PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh Limited, Kulha based in Udham Singh Nagar district has been presented the Rashtriya Gopal Ratna Award (NGRA) 2025 under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. Notably, this is the highest national honour to the livestock and dairy sector of the country. The committee received this award based on its best performance among dairies in 11 States of the Northeast and Himalayan region.
The Kulha dairy committee has been operating since 1991 and its most significant feature is that all of its more than 300 members are women. The committee’s president, Draupadi Devi, who is being elected unopposed for the past 15 years, said that it is proving to be an inspiring instrument of rural women’s empowerment. Currently, it supplies approximately 1,100 litters of milk daily. Having never suffered a loss since its inception, the dairy has been consistently posting profits and distributing bonuses to its members every year.
