National Gopal Ratna Award -2024

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is making all out efforts for the effective development of Animal Husbandry and Dairy sector to provide sustainable livelihood to the farmers. Indigenous bovine breeds of India are robust and possess the genetic potential to play crucial role in the national economy. The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)”, was launched in December 2014, with a view to conserve and develops indigenous bovine breeds in a scientific manner.

2.      Under RGM, since 2021 this department has been conferring National Gopal Ratna Award every year with an 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 for the following categories:

1. Best Dairy farmer rearing indigenous cattle/buffalo breeds (list of registered breeds Annexed).
2. Best Dairy Cooperative Society (DCS)/ Milk producer Company (MPC)/ Dairy Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).
3. Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT).

3.  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 North Eastern Region(NER).

4.   NGRA 2024 will conferred to 1^st,  2^nd, 3^rd and one Special Award for North Eastern Region(NER) States in each category as mentioned above. 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 as under:

• • Rs. 5,00,000/-(Rupee five lakh only)            -1st rank
  • Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupee three lakh only)         -2nd rank and
  • Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupee two lakh only)            -3rd rank
  • Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupee two lakh only) -Special Award for North Eastern Region (NER).

5.   In case of 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 Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) Category.

6.   Nominations for National Gopal Ratna Award during 2024 shall be submitted online through National Award portal i.e. https://awards.gov.in starting from 15.07.2024 and the closing date for submission of nomination will be 31.08.2024. The awards are to be conferred on the occasion of National Milk day (26^th Nov, 2024). For more detail about guidelines regarding eligibility  and applying online, the website https://awards.gov.in OR  https://dahd.nic.in may be referred.

Annexure

Registered Breeds of Cattle (For NGRA 2024)

S.N.	Breed	Home Tract
1	Amritmahal	Karnataka
2	Bachaur	Bihar
3	Bargur	Tamilnadu
4	Dangi	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
5	Deoni	Maharashtra and Karnataka
6	Gaolao	Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
7	Gir	Gujarat
8	Hallikar	Karnataka
9	Hariana	Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
10	Kangayam	Tamilnadu
11	Kankrej	Gujarat and Rajasthan
12	Kenkatha	Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
13	Kherigarh	Uttar Pradesh
14	Khillar	Maharashtra and Karnataka
15	Krishna Valley	Karnataka
16	Malvi	Madhya Pradesh
17	Mewati	Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
18	Nagori	Rajasthan
19	Nimari	Madhya Pradesh
20	Ongole	Andhra Pradesh
21	Ponwar	Uttar Pradesh
22	Punganur	Andhra Pradesh
23	Rathi	Rajasthan
24	Red Kandhari	Maharashtra
25	Red Sindhi	On organized farms only
26	Sahiwal	Punjab and Rajasthan
27	Siri	Sikkim and West Bengal
28	Tharparkar	Rajasthan
29	Umblachery	Tamilnadu
30	Vechur	Kerala
31	Motu	Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh
32	Ghumusari	Orissa
33	Binjharpuri	Orissa
34	Khariar	Orissa
35	Pulikulam	Tamilnadu
36	Kosali	Chhattisgarh
37	Malnad Gidda	Karnataka
38	Belahi	Haryana and Chandigarh
39	Gangatiri	Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
40	Badri	Uttarakhand
41	Lakhimi	Assam
42	Ladakhi	Jammu and Kashmir
43	Konkan Kapila	Maharashtra and Goa
44	PodaThurpu	Telangana
45	Nari	Rajasthan and Gujarat
46	Dagri	Gujarat
47	Thutho	Nagaland
48	Shweta Kapila	Goa
49	Himachali Pahari	Himachal Pradesh
50	Purnea	Bihar
51	Kathani	Maharashtra
52	Sanchori	Rajasthan
53	Masilum	Meghalaya

Registered Breeds of Buffalo (For NGRA 2024)

Sr. No	Breed	Home Tract
1	Bhadawari	Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
2	Jaffarabadi	Gujrat
3	Marathwadi	Maharashtra
4	Mehsana	Gujarat
5	Murrah	Haryana
6	Nagpuri	Maharashtra
7	Nili Ravi	Punjab
8	Pandharpuri	Maharashtra
9	Surti	Gujarat
10	Toda	Tamilnadu
11	Banni	Gujarat
12	Chilika	Orissa
13	Kalahandi	Odisha
14	Luit (Swamp)	Assam and Manipur
15	Bargur	Tamil Nadu
16	Chhattisgarhi	Chhattisgarh
17	Gojri	Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
18	Dharwadi	Karnataka
19	Manda	Odisha
20	Purnathadi	Maharashtra