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DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR ADJUDGING GOPAL RATNA CATEGORIES UNDERANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

1. Introduction:

For transforming the entire ecosystem of awards conferred by the Government ofIndia especially building credibility and trust by focusing on merit, objectivity,transparency, people-participation, simplicity, efficiency and use of technology, theCentral Awards Support Unit (CASU) set up in MHA has exercised reviewing andrevamping of awards.

2. Preamble:Indigenous bovine breeds of India are robust and possess the genetic

potential to play crucial role in the national economy. In the absence of a specific

Programme on development and conservation of indigenous breeds, theirpopulation has been declining and their performance is below the potential atpresent. Hence there was an urgent need to take up a scientific programme for theirdevelopment and conservation. Under the leadership of the Hon'ble Prime Ministerof India, "Rashtriya Gokul Mission", a new initiative under National Programme forBovine Breeding and Dairy Development has been launched in December 2014 forthe first time in the country, with a view to conserve and develop indigenous bovinebreeds.

The objective of any bovine breeding programme is genetic up-gradation ofCattle and Buffaloes and to achieve this, Artificial Insemination (A.I.) service needsto be robust. There are 302 million bovines in the country as per 20th Livestockcensus. The average productivity is 5 kg per day per animal at present. Theiraverage low productivity is a matter of concem. AI technicians have a crucial rolein transforming the bovine population from the state of low productivity to optimalproductivity. Hence there is a need to identify the best AI technician striving hardtowards 100% AI coverage so as to achieve the country's flagship programmeobjective of doubling of farmers' income.

Similarly, 1.86 lakh Dairy cooperative societies and Milk producer Companiesat village level are growth drivers as it involves about 2 cr dairy farmer as membersand act as a rural institution to provide the farmers market access for their produceand help in eaming remunerative price.

3. Categories:l.

ii.iii.

Best Dairy farmer rearing indigenous cattle breedsBest Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT)Best Dairy Cooperativei Milk producer Company/ Dairy Farmer ProducerOrganisation)

4. Objective:i. To motivate farmers to take up productivity enhancement of indigenous breeds

of milch animals in a scientific manner.

ii' To motivate Artificial insemination Technicians to take up 1,OO% AI coverage,under Rashtriya Gokul Mission ( RGM).

iii' To motivate Cooperative and Milk producer Companies to grow and to instilcompetitive spirit.

5. Eligibility:

Farmers maintaining any of the recognized indigenous breeds out of 50 breedof cattle and 17 breeds of buffaloes shall be eligible to apply for award.AI technicians of the stateruT Livestock Development Board/state /MilkFederations /NGo's and other private organizations having undergone AItraining for a minimum of 90 days shall be eligible to apply for the award.A Cooperative societyMPc/FPo set up at village level and is registeredunder Cooperative Act/ Companies Act collecting at least 100 litres of milkper day and having at least 50 farmer member.

6. Application process/procedure: Nomination procedure and Award Committees:

Media Plan:

a) wide publicity may be given through DAHD and NDDB web portal, e-Gopala appand also through sending emails to all stakeholders as carried out during earlierRGM awards.

b) Guidelines along with formats for nominations shall be communicated to all StateGovemments to distribute among all /State Govemmentsly'illage panchayats/ StateLivestock Boards/State Milk Federations/ District Milk Unions and Milk producerCompanies/ Farmer producer Organisations/ICAR InstitutesA]niversities/ NABARD/Department of Financial services (for communicating to the Banks) etc for generatingawareness about the Awards programme.

c) Awareness generation on eligibility, procedure, filling up of formats etc shall bemade through webinars by Publicity unit of DAHD.

d) Guidelines will also be made available to PIB for wider dissemination throughvarious media.

Procedure for filling up of form:

a) The farmers may directly download applications, fill up and upload filled upapplication directly to the DAHD/MHA website with the help of Commonservice centres (CSC) set up under Ministry of Electronics and InformationTechnology (MEITY) or any resource person may help farmers to fill up theapplication and upload into DAHD(www.dahd.nic.in)/MHA(www.mha.gov.in)website. Altematively, the Cooperatives, Farmer producerCompanies, Veterinary Officers may help the individual farmers or artificial

i)

ii)

iii)

b)

c)

inseminators to fill up and submit the form. This will fulfill the Jan Bhagidaricriteria.NIC, DAHD shall provide a link for submission of form for all three categories.

Option for Online filling up of form and submission: NIC Team in consultationwith NIC, MHA shall construct a software programme for online submission offorms in DAHD portal as well as MHA portal.

d) The software prograrune may have provision for auto cleaning ineligibleapplications received at DAHDMHA website and only eligible applications willbe made available for further screening by DAHD. It is expected that a largenumber of applications will be received.

e) An applicant in any of the three categories shall have the option to submitapplication in the link provided by NIC, DAHD or through online submissionsystem as and when ready.

