Vrikshamandir
By Dr Mukund Naware The Spear Head Team of Jalgaon was withdrawn in phases. I was the last person to return after handing over all the activities and project vehicles to Jalgaon Milk Union. It was on 1st of November 1976 that I reported for duty at Anand. I signed the muster and straightway went […]
By Dr Mukund Naware Dr. Chothani told me that Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar was waiting to meet us the three team leaders one on one. “You go when your turn comes and share with him your experiences as a spearhead team leade, he is writing a story for a feature film you know” Dr. Chothani, […]
By Dr Mukund Naware Sometime by the end of 1974 or early 75 a meeting was held at NDDB, Anand to undertake a overall review of various activities that were going on under Operation Flood -I in the presence of a team from WFP/ FAO. Officers from all the Regional Offices, Cell Offices had participated […]
By RK Nagar As we all know, Operation Flood-I was funded entirely out of monetisation of Skim Milk Powder and Butter Oil gifted by the European Union,( then known as EEC) through the FAO-WFP. As per the terms of the agreement, Indian Dairy Corporation (IDC), a fully owned company of the government of India established […]
By RK Nagar Whereas NDDB had hard time pursuing states to accept even one project to create an ‘Anand’, under Operation Flood -I the story was different when it came to Operation Flood -II. Politicians now wanted their constituency included under OF-II. Two notable requests were from Kamalnath, the member of parliament from Chhindwara, MP […]
By RK Nagar It was the beginning of Operation Flood-I early seventies. FAO-WFP, who were the donors of dairy commodities insisted on sending some experts in dairy technology, dairy engineering, animal breeding, animal nutrition etc. as they believed that we poor Indians didn’t have the expertise to handle a large and complex project like OF. […]
Much before his visit, NDDB, Anand was making preparation for his visit. I was at that time working at NDDB, Anand in the Co-operative Services Group. One day, Dr. N.V. Belawadi called me and told that, C.S. group had to organize visit of Prime Minister Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a nearby village. After long […]
By RK Nagar No one would believe it, but he was quite a prankster in his early days. He later became very serious. So most of us carry only the serious image of his. Yes, I am talking of eternity serious Mr. PG Gore. Year 1971. Behla was our site engineer in Pondicherry. One day […]
By Dr Mukund Naware By 1977 the Amul model had become a three tier structure with Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS) at village level, Milk Unions at District level and a Federation of Unions at the State level. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation had come into being this way. NDDB adopted this model under Operation […]
A demonetisation did take place, much before most of us heard of ‘Demonatisation’ few years ago when currency notes in the denominations of Rs 1000 and 500 suddenly became scrap. People have differing views on that demonetisation. There have been lengthy debates whether it was needed and/or was successful. I do not intend to ignite […]
During my tenure in NDDB I learnt a lot of lessons in austerity. If I say that the first phase of Operation Flood (OF) had an outlay of around 100 crores Crores many in the present generation would not believe. But in that outlay there were Action Items targeted at Expansion of existing Metro Dairies, […]
साझी कहानियाँ श्रद्धेय महाशय, प्रातः वंदन ! श्री मान, मेरी तीन कहानियाँ आपके पास लम्बित है l इनका विवरण निम्नवत है : – 1) बरौनी डेयरी मे हुए strike से सम्बंधित, इसका शीर्षक नही दिया गया है 2) NDDB Coordinator से संबंधित कहानी जो फाइनल स्टेज मे है l 3) ” स्टोरी ऑफ एन इनफरटाइल […]