Centenary Year Celebrations of NDRI
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Economy
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4th Jul, 2022
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Context
The Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched the 100th anniversary celebrations of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal (Haryana).
What is NDRI?
- ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) at Karnal, Haryana is one of the premier Institutes in the dairy sector.
- It has contributed a lot in the growth of the dairy industry and played a crucial role in India’s development in milk production with its continuous research.
- Hundreds year old NRTIs lineage goes back to the Imperial Institute for Animal Husbandry & Dairying which was set up in Bangalore in 1923 as a center for dairy education.
- In its erstwhile form of Imperial Institute in Bangalore, Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi and ‘Bharat Ratna’ Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, were imparted training at the Institute in 1927.
- India ranks first in the world in terms of most agricultural products.
- India is also at the top of the world in terms of milk production.
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