what is operation flood
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Operation Flood, launched on the 13th of January, 1970, was the world's largest dairy development program and a landmark project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). ... The Anand Pattern Experiment at Amul, a dairy co-operative, was the engine behind the success of the program.
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Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind, the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid.
It resulted in making India one of the largest producers of milk and milk products, and hence is also called the White Revolution of India. It also helped reduce malpractices by milk traders and merchants.
Varghese Kurien (chairman of NDDB at that time), then 33, gave the professional management skills and necessary thrust to the cooperative, and is considered the architect of India's White Revolution (Operation Flood)