Question: Recently the National Milk Day (NMD) was observed on which day across India to mark 94th birth anniversary of the Father of the White Revolution Dr. Verghese Kurien?
(a) 25 November
(b) 25 October
(c) 26 November
(d) 21 October
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- The National Milk Day (NMD) was on 26 November 2015 observed across India to mark 94th birth anniversary of the Father of the White Revolution Dr Verghese Kurien.
- The idea of observing National Milk Day was first mooted by Indian Dairy Association (IDA) in 2014.
- The NMD was observed on 26 November 2015 by all Indian diary sector majors including National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), IDA along with around 22 state level milk federations.
- Verghese Kurien was born on 26 November 1921 in Calicut in then Madras Presidency of British India. He had died on 9 September 2012.
- Verghese Kurien is also known as the Milkman of India and the architect of Operation Flood.
- Awards and Honours: Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963), World Food Prize (1989), Padma Shri (1965), Padma Bhushan (1966) and Padma Vibhushan (1999).
- India is currently the world’s largest milk producing country in the world, currently it produces 16 percent of the world’s total production of milk.
Reference:
http://www.nationalmilkday.in/
http://www.iamin.in/en/new-delhi/news/national-milk-day-twitterati-pay-tribute-milkman-india-76891