Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(11): 806-814 806 Review Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.095 Anaerobic Treatments for Dairy Waste Disposal – Ponder for making it Efficient Kanchan V. Mogha 1 *, Kunal M. Gawai 1 and Arun C. Patel 2 1 Department of Dairy Microbiology, Sheth M. C. College of Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388 110, Gujarat, India 2 Department of Dairy Technology, G. N. Patel College of Dairy Science and Food Technology, S.D.A.U., Dantiwada- 385506, Gujarat, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Milk production in India has risen by a historic 6.25% in 2014-15, reaching 146 million tonnes as anticipated (Rajeshwaran and Naik, 2016). In the year 2012, the total milk production in the country was over 121.8 million tonnes with a per capita availability of 281 gm/day (GOI, 2012). Milk production in India was around 35%, of which the organized dairy industry account for 13% of the milk produced, while the rest of the milk was either consumed at farm level or sold as fresh non-pasteurized milk through unorganized channels. Dairy Cooperatives account for the major share of processed liquid milk marketed in the India. Milk is processed and marketed by 170 Milk Producers‟ Cooperative Unions, which federate into 15 State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federations. Over the years, several cooperative brands have been arisen like Amul (GCMMF), Vijaya (AP), Verka (Punjab), Saras (Rajasthan), Nandini (Karnataka), Milma (Kerala) and Gokul (Kolhapur). Exports of dairy products have been growing at the rate of 25% per annum in the terms of quantity and 28% in terms of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 11 (2017) pp. 806-814 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Dairy sector in India plays an important role in the socio-economic development and constitutes an important segment of the rural economy. Dairy industry provides livelihood to millions of homes ensuring supply of quality milk and milk products to the people in both urban and rural areas. India is world‟s largest milk producers accounting for around 17% of the global milk production and known as „oyster‟ of the global dairy industry. Besides it is one of the largest consumers of the dairy products. Due to their nutritional qualities, the consumption of dairy products has been growing exponentially in the country which thereby leads to increase in waste effluent. Anaerobic treatment is the best method employed for treating these wastes. Keywords Dairy, India, Socio economic, Oyster, Nutritional. Accepted: 10 September 2017 Available Online: 10 November 2017 Article Info