HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Amul spurred India’s White Revolution, which made the country the world’s largest producer of milk and milk products. Kaira Union introduced the brand “Amul” for marketing its product range. The word “Amul” is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Amulya’ which means priceless or precious.

Detailed explanation-2: -Padma Vibhushan Dr Verghese Kurien, ‘Father of White Revolution in India’, left for his heavenly abode on 9th September 2012 at the age of 90. Dr Kurien born at Kozhikode in Kerala on 26th November 1921, completed the Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1943 from Madras University.

Detailed explanation-3: -The White Revolution, also known as Operation flood, was a campaign to improve milk production in India. On 7th June 1946, Dr. Verghese Kurien set up a cooperative called Amul Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd (AMUL) with just seven milk producers from Kaira District of Gujarat province in western India.