National Gopal Ratna Award

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