One applicant can fill up one application only in one category. The submission ofapplication to the DAHD link shall commence on 15.07.2027 (12 Noon). The lastdate of application is 15.09.2021 (5 PM). Similarly, in case of online submissionalso date of commencement and last date shall be same as that of manualapplications (from 15.07.2027 to 15.09.2021). NIC, DAHD to arrange linkaccordingly. The MHA website may be available from 15.08.202'1.

The applicant shall fix his own photograph (approx 4 cm x 3 cm) in case ofindividual dairy farmer (Ist category) and individual artificial inseminationworker (2"d category). In case of Dairy Cooperative society (3,d category), thephotograph of Secretary of the cooperative is required to be fixed.

Incomplete application shall be summarily rejected. The application with wrongentry shall also be rejected.

Any applicant sending two applications shall be disqualified and both theapplications will be rejected.

The applicant filling up manual form for uploading the same into the linkprovided by DAHD shall use blue ink only. Name should be written in capitalletters clearly. Application with overwriting of Name and address shall berejected.

k) The scanned copies of Aadhar card and Bank account are to be submitted withthe manual applications in case of individual dairy farmers and artificialinsemination worker.

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h)

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l) In case of Cooperative societies, copies of relevant pages of society registrationnumber, clearly indicating the registration number, name and address of thesociety dully self attested by the Secretary of the society, Aadhar number ofSecretary of cooperative society and copy of bank passbook in the name ofcooperative society indicating the account number, IFSC code, CIF number, nameand address of the cooperative society.

Screening of Applications:

To access the applications received at MHA website, DAHD shall be given withaccess Code by the MHA for screenin1by a Committee under Joint Secretary(cattle & dairy Development). The Screening Committee, DAHD may if requiredalso outsource the screening of applications based on quantum of applicationsreceived. If required, the Screening Committee may conduct random fieldassessment for verification of information provided by the applicants.

The members of screening committee shall access the applications through a codeissued to them by NIC, DAHD in case of manual and online submission. NIC,MHA shall provide access code for accessing applications submitted online atMHA portal. The access shall be available from 15.09.202L to 30.09.2021. NIC,DAHD and NIC MHA to arrange access accordingly.

The screening Committee shall decide on methodology and criteria for screening.The process of screening shall be completed by 10.1,0.2021, by the screeningCommittee.

The screening Committee may hire manpower/agency for which required budgetprovision shall be kept in RGM scheme.

e) The Award Screening Committee may if required carry out physical verification/seek live video footage, nominate Central/state/Private officials to take up fieldverification. The Committee may in its satisfaction seek document proofsnecessary for screening.

The screening Committee shall maintain the confidentiality on selection ofcandidates for awards till the names of awardees are announced officially on3't.10.202-1.

8) The Screening Committee, DAHD shall sort out to select best applicants(preferably 5 in each category) and recommend the same to National AwardCommittee.

h) The Screening Committee shall reserve the right to reject application, decide onnumber of awardees to be recommended, involve/hire agencies in any stage of

a)

b)

c)

d)

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screening for smooth functioning and shall make such decision for timelysubmission of recommendation.

i) The Non-Official members of Screening Committee shall be entitled for TalDA asper General Finance Rules.

The National Award Committee and Award presentation

i) Finally a National Award Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary;DAHD shall select the final awardees (Total 9 numbers, 3 in each category)

k) The announcement of the Awards programme and its guidelines shall beannounced by Hon'ble Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & dairying on31" october 2027 (Birthday of shri sardar vallabh Bhai patel).

l) The award ceremony will be held on National Milk day, 26th November 2021 at aplace decided by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

m) Hon'ble Prime Minister/ Hon'ble FAHD Minister to present the awards as peravailability.

Requirement of fund:

a) Award amountb) For hiring of agency/manpowerc) For creation of software for online submission of applicationsd) Arrangement for awareness generation/publicity, if any.e) Expenditure involved in announcing and arranging Award Ceremony0 Any other relevant expenditure as decided by Award Committee headed by IS(CDD)

Fund shall be met from Budgeted provision of Scheme 'Rashtriya Gokul Mission'(RGM).

Award Management Committee:

i) Is(CDD)-Chairperson,ii) IC (RGM),iii) AC(DIDF & Dairy Trade),iv) US (IFD/Budget)v) AC(JICA),vi) AC(Cattle Breeding/RGM),vii) AC (SDCFPO).

viii) AC(Media & Publicity)ix) Tech Director, NIC

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The Award Management Committee shall be responsible for steering the award from itslaunching to award presentation. The committee shall issue necessary office orders/oMincluding Teams for carrying out various functions involved in Gopal Ratna Awards.

