NEW DELHI: Looking for to extend footprint of cooperatives and strengthen dairy sector, Union cooperation minister Amit Shah Thursday launched a number of initiatives, together with White Revolution 2.0, nationwide rollout of RuPay Kisan Credit score Playing cards for dairy farmers, and set up of micro-ATMs at dairy cooperative societies.
“No panchayat within the nation will stay with out PACS in coming years,” Shah mentioned on the event, throughout which tips on forming and strengthening two lakh new multi-purpose Major Agriculture Credit score Societies, and first dairy and fishery cooperative societies in villages/ panchayats have been launched.
The important thing elements of White Revolution 2.0 embrace 4 focus areas — empowering ladies dairy farmers, enhancing native milk manufacturing, strengthening dairy infra, and boosting dairy exports. The programme is likely one of the 10 initiatives un dertaken within the first 100 days of Modi govt’s third time period.
“Thirty-six lakh ladies in Gujarat are concerned within the dairy sector, they usually do complete enterprise price Rs 60,000 crore. This new initiative will deal with empowering ladies and additional strengthening the combat towards malnutrition,” Shah mentioned.
Underneath White Revolution 2.0, the goal of milk procurement by dairy co-op societies will likely be elevated by 50% over the subsequent 5 years by offering market entry to dairy farmers in uncovered villages/ panchayats and growing the share of the organised sector in milk procurement.
“We not have to import any dairy equipment from the Netherlands or Japan. Their 100% manufacturing will happen in India. In a method, now we have moved forward with the aim of turning into utterly self-sufficient within the dairy sector,” Shah mentioned. He additionally assured full budgetary assist for the programme underneath White Revolution 2.0, saying it’s a prime precedence sector for the govt..
“No panchayat within the nation will stay with out PACS in coming years,” Shah mentioned on the event, throughout which tips on forming and strengthening two lakh new multi-purpose Major Agriculture Credit score Societies, and first dairy and fishery cooperative societies in villages/ panchayats have been launched.
The important thing elements of White Revolution 2.0 embrace 4 focus areas — empowering ladies dairy farmers, enhancing native milk manufacturing, strengthening dairy infra, and boosting dairy exports. The programme is likely one of the 10 initiatives un dertaken within the first 100 days of Modi govt’s third time period.
“Thirty-six lakh ladies in Gujarat are concerned within the dairy sector, they usually do complete enterprise price Rs 60,000 crore. This new initiative will deal with empowering ladies and additional strengthening the combat towards malnutrition,” Shah mentioned.
Underneath White Revolution 2.0, the goal of milk procurement by dairy co-op societies will likely be elevated by 50% over the subsequent 5 years by offering market entry to dairy farmers in uncovered villages/ panchayats and growing the share of the organised sector in milk procurement.
“We not have to import any dairy equipment from the Netherlands or Japan. Their 100% manufacturing will happen in India. In a method, now we have moved forward with the aim of turning into utterly self-sufficient within the dairy sector,” Shah mentioned. He additionally assured full budgetary assist for the programme underneath White Revolution 2.0, saying it’s a prime precedence sector for the govt..
