy cooperatives, fix up infrastructure, and get more milk procured properly across the country.
Where the numbers stand
White Revolution 2.0 calls for 75,000 new Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCSs) in places that don’t have one yet, plus upgrades to 46,422 societies already running.
At this point, 24,097 new DCSs have been set up, and 31,394 existing ones have gotten stronger. That strengthening work covers things like Bulk Milk Coolers, Automatic Milk Collection Units, equipment for testing milk quality, chilling and processing infrastructure, working capital, and technical guidance, whatever a society needs to actually function well once it’s collecting milk.
A look at what states have done
Between 2024-25 and 2025-26, states and UTs kept sending in updates on new societies formed and old ones upgraded. The first year, 2024-25, brought 12,756 new DCSs and 11,871 strengthened societies. Then in 2025-26, new formations slowed a bit to 11,341, but strengthening work sped up considerably, jumping to 19,523 societies.
A handful of states pulled ahead of the pack here. Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Jammu & Kashmir all reported solid gains, both in getting new cooperatives off the ground and in fixing up the ones already in place.
Following the money through NPDD
All this costs money, and that money comes through the revised National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), which DAHD oversees. As of July 15, 2026, 11,389 new DCSs have made it into approved projects. Total approved spending sits at ₹18,744.89 lakh. Of that, ₹9,877.63 lakh is the central government’s share, and ₹6,695.22 lakh has actually gone out the door so far.
States that have received these funds so far include Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Jammu & Kashmir, among others, each using it to build out cooperatives and shore up dairy infrastructure in rural areas.
Key Takeaway: The idea behind White Revolution 2.0 is to give India’s dairy cooperative system real breadth, more societies, better equipment, stronger procurement, and to close the infrastructure gaps that have held rural dairy farmers back. With over 24,000 new cooperatives formed and more than 31,000 existing ones strengthened, plus funding steadily moving through the revised NPDD, the initiative is trying to do something fairly concrete: put more money and better tools in the hands of the farmers who actually produce the milk, and build a cooperative structure sturdy enough to support them long-term.
MCQ’s :
1. White Revolution 2.0 is being implemented in coordination with which of the following organizations?
A. Ministry of Cooperation, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Food Corporation of India (FCI)
C. NITI Aayog and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
D. Ministry of Rural Development and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
2. Under White Revolution 2.0, the primary objective is to:
A. Promote dairy exports through private companies only.
B. Establish new Dairy Cooperative Societies and strengthen existing dairy cooperatives by improving milk procurement and infrastructure.
C. Replace cooperative dairies with farmer producer organizations.
D. Increase milk prices through direct market intervention.
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