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Milk production in India increased approximately threefold between 1968 and 2001, when it reached 80 million metric tonnes per year. [71] As of 2004–05, milk production was estimated to be of 90.7 million metric tonnes. [72] As of 2010, the dairy industry accounted for 20% of India's gross agricultural output. [69]
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, visits India and Amul with Harichand Megha Dalaya, in December 1980 . Operation Flood is the programme that led to the "White Revolution." It created a national milk grid linking producers throughout India to consumers in over 700 towns and cities, reducing seasonal and regional price variations while ensuring that producers get a major share of the profit by ...
Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
The milk produced and sold by these farmers brought ₹ 320 million (US$3.8 million) a day, or more than ₹ 10 trillion (US$119.8 billion) a year. The increase in milk production permitted India to end imports of powdered milk and milk-related products. In addition, 30,000 tons of powdered milk were exported annually to neighboring countries.
In rural India, milk is home delivered, daily, by local milkmen carrying bulk quantities in a metal container, usually on a bicycle. In other parts of metropolitan India, milk is usually bought or delivered in plastic bags or cartons via shops or supermarkets. The current milk chain flow in India is from milk producer to milk collection agent.
This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of milk, excluding butter. Rank ... India: 84.5 68.72 100 13 ... List of countries by milk ...
In 2001 India became the world leader in milk production with a production volume of 84 million tons. India has about three times as many dairy animals as the US, which produces around 75 million tons. Dairy farming is generally a type of subsistence farming system in India, especially in Haryana, the major producer of milk in the country.
Between the start of the NDDB's landmark project in 1970, Operation Flood and its founder's retirement in 1998, India quadrupled its milk production, with the board's technical and organisational support. [9] By then India had 81,000 dairy cooperatives, formed with the assistance of NDDB on their "Amul" pattern.