Move over ‘ Kaun Banega Crorepati’ — Gujarat’s women farmers are hitting the jackpot not on TV screens, but in their own backyards. Leading the charge is 60-year-old Navalben Chaudhary, a milk producer who raked in an astonishing ₹2.04 crore last year through dairy farming.

Navalben was among the top 10 women producers honoured at the Annual General Meeting of Banas Dairy, the largest milk-collecting cooperative in Gujarat recently. In the last fiscal, 14 women milk producers earned ₹1 crore or more by supplying milk to Banas Dairy — a leading member of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets the iconic Amul brand.

Navalben, who has never attended school, began her dairy journey with just 15 cattle. Today, she manages nearly 300 cows and buffaloes. “Sh

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