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Nation PM's Gujarat visit

COOPERATIVES TO PROP-UP

'POOR'S WELFARE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached his home state Gujarat on May 28 which
owes significance as his Government completes 8 years in the next two days.
The Prime Minister, who gave the country's first cooperative ministry, addressed
the leaders of cooperative institutions in Gandhi Nagar on the theme 'Sahakar Se
Samriddhi', inaugurated the Nano Urea Plant built at Kalol, and visited the newly

built Matushree KDP Multispecialty Hospital at Atkot, Rajkot...

here is a solution to many of India's problems strong example of the success of cooperatives
in self-reliance. And a great model of self- in Gujarat. Similarly, the woman of Gujarat origin
Treliance is- 'cooperative'. In order to realize started Lijjat Papad which has also become
the vision of 'Cooperative to Prosperity', Prime multibrand. The Central Government has given
Minister Narendra Modi not only constituted the Padma Shri award to a woman of Gujarat
a separate Ministry of Cooperation but also origin who started Lijjat Papad and is now above
entrusted the responsibility of this Ministry to 90 years of age and lives in Mumbai.
Union Minister Amit Shah. The biggest power of India is the largest milk producer in the world
co-operative is to increase the strength of the and Gujarat has a major role to play in it. Today
organization through the trust, cooperation, and India produces milk worth about Rs 8 lakh crore
collective power of the people and the power of in a year. Here about five and a half thousand milk
all. This is the guarantee of India's success in the cooperative societies are being run by women.
period of Amrit Kaal. Similarly, the entire sector of animal husbandry
There are many models of empowering the is about 9 lakh crore rupees, which is a big
rural economy through cooperatives, in which support for small farmers, landless workers, and
the success of Amul India and Lijjat Papad of laborers of India. In order to give strength to the
Gujarat is in front of everyone. Amul milk is a cooperative, the government has made it at par

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