National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) with headquarters at Anand, Gujarat (India) was setup in 1965 and subsequently declared as Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1987 NDDB had successfully planned and implemented Operation Flood Programme from 1970 to 1996. Off late, NDDB has been also implementing/supporting in implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD) and other schemes of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Government of India.

NDDB promotes, plans and organises programmes for development of dairy and other agriculture & allied industries following Cooperative strategies and provides assistance for implementation of such programmes along with technical and financial support to the dairy cooperatives. The key focus areas of NDDB & its subsidiaries have been towards making the dairy sector more efficient, effective and sustainable by leveraging modern science and technology in various fields like, Animal Breeding. Animal Nutrition, Animal Health, Engineering Services, Cooperative Services, Training & Capacity Building, Sustainable dairying through Biogas/Manure Management etc NDDB through its subsidiaries have also been running its own scheme like-Revitalising Promising Milk Unions, Marketing initiatives to Support Dairy Cooperatives, Disease Control Programmes through Ethno-veterinary Medicines, One Health etc.

NDDB is also providing professional support for turning around of West Assam Milk Union, East Assam Milk Union, Jharkhand Milk Federation, Varanasi Milk Union, Ladakh Dairy Federation and Mahanand (Maharashtra Dairy Federation) as well as Vidarbha Marathwada Dairy Development Project in Maharashtra on request of different Central and State Government.

NDDB is actively working with the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying to make India 'Dairy to the World with several initiative-taking measures being undertaken to facilitate this. NDDB is also coordinating initiatives to support neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka and countries with similar small holder dairying system like Kenya to transform their dairy sector through cooperative strategies and implementation of scientific interventions.

NDDB is also leveraging schemes and programmes of other Central Ministries and Departments and State Governments NDDB is the chief promoter of National Cooperative Organics Limited, Bhartiya Beej Sahakari Sangh Ltd. which are national level Multistate Cooperative Societies providing end to end services across the respective value chain in which animal husbandry and dairying will also play a key role.