National Gopal Ratna Award
26-08-2023
11:33 AM
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Overview:
Nominations for the National Gopal Ratna Award for the year 2024 will be opened from the 15th of July.
About National Gopal Ratna Award:
- It is awarded under Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM).
- Since 2021 the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been conferring National Gopal Ratna Award every year.
- Objective: To encourage the Milk producing farmers, dairy cooperative societies/MPC/FPOs and Artificial Insemination Technicians (AITs).
- This year also National Gopal Ratna Award is given for the following categories:
- Best Dairy farmer rearing indigenous cattle/buffalo breeds
- Best Dairy Cooperative Society (DCS)/ Milk producer Company (MPC)/ Dairy Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).
- Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT).
- From this year onward, the Department has incorporated a Special award for North Eastern Region (NER) States so as to encourage and boost the dairy development activities in the North Eastern Region(NER).
- NGRA 2024 will consist of a Certificate of merit, a memento and monitory prize in first two categories i.e Best Dairy Farmer and Best DCS/FPO/MPCs.
- In the Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) category, National Gopal Ratna Award-2024 will consist of a Certificate of merit and a memento only. No cash prize will be provided in the Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) Category.
- The awards will be conferred on the occasion of National Milk Day which will be celebrated on 26th November.
Q1: What are the objectives of Rashtriya Gokul Mission?
The objectives of Rashtriya Gokul Mission are to enhance productivity of bovines and increasing milk production in a sustainable manner using advanced technologies and also to propagate use of high genetic merit bulls for breeding purposes.
Source: National Gopal Ratna Award -2024