National Milk Day 2022: The day marks the 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, widely known as the ‘Father of the White Revolution’.
National Milk Day is celebrated on November 26 to highlight the importance of milk and its benefits.
India is the largest milk producing country. Milk is a food used not only by humans but also by animals. On June 1 every year, World Milk Day is also celebrated by the Food and Agriculture Organization.
National Milk Day: History
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and 22 state milk federations in 2014 jointly decided to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien, who is known as father of the White Revolution in India on November 26. So, the first National Milk Day was celebrated on November 26, 2014.
Do you know about the White Revolution and Operation Flood?
In 1970, India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) began a rural development program known as Operation Flood. This is one of the largest programs and its goal is to develop a nationwide dairy network. It helps reduce the errors of milk traders and makes India one of the largest producers of milk and milk products. Therefore, it is also known as the White Revolution.
At that time, the chairman of NDDB was Dr. Verghese Kurien, who provided the necessary management skills and impetus to the cooperative sector and is considered the architect of the White Revolution or Operation India’s floods.
The objectives of Operation Flood are as follows:
– Increase milk production.
– Increase income for rural people.
– Reasonable prices for consumers.
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Let us tell you that Operation Flood was carried out in three phases.
Phase I (1970-1980): Funded by skimmed milk powder and avocado oil funded by the European Union through the World Food Program. During this period, the operation linked 18 of India’s leading dairy warehouses with consumers in major Indian metropolitan cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, and established dairy companies. mother in four major cities.
Phase II (1981-1985): During this period, the number of milk selling establishments increased from 18 to 136. In addition, about 290 urban markets expanded their milk selling points. And by the end of 1985, a self-sufficient system of 43,000 craft village cooperatives with 4.25 million milk producers became a reality. Domestic powdered milk production also increased from 22,000 tons to 140,000 tons in 1989.
Note: Operation Flood is co-funded by the European Economic Community, the World Bank and India’s National Dairy Development Board.
Phase III (1985-1996): During this period, dairy cooperatives expanded and strengthened their infrastructure to increase milk output to the market. This phase strengthens India’s dairy cooperative movement by adding 30,000 new dairy cooperatives to the existing 42,000 associations organized in phase II. Milking parlors increased to 173 in 1988-89 with women membership and Women’s Co-operative Dairy Societies also increasing significantly.
In 1995, the Women’s Dairy Cooperative Leadership Program (WDCLP) was launched as a pilot program to strengthen the dairy cooperative movement by increasing women’s participation as members. Active member and leader in the management of cooperative societies, unions and confederations.
This period also emphasized research and development in animal health and animal nutrition. The productivity of dairy animals has also increased thanks to innovations such as theileriosis vaccine, high-protein bypass feed, and urea-molasses mineral blocks.
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Introducing Dr. Verghese Kurien
Date of birth: November 26, 1921
Birthplace: Calicut, Madras Presidency (now Kozhikode, Kerala, India)
Father’s name: Puthenparakkal Kurien
Spouse: Susan Molly Peter
Died: September 9, 2012
Place of death: Nadiad, Gujarat, India
Famous as: Father of the Indian White Revolution and Indian Milkman
Occupation: General Director and later Chairman of AMUL, Chairman of MDDB and IRMA
Awards: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (1963), Padma Shri (1965), Padma Bhushan (1966), Krishi Ratna Award (1986), World Food Prize (1989), Padma Vibhushan (1999 ), Economic Times Award for Business Excellence (2001) and several other awards.
– He did his B.SC in physics from Loyola College in Madras.
– He received a government scholarship and went to America to study for a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
– He returned to India and became the head of Anand, a place in the Kaira district of Gujarat, where he had to spend five years as an officer in the Dairy Department.
– He left his government job and forced Tribhuvandas Patel and the farmers to start a Regional Dairy Cooperative movement registered under the name District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. Kaira (KDCMPUL), later known as “Amul”.
– He tried to bring the White Revolution to India and implemented the “Operation Flood” program. He was the architect of the White Revolution in India.
– He helped India become the world’s largest milk producer.
– He helped lay the foundation for grassroots democratic enterprises.
– On June 15, 1953, he married Susan Molly Peter.
– He founded several organizations like Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), National Milk Development Board NDDB) and played a vital role in shaping the Dairy Cooperative movement across the country .
– He also directed the replication of the Anand milk production cooperative model across India.
– During nearly 50 years of service, he earned 15 honorary degrees from various institutions around the world because he always emphasized that learning never stops.
He will always be remembered as the man who redefined the meaning of milk as a powerful tool for economic development.
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