Itanagar: Two Arunachal Pradesh entrepreneurs, Baman Siri and Michi Amung were felicitated for their meritorious achievements in the field of Economic Growth by the Association for Economic Growth of India (AEG).

Bamin Siri is the Chairperson of the Ziro Poultry Co-operative Farmers Society Limited (ZPCFS) and Michi Amung is Chairperson of Ridge Multipurpose Co-operative Society Limited (RMCS).

The duo had been nominated for the global award by the AEG from among many candidates in the field of economic activity from India.

The awards were presented by Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Dr VB Soni, along with Consulate General of India Office Vice Consul Lawlesh Kumar and Indonesia Kuta PRO Wayan Sukrata.

While he was the secretary of the ZPCFS, the state government had awarded the Best Livestock Cooperative Society Award in 2007 to the ZPCFS, and during the International Year 2012, the then president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, had conferred the Biennial Award for Cooperative Excellence to the ZPCFS.

During the World Veterinary Day celebration on 28 April, 2012, the then veterinary, animal husbandry & dairy development minister, Setong Sena, had conferred the Best Livestock Cooperative Society Award in the field of poultry husbandry to the ZPCFS.

Siri served as the Vice Chairman of the Arunachal Pradesh Consumer Cooperative Federation Ltd from 2018 to 2022, and is currently in the Board of Directors of the federation.

The other awardee, Michi Amung, who received the award in the category of ‘cooperative societies’, is the founder chairperson of the RMCS Ltd. Founded in 2018, the society imparts various training in livestock, and agri-horti and handloom sectors, in collaboration with experts from the fields.

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