Uttarkashi gets second prize in ODOP National Award
Uttarkashi district has received the second prize in the National One District One Product (ODOP) Award 2023 held in New Delhi. Uttarkashi has received this honor in the category of agriculture among about five hundred districts across the country. Whereas Uttarakhand has also got second place in the state award. With this achievement achieved the government’s campaign to convert agriculture into a profitable business in the state and the district, getting recognition and respect at the national level, will help in improving the lives of the common people in the state and provide them with new opportunities of livelihood.
Atma Nirbhar Bharat Utsav was organized under the chairmanship of Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal at Bharat Mandapam of Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The chief guest at the inauguration ceremony of the festival was Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar. During this period, Uttarkashi district has secured second place in the category of agriculture among the districts across the country for the cultivation of red paddy. District Magistrate Uttarkashi Abhishek Ruhela received the National ODOP Award for the runner up district. Whereas Uttarakhand state has also got second place among the states in the ODOP Award. While giving the National ODOP Award to Uttarkashi district in the districts category, the Central Government has appreciated the remarkable efforts made in the field of agriculture in the state and the district under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Chief Minister congratulated the state and district team.
This is how the selection for ODOP Award happened
Red paddy from Uttarkashi district was pre-nominated under One District One Product. The District Administration, Agriculture Department and Industry Department had applied to the Government of India for the National Award in the month of August last year. After which a team of the Government of India visited the district in the last month of October and November and investigated the claim of the district and found the claim of the district suitable on the set parameters.
In the National One District One Product (ODOP) Award, Red Paddy and Uttarkashi district became the subject of appreciation and respect among about 500 contending districts from across the country. There is a wave of joy in the district on this achievement.