7 ' Composition of National Award Committee and Award screening committee:

7.1.. National Award Committee:

7.2.

i. Shri Tarun Sridhar - Ex-Secretary, DAHD as Chairpersonii. Secretary, DAHD - Memberiii. DG, Awards, D/O Home Affairs _ Memberiv. Secretary, DARE/ICAR - Memberv. Chairman, NDDB - Membervi. Dr Venkateswarulu Rao (padmasri 2019)_ Membervii. Dr G s Rajhoria, president, rndian Dairy Association- Memberviii. Dr Reena Arora, principal Scientist, NBAGR _ Member

Award Screening Committee:

foint secretary (Cattle & Dairy Deveropment), Department ofAnimal Husbandry & Dairying - ConvenerJoint secretary, Department of Agricurture Cooperation & farmerWelfareDirector, ICAR-NDRI- MemberDirector, ICAR-NBAGR Karnal - MemberExecutive Director - NDDBExecutive Director - NCDCJoint Commissioner (RGM)

i)

ii)

iii)iv)v)vi)vii)

8. Tentative time schedule;

a)Tentative Calendar of events:

1d June 2021 Launching of Awards

2-6 Jun2027Circulation of Award Guidelines to all stateGovemments/Milk Federations/Stakeholders

10th Jun 21 to 15th

August 21

Awareness generation/ publicity on Award byPublicity Unit DAHD. preparations for Award

S. No. Period Activitv

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1.5th July 2027 Commencement of submission of applicationform

15th September 2027Last date of Submission of application forawards by applicants.

15th - 30th September2021

Access of Screening Committee to theapplications received in portal/Link

1Oth October 2021Recommendation by Awards ScreeningCommittee.

75 -20 th October 2021National Screening Committee Meeting andfinalization of names of Award recipients.

31't October 2027Announcement of names of Gopal Ratna Awardrecipients by Hon'ble Minister for Fisheries andAnimal Husbandry & Dairyi

26'h November 2027Presentation of Gopal Ratna Awards by Hon,blePrime Minister/ Hon'ble Minister Minister forFisheries and Animal Husbandrv & Da

a)

b)

c)

d)

9. General References for Awards

Awarci amount in each category will be Rs. 5,00,000/-(Rupee five lakh only) for firstrank, Rs 3,00,000/- (Rupee three lakh only) for second rank and Rs 2,00,000/- (Rupeetwo lakh only) for third rank along with a certificate of merit and a memento.The successful awardees will be reimbursed the TA/OA restricted to second AC fare.In case of Cooperative/ Milk producer Companies only two persons fromCooperative/MPC including Secretary shall be considered for reimbursement ofTA/oa.In case of CooperativeMPC, the award amount shall be drawn in favour ofCooperativeiMPc account.Farmers/Artificial Insemination Technicians who have already been awarded underRGM shall not be eligible for the Gopal Rahra award 2021.

The category-wise formats to be filled up are at Annexure I to III.

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Annexure-l

cattle breeds

Farmer's

ph oto

Name of the Farmer:

Gender:

Age:

Education:

Address:

Mobile No:

Breed maintained:

lOnly breeds registered with NBAGR will quolily for iudgingl

Animal photo

Date

Place

Signature or Thumb lmpression of Farmer

(Name of the Farmer)

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PART B

AttributesTick appropriate choi

ceS. no.

1

Gender of the farmer

Male

Female

A

(i)

( ii)

B10-50

50-1 oo

Greater than 100

(i)

( ii)

( iii)

c No. of years engaged in rearing ot Dalry anlmals t

'1-5 years

Less l"r" ", y""-ffiffi

(i)

( ii)(iii)

2

A Breed Name

(i)

Adopted Breeding Method

Yes

ilAt rtana P. nan raad fhe information about the semen quality

(ii)

(iiii)

B

I

a

b

I (i)

Yes

No

a

b

ll Natural service (lactation yield of bulls , dlsease Iree status,

Yes

No

ffi bull, select oPtion

a

b

il (i)

n,gh genetic merit bull with disease free statusa

Bull with no recordsb

r (ii) tt ttre tarmer breeds his cow with a bull from otner source ; qoes tn

" farr", inquires about the Dam',s lactation yield and disease free

alafirc af tha lrtlll

Yes

No

a

b

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Frara raaarrtinn IPadir'ree data. Milk Vield feCOfdS, Calving feCOfdS)cYes

No

Adoption of Advanced Breeding technology

Sex sorted semen

Embryo transfer

NOI

I Feeding

a

b

D

i

a

b

( ii)

a

b

3.

--e,d comoutationA F

a ls adopting Ration Balanctng oy selT compulrrrg

ustng commercial readymade feed

Yes

No

b

B

a

b

c Fodder Management

Own cultivation

-

Procurement from outside

Fodder conservation

Hay/Silage

No conservation

Azolla cultivation

Housing

a

b

D

a

b

E

a

b4

A Housing TYPe

a Stall fed svstem

b Loose sYstem

Dry

Marshy

Clear

Stagnated

lilanoements to combat heat stress

B

a

b

ca

b

D

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ticks and flies entryES

a Ye

Nc

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b

E

a

b No

Yes

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5.A

a

b

B

a Yes

b No

Ooeslhe tarmer uses herbal preparal

Yes

No

Flarrrarmino

c

a

b

D

6nno in a veara

T.^riaa in a rtparbhlanac

T'rck control measure

Yes

No

i r.to aOove, methods adoPted

E

a

b

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a

b

c

7 Milk Marketing

I Sale of Milk ,, = , ;: ::;;,;;Thrar rnh n.ir, c..ffiroducer company

a eY,

bPvt Vendor

o-;;-' t:h;a Dahilc

llConversion into value Aooeq Preu I

aYES

Nob

8.A

a Yes

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b No

Bch/UPload P

No

Yes (Name of the DCS\

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a

b

ca

b

9.

A

a

b

B

a

b Making cow dung caKes

10.Milk Yield /daYA(ln Lts/anlmall1-5Ltsa

b 5-1ULIS

c More than 1OLtsrtive ealvinos

B Galving interval(Average Perlooof the animal)

12-15 months

a

b

c

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Annexure ll

Format of Nomination for National Gopal Ratna-ll Award for Artificial lnsemination

Part A

Date of Birth:

Al technician's

photo

Name of the Al technician:

Father's name:t

I

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1

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Sex:

Place of work:

Duration of Al training undergone (Minimum

of90 daYs is mandatory)

ExPerience in Al delivery

Education:(Attested copy.of Date of

?^inh' Educational

bertificates to be enclosed)

Email id, Mobile No' /Landline No'

Contact Address'I

1

Date:

Place:

Signature of the aPPlicant

(Name in Block letters)

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Part B -Al Service lnformation

S.No Attributes Tick appropriate box

1 GenderA Male

B Female2 Breeding

A

No. of A.l. done in the previous years

(2017-18)

(2018-19)

(201e-20)

B

No. of conception achieved out of Al doneduring the preceding year

(2017-18)

(2018-1e)

(201e-20)

No.of calves born in the preceding two years

3 Sanitary Measures

I

Wearing protective gloves, plastic apron

A Yes

B No

(ii)Proper thawing of straw

A Yes

BNo

(iii)Sanitizing Artificial lnsemination equipment

A Yes

BNo

(iv) All of the Above

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4% of INAPH Tagging in the allocated area

A 100o/o

B50o/o-100o/o

Less than 50%

5 Trainings undergone (Supported by certificates, upload pdflA AIT's other than Veterinarians

a.Basic training ( Not applicable for Veterinarians)

D

Refresher trainings attended in the last 3 years

B Veterinarians

aRefresher training attended in the last 3 years

6 Awareness creation amonq farmers

APashu Aadhar

BRation balancing

CMobile app e-Gopala

DReducing age at maturity in heifers

EReducing calving interval

7 Success stories on encouraging farmers to adopt Advancedreproductive technologies - Sex sorted semen, ETT/IVF( in detailwithphotoqraphs)

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Annexure-III

Format for Nomination for Best Dairy Cooperative/ Milk producer Company Award

[The Award to be conferred to the Village level cooperative society/village level milk producerCompany or collection centre. The Award to be received by President/Secretary of the Village levelDairy Cooperative Society/ village level milk Producer Company or collection Uniton behalf of theirOrganisationl

Photograph ofPresidenVSecretary of Coop/ MilkProducer

Part A

Name of the Cooperative Society/ Milk producerCompany

Established on date:

Registration Number:

PAN Number:

Bank account number:

Email id, Mobile No. Aandline No.

Contact Address:

Date: Signature on behalf of Organisation

(Secretary of Cooperative/ MPC/FPO)

Place: (Name in Block letters)

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Part B -Evaluation lnformation:

For Best Dairy Cqoperative/ Milk producer Company Award

LPD: Litres Per daY

S.No Attributes Remarks/Inf ormation

1 Registration of Coop/MPC, date of

Establishment, Registered Name.

2 Nos of farmer members.aJ Total Milk procured (litres per day)

Quantity and value of milk Pouredduring last audit year

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4 Payment cycle and regularity

5 AMCU/ DPMCU (OPerational/ Non-

operational) installed and functional

6 BMC capacitY utilization

7 Last Audit done. Whether regular

audit carried out

8 LaboratorY tests carried out

(adulteration, fat, aciditY, SNF and

I\/fElrJT\

9 Hygienic condition of the Coop/MPC

[regular cleaning (C), sufficient

lighting(L), sufficient ventilation (V)'

proper waste disPosal (W), ProPer

drainage system (D)l

10 Profltl Loss. Bonus distributed, loans

extended to farmers

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