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title: "White Revolution (Operation Flood): India Dairy"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The White Revolution was India's dairy development programme, executed as Operation Flood from 1970, that made the country the world's largest milk producer through farmer cooperatives.
- What is the difference between the White Revolution and the Green Revolution?
- What were the three phases of Operation Flood?
- What is the Anand pattern of dairy cooperatives?
- Who was responsible for the White Revolution in India?

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The White Revolution was India's dairy development programme, executed as Operation Flood from 1970, that made the country the world's largest milk producer through farmer cooperatives.

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In 1970, the National Dairy Development Board under Verghese Kurien launched Operation Flood from Anand, Gujarat, scaling the Amul cooperative model nationally and making India the world's largest milk producer by 1998.

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