The country celebrated National Milk Day on the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien, the Father of White Revolution. Kurien is held as the man who started the true empowerment of poor beginning from the villages of Gujarat through Amul cooperative model. The idea caught on and the revolution spread to several parts of the country making India the leading producer of milk.
If Radha Mohan Singh the Union minister celebrated it in Delhi, GCMMF MD R S Sodhi was in Kurien’s home state Kerala expounding the ramifications of dairy revolution ushered in by the latter.
GCMMF MD R S Sodhi retweeted almost all the tweets of important persons in the country paying tributes to the Milk Man.
Suresh Prabhu the Union Railway Minister tweeted“Remembering father of White revolution Dr. #VergheseKurien on his birth anniversary #NationalMilkDay”.
Dr U S Awasthi, MD of IFFCO remembered Kurien by tweeting “My hearty tributes & remembering father of White revolution Dr. #VergheseKurien on his 95th birth anniversary. #NationalMilkDay @Amul_Coop”.
Kerala’s Governor tweeted” At #varghesekurien #lecture on #nationalmilkday called upon #milma to devise new schemes to attract more farmers to #dairying in #kerala”.
Radha Mohan Singh tweeted “Tribute to Dr. #VergheseKurien , the Father of white Revolution on his 95th birth anniversary. #MilkManofIndia #NationalMilkDay”.
Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh and the Minister of State for Agriculture Sudarshan Bhagat along with several Scientist and officers of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, ICAR and representative of Milk Federations from across the country participated in a function on the occasion of National Milk Day Celebration in New Delhi on Saturday.
Remembering the Milk Man Singh said it was due to him that the per capita availability of milk has increased from 307 gram per day in 2013-14 to 340 grams per day in 2015-16 on a continual growth story.
Singh also said the milk production has recorded a growth rate of 6.28% during last two years 2014-15 and 2015-16, which is much higher than the growth rate of around 4% in the previous years.
Singh mentioned that Dr. Kurien’s contribution in organizing the dairy farmers in the form of cooperatives is well known. The Union Minister stated that India is world leader in milk production since last 15 year and credit of making India as world leader in milk production goes to small producers who were motivated by Kurien in the first place.
