June 1 is observed as World Milk Day with the aim to raise awareness about milk and its importance as a global food.

In the last few years, India has become the largest producer of milk in the world with over 150 million tonnes of production and per capita availability of over 300 grams per day.

Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as global food, World Milk Day is been observed on June 1 each year since 2001.

This year, the initiative has completed 20 long years, the theme is simply called 'the 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day'. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no major events have been organised by the committee but the Global Dairy Platform has been asking the participants to talk about the benefits of dairy and along with highlighting the problems in accessing milk and dairy products in several parts of the world.