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Milk production in India is growing at an impressive growth rate of over 6% which is more than three times higher than world average. In recent years, sustainable dairying has become a much debatable topic all across the world. Under Paris agreement 195 countries have taken a pledge towards net-zero by 2050. India being a signatory of the IPCC agreement has also set its target of becoming carbon neutral by the year 2070. Dairying is considered as one of the major contributors to the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions. Approximately 70-90% of the total GHGs emissions resulting from dairy activities comes from dairy farms alone. Being the world's highest milk producer besides having largest population of dairy animals, India is witnessing a unique challenge of sustainability. On one hand dairying provides livelihood and family nutrition to millions of dairy farmers in India while on another it is blamed for being significant contributor to the GHGs emissions. Therefore, through present article it has been attempted to delineate the concept of sustainability in dairy sector under Indian context and presented the facts in perspective.