The National Dairy Development Board Act came into effect in the year ______.

🔑Key Points:
The National Dairy Development Board Act came into effect in 1987.
An Act to declare the institution known as the National Dairy Development Board in the State of Gujarat to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and for the vesting in that body corporate of the undertakings of the Indian Dairy Corporation with a view to providing for the administration and the carrying on of the functions to be performed by the body corporate more effectively throughout the country and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
The National Dairy Development Board was created to promote, finance, and support producer-owned and controlled organizations.
The programs and activities of NDDB seek to strengthen farmer-owned institutions and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such institutions.
NDDB’s efforts transformed India’s rural economy by making dairying a viable and profitable economic activity for millions of milk producers while addressing the country’s need for self-sufficiency in milk production.
The NDDB Dairy Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NDDB.
It functions as a delivery arm of the NDDB for field operations relating to promoting Producer Companies and Productivity Services and is providing technical and management services for some activities under the National Dairy Plan. 

🔴Additional Information:
Varsha Joshi has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Dairy Development Board.
He replaced Dilip Nath on the completion of his tenure in November 2020.