▁Am ul ▁faced ▁serious ▁competition ▁from ▁imported ▁but ter , ▁especially ▁from ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁The ▁then ▁fin ance ▁minister ▁came ▁to ▁trust ▁Kur ien ▁so ▁much , ▁that ▁whenever ▁Kur ien ▁would ▁ask ▁him ▁to ▁cut ▁imports ▁of ▁but ter ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁done ▁every ▁time , ▁in ▁tan dem ▁with ▁a ▁mere ▁promise ▁of ▁an ▁increment al ▁increase ▁of ▁his ▁production ▁to ▁make ▁good ▁any ▁short age . ▁And ▁every ▁single ▁time ▁he ▁kept ▁his ▁word ▁and ▁the ▁mark ets ▁never ▁faced ▁any ▁short age ▁of ▁but ter . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁Ind o - Ch ina ▁war , ▁the ▁government ▁dep ended ▁on ▁Kur ien ▁to ▁step ▁up ▁supplies ▁to ▁the ▁army . ▁He ▁had ▁to ▁di vert ▁these ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁civil ian ▁market . ▁When ▁Pol son ▁sens ed ▁an ▁und ue ▁advantage ▁in ▁this ▁and ▁started ▁gra bb ing ▁his ▁market ▁share , ▁Kur ien ▁was ▁bl unt ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁made ▁sure ▁the ▁government ▁fro ze ▁Pol son ' s ▁production ▁lines , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁effort . ▁ ▁Sp reading ▁around ▁and ▁nation wide ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁ ▁task ed ▁Kur ien ▁to ▁rep licate ▁the ▁da iry ' s ▁An and ▁pattern ▁nation wide ▁for ▁which , ▁the ▁National ▁D air y ▁Development ▁Board ▁( ND DB ) ▁was ▁founded ▁under ▁Kur ien ▁on ▁his ▁conditions , ▁that ▁it ▁be ▁independent ▁of ▁government al ▁control ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁be ▁set ▁up ▁at