According to the media reports, the Pulpally Milk Cooperative Society in Wayanad, Kerala has won the National Gopal Ratna Award for excellence in livestock and dairy sectors.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala will give away the award on National Milk Day at Guwahati on Sunday. The award carries a purse of ?5 lakh and a citation.
This is the third consecutive year that a milk cooperative in the district is receiving the coveted honour. Milma chairman K.S. Mani said the achievement showed the strides Kerala had been making in milk production.