Question: Operation Flood' refers to:
Options:
Flood Control
Milk production
Control of Soil Erosion
Nuclear War Fair Control
🔑 Key Points
🚜 Operation Flood
→ Operation Flood launched on 13 January 1970.
→ It was the world's largest dairy development program and a landmark project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
→ Operation Flood was started by Dr. Verghese Kurien in India to increase milk production and milk products on a large scale.
→ This is also known as the White Revolution.
→ Transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer.
🚜 Operation Flood
→ Operation Flood launched on 13 January 1970.
→ It was the world's largest dairy development program and a landmark project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
→ Operation Flood was started by Dr. Verghese Kurien in India to increase milk production and milk products on a large scale.
→ This is also known as the White Revolution.
→ Transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer.
📌 Important Points:
→ Operation Flood's objectives included:
Increase milk production ("a flood of milk")
Augment rural incomes
Reasonable prices for consumers
→ Operation Flood was implemented in three phases:
Phase I (1970-1980)
Phase II (1981-85)
Phase III (1985-1996)