Overview
- He set goals of forming at least one cooperative in every panchayat and enrolling over 50 crore active members to reach a threefold rise from 2023 levels.
- NABARD’s Sahakar Saathi suite was launched to place rural, district and urban cooperative banks on a unified platform with services for KYC, loan recovery and documentation, enabling future