National Dairy development Board is an apex level policy making body for dairy development in Nepal. Keeping in view the constraints and opportunities of the dairy sector, Government of Nepal (GON) prepared a Ten Year Dairy development Plan (1990-2000) in 1990/1991 with the financial assistance from the Royal Danish Government. Based on the recommendation of the plan, NDDB was established in 1992 (2048 B.S) UNDER THE National Dairy Development Board Act, 1992 as an autonomous body.

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is, hereby, established in order to make dairy production business much stronger by bringing about harmony between the private sector and the government sector, by formulating a policy on dairy business at the national level and formulating a development plan pertaining thereto.