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WHITE REVOLUTION IN TRIPURA

Success story of two Milkmen

Kuheli Saha Roy

In 1970, when Dr. Verghese Kurien, popularly known as the ‘Father of White Revolution in India’, started world’s largest agricultural development programme – Operation Flood, India surpassed USA in 1998 to become the largest milk producer all over the world. The success of the dairy industry in India has derived from the coherent co-operative structure of milk collection and retail distribution.

 As per the Economic Survey 2015-16 presented by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, India ranks first in milk production, accounting for 18.5 % of world production.

 If we give voice about North- East India, consumption of milk and milk products is much lower in this area than the Northern states of India due to divergent food habit and less availability of milk. But due to changes in life style and increase in per capita income, the demand and production of milk and milk products is getting bigger. In North- East, Assam is the largest producer of milk followed by Tripura. But there is a significant increase in milk production in Tripura compare to any other state in North-East India. The reason behind this notable increase is mainly due to improvement in milk breed. Besides various Government Schemes and government assistance made the state remarkable in milk production. Many such success stories of dairy milk producers are there in Tripura to divulge. Prompt financial assistance from government and constructive motivation in form of training engrossed them to create such an example of successful role model amongst the youths of India. Anjan Kumar Das of Subhas Nagar village and Shyamal Bakshi of Champaknagar village might not have the same story of success but both are conveying the same emotions of attaining this utmost success.

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