Two lakh primary dairies will be set up at village level across the country in three years: Amit Shah
The Hindu
Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a mega dairy at Gejjalagere in Mandya, in Karnataka.
Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on December 30 said two lakh primary dairies will be set up at village level across the country in three years, which will associate farmers with the white revolution, and make India a big exporter in the milk sector.
He also complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for creating a separate Ministry of Cooperation and opening up the path of progress for India's farmers.
"Soon after independence Indian farmers had demanded that the Cooperative Ministry should be separate from the Agriculture Ministry, if someone had worked on it then, today the situation of Indian farmers would have been different," Mr. Shah said.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a mega dairy at Gejjalagere in Mandya, he said, "from this stage I want to tell all those associated with cooperatives across the country that no injustice will happen to them any more, this is the decision of the Government of India." Mr. Shah further said it has been decided to set up a primary dairy in every panchayat of the country, in the next three years, and for this Union Cooperative Ministry has prepared a three-year action plan.
"We will set up two lakh primary dairies at village level across the country in three years, through this we will associate farmers across the country with the white revolution, and with this India will become a big exporter in the milk sector," he added.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji - the head of Adichunchanagiri Math, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, State Cooperative Minister S. T. Somashekar were among others present at the event.
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