National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB )

• National Dairy Development Board known as NDDB 

• NDDB founded on 16 July 1965 

• NDDB Act passed in 1987

• Headquarters of NDDB at Anand in Gujarat

• NDDB founded by Dr Varghese Kurian and Amrita Patel

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was The Prime Minister of India when NDDB founded

• NDDB working under the ministry of Agriculture

• NDDB have 4 subsidiarias

     1 IDMC Limited in Anand
     2 Mother Dairy in Delhi
     3 NDDB Dairy Services in Delhi
     4 Indian Immunological Ltd in Hydrabad

• Operation flood is project of NDDB 

• Operation flood programme was introduced on 1st July 1970

• Operation flood is the world largest agricultural dairy development programme

• Operation flood also known as White Revaluation 

• Father of White Revaluation Dr Varghese Kurien 

• I too had a dream is the autobiography of Dr Varghese Kurian

• Operation flood implemented in 3 stages

         > Phase 1     1970-80
         > Phase 2     1981-85
         > Phase 3     1985-96