Question: With which of the following is 'Operation Flood' related?
Options:
India’s mining industry
India’s dairy industry
India’s farming industry
India’s poultry industry
🔑Key Points:
Operation Flood was launched in 1970.
It was a project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
It was the world's biggest dairy development program.
In 30 years, it doubled milk available per person, and made dairy farming India's largest self-sustainable rural employment generator.
Verghese Kurien, the chairman and founder of Amul, was named the chairman of NDDB by the then Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.
He was known as the father of Operation flood.
Operation Flood was launched in 1970.
It was a project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
It was the world's biggest dairy development program.
In 30 years, it doubled milk available per person, and made dairy farming India's largest self-sustainable rural employment generator.
Verghese Kurien, the chairman and founder of Amul, was named the chairman of NDDB by the then Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.
He was known as the father of Operation flood.