White Revolution or Operation Flood
Economics
- Launched: 13th January 1970
- It transformed India from a milk deficient nation to the world’s largest milk producer.
- India surpassed the United States of America in 1998 with respect to milk production.
- Objectives
- Increase in milk production
- Augmented rural incomes
- Fair prices for consumers
- Reduce poverty among participating farmers
- Ensure a steady supply of milk in return
- Success of operation flood
- Introduced modern milking techniques.
- Optimized animal feed composition for better performance.
- Implemented a sliding scale for producer costs.
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