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Amul was founded on 19 December 1946 as a response to the exploitation of small dairy farmers by traders and agents. At the time, milk prices were arbitrarily determined, giving Polson an effective monopoly in milk collection from Kaira and its subsequent supply to Mumbai. [11] [12]
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 ...
Harichand Megha Dalaya (22 October 1921 – 14 September 2004) was the inventor of the first spray-dryer for buffalo milk in the world. His invention revolutionized India's dairy farming industry (Operation Flood) and laid the foundation for Amul cooperative's immense success.
In 2018–19, the Government of India reported that 187.7 million tonnes of milk had been produced, and that the per capita availability of milk in India was 394 grams per day. [ 64 ] India has a population of over 300 million bovines as per the 2019 livestock census, including 192.49 million cattle and 109.85 million buffaloes. [ 65 ]
The union procured 614.7 million kilograms (1,355 × 10 ^ 6 lb) of milk during 2012–13 at an average milk procurement of 3.2 million kilograms (7.1 × 10 ^ 6 lb) of milk per day during peak season. The union is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14000:2004, and ISO 22000:2005 certified and is an environment-friendly organization.
It is an apex level Milk Producers' Federation in Odisha registered under Cooperative Society Act – 1962. [1] Omfed was established based on AMUL pattern under operation flood-II of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), for promoting, production, procurement, processing and marketing of milk & milk products initially in undivided districts ...
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Powdered milk, also called milk powder, [1] dried milk, or dry milk, is a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to dryness. One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; milk powder has a far longer shelf life than liquid milk and does not need to be refrigerated , due to its low moisture content.