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Aravind Yashavant Patil, a husbandman from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, won this year’s National Gopal Ratna Awards (NGRA), constituted by the Union Animal Husbandry Ministry, for champion dairy husbandman rearing indigenous cattle/buffalo breeds. Meenangadi Ksheerolpadaka Sahakarana Sangham Ltd, Wayanad, Kerala, won the grant for champion successful the class of Dairy Cooperative society/ Milk Producer company/ Dairy Farmer shaper organisation.
For North Eastern and Himalayan regions, Vijay Lata, from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh is the champion husbandman and Kulha Duud Udpadhak Sahkari Samiti, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand is the champion cooperative society.
The awards volition beryllium presented connected November 26, arsenic portion of the National Milk Day celebrations.
The Centre received 2,081 applications from farmers and cooperatives for this year’s NGRA.
Kankanala Krishna Reddy, Hyderabad won the 2nd prize for champion farmers and Harshit Jhuria, Sikar, Rajasthan and Shraddha Satyawan Dhavan, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra shared the 3rd prize.
Pradeep Pangariya, Champawat, Uttarakhand won the 2nd prize for the champion husbandman from North Eastern oregon Himalayan region.
The 2nd prize for champion cooperatives was shared by Kunnamkattupathy Ksheerolpadaka Sahakarana Samgham, Palakkad, Kerala and Ghinoi Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Samiti, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The 3rd prize went to Sendurai Milk Producers Cooperative Society Ltd, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. Kulha Duud Udpadhak Sahkari Samiti, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand is the 2nd champion cooperative successful North Eastern oregon Himalayan region.
Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) awards were won by Dillip Kumar Pradhan, Anugul, Odisha, Vikas Kumar, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, Anuradha Chakali, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh and Deluwar Hasan, Barpeta, Assam.
The awardees volition get a certificate of merit and a memento and currency terms of ₹5,00,000, ₹3,00,000 and ₹2,00,000 for the first, 2nd and 3rd categories respectively. The awardees from Himalayan oregon North Eastern regions volition get ₹2,00,000. There is nary currency prize for the Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) Category.
