Question

Operation Flood is related to _______.
A)Flood Control
B)Milk production
C)Arrangement of drinking water
D)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: After seeing the tremendous success of the Green Revolution that culminated in an unprecedented increase in wheat and rice production, the Government of India conducted Operation Flood, known as the White Revolution.

Complete answer:
This program was initiated in 1970 by India's National Dairy Production Board (NDDB). Operation Flood is the "the white revolution." initiative. It created a nationwide milk grid connecting producers across India with customers in over 700 cities and towns, eliminating seasonal and regional price fluctuations while ensuring that the producer earns a large share of the price consumers pay by taking out intermediaries.

Features: The introduction of new animal husbandry practices and altering the composition of various amounts of feed materials.
Objectives: The co-operatives of village milk farmers laid the groundwork for an operational flood. They procured milk and distributed the facilities with the optimum use of new technologies and management.

As mentioned below, the White Revolution had the following objectives:
1)Creating a Milk Flood by rising production
2)Raising the wages of the rural population
3)Providing customers of milk at good prices

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: The movement that converted this Activity Flood into the White Revolution in India included and mobilized many major companies. AMUL – Anand Milk Union Limited a Gujarat based cooperation was the engine that drove the progress of Operation Flood Programme.