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The '''National Dairy Development Board''' ('''NDDB''') is a [[statutory body]] set up by an Act of [[Parliament of India]]. It is under the ownership of [[Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying]] of the [[government of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Dilip-Rath-appointed-as-NDDB-chairman/articleshow/55735486.cms|title=Dilip Rath appointed as NDDB chairman|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=December 2021}} The main office is in [[Anand, Gujarat]] with regional offices throughout the country. NDDB's subsidiaries include IDMC Limited-Anand, [[Mother Dairy]], Delhi, NDDB Dairy Services, Delhi and [[Indian Immunologicals Limited]], Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sarkariduniya.com/national-dairy-development-board-2/|title=राष्ट्रीय डेयरी विकास बोर्ड (एनडीडीबी) {{!}} NDPI|date=2018-10-12|work=पीएम योजना,केंद्रीय और राज्य सरकार योजनाओं, केंद्रीय मंत्रालयों और सरकारी विभागों पर समाचार प्राप्त करें|access-date=2018-11-05|language=hi-IN}}</ref> The Board was created to finance and support producer-owned and controlled organisations. Its programmes and activities seek to strengthen farmer cooperatives and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such institutions. Cooperative principles and cooperative strategies are fundamental to the board's efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nddb.coop/about|title=National Dairy Development Board official website}}</ref>
 
Meenesh Shah is currently the Chairman of NDDB. <ref>https://www.nddb.coop/node/2213#:~:text=of%20Chairman%2C%20NDDB-,Meenesh%20Shah%20takes%20over%20additional%20charge%20of%20Chairman%2C%20NDDB,June%2C%202021%20until%20further%20orders</ref>.
==History==
It was founded by [[Verghese Kurien|Dr. Verghese Kurien]]. The National Dairy Development Board {NDDB} was created in 1965, fulfilling the desire of the then prime minister of India &mdash; the late [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] to extend the success of the Kaira Cooperative Milk Producers' Union ([[Amul]]) to other parts of India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Sharad |title=Remembering Verghese Kurien – India’s first milkman |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/remembering-verghese-kurien-indias-first-milkman/article30084051.ece |access-date=11 March 2021 |publisher=businessline |date=26 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>