Felicitates winners of the Gopal Ratna Awards
Government of India celebrated National Milk Day with a walkathon at Anand, Gujarat. Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary (C&DD), Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying participated in the walkathon with several others involving the participants from AMUL, IDMC, IRMA, NDDB, NCDFI and Indian Immunological.
In the presence of Parshottam Rupala, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr L Murugan and Secretary (AHD), Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Atul Chaturvedi, an innovative mobile milking machine was inaugurated that was manufactured by IDMC.
Rupala appreciated the cooperative movement initiated by Dr Varghese Kurien and to NDDB and AMUL for maintaining the legacy and tradition of Cooperatives. It is with the tradition percolated into many other states, the dairy sector grew in India to become the highest milk producer in the world. He also launched IVF lab at Hessarghata, Karnataka and Dhamrod, Gujarat online besides the launch of Grand Start up Challenge 2.0 and web portal for breed multiplication farm.
During the programme, Rupala felicitated the winners of the Gopal Ratna Awards for the categories of Best Dairy Farmer, Best Artificial Insemination Technician and Best Dairy Cooperative Society (DCS). He appreciated all the winners of the Gopal Ratna Awards.
