Narmatha, N.Uma, V.Malliga, J.Sakthivel, K.M.Manivannan, A.TANUVAS2020-06-022020-06-022010-10http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810146899TNV_IJSR_51(4)_Oct2010_409-413Sixty milk vendors of Namakkal district were interviewed using structured interview schedule to study the constraints faced by them. Constraints were categorized under seven major domains viz., breeding, feeding, health care, general management practices, dairy training, procurement of loan, and insurance. Training in dairying (96.67%) was perceived as the major constraint followed by procurement of loan (74.17%) and general management practices (59.17%). Item wise analysis revealed that the major constraints faced by the vendors were high investment for starting dairy units (98.33%) and number of training regarding manufacture of indigenous products (98.33%) followed by lack of practical training (96.67%), high cost of labour (96.67%), training centre is far away (95%), non availability of subsidy (93.33%), high cost of veterinary medicine (93.33%), high cost of quality cattle feed {91.67%), loan procedure is lengthy, tedious and cumbersome (90%) and banks are not cooperative (90%) were the items considered as major constraints.en-USArticle