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Amit Shah Backs Haryana’s Farm Push, Inaugurates Cooperative Projects

Shah framed Haryana’s cooperative-driven farm agenda as a template for channeling profits to producers.

Overview

  • At a KRIBHCO conference in Panchkula on December 24, Shah virtually opened a milk chilling centre in Salempur and a HAFED flour mill in Jatusana, and launched an International Year of Cooperatives portal.
  • He said Haryana has implemented MSP procurement for 24 crops with farmer payments released within 48 hours.
  • The minister distributed RuPay Platinum debit cards to beneficiaries, handed registration certificates to newly established model PACS, and released an IYC-focused publication.
  • He highlighted state measures including 85% subsidies under Per Drop More Crop and the construction of 2,088 Amrit Sarovars, and credited the chief minister with ensuring the country’s highest sugarcane prices.
  • Citing expanded central budgets and the Amul model, he promoted cooperatives to boost farmer incomes and signaled a forthcoming cooperative-based Bharat Taxi service.