CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Amul, NDDB to provide support to increase milk production in Sri Lanka. With the aim of reducing Sri Lanka’s dependence on imported milk products, India announced on Monday that it will provide support to enhance the dairy industry and milk output of the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Milk from more than 4,100 dairy cooperative societies will be processed, packed and marketed. This will benefit more than 1,75,000 farmers associated with dairy farms in Assam and increase their earnings, Sarma said. Two cattle feed and organic manure manufacturing units will also be set up as per the agreement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Operation Flood is the program that led to “White Revolution.” It created a national milk grid linking producers throughout India to consumers in over 700 towns and cities and reducing seasonal and regional price variations while ensuring that producers get a major share of the profit by eliminating the middlemen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today, India is the largest producer of milk in the world, contributing 23% of global milk production.

Detailed explanation-5: -From the traditional system of manually procuring milk, Amul has switched to a fully automated app-based system: right from the procurement to the end product. “This is just one of our many innovations,” said R.S. Sodhi, managing director of Amul.