RAS question
Operation Flood is related to:
Correct answer: (C) White Revolution (milk production).
Operation Flood is related to the White Revolution in India, centred on milk production and dairy development.
Explanation
Operation Flood was a dairy development programme, not a flood-control scheme. It ran from 1970 to 1996 and is identified with the White Revolution, which made India the world's largest milk producer. The National Dairy Development Board account links Operation Flood with its 1970 launch, village milk producers' cooperatives, and the objective of increasing milk production. It also explains the mechanism: a National Milk Grid connected producers with consumers across towns and cities, while cooperatives procured milk and provided inputs and services. That is why the exam tag is White Revolution or milk production. Dr. Verghese Kurien is remembered as the Father of the White Revolution.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Flood management is a literal trap: Operation Flood refers to a 'flood of milk', with NDDB describing objectives such as increasing milk production through dairy cooperatives.
- (B) The Yellow Revolution is linked to oilseeds, whereas Operation Flood concerns milk production and dairy development.
- (D) The Blue Revolution concerns fisheries development, while Operation Flood was organised around milk producers, dairying and the White Revolution.
Concept
This tests the standard Indian geography and economy mapping of major agricultural revolutions to their sectors. It recurs in RAS because names such as White, Yellow and Blue Revolution are easy to confuse under factual MCQ pressure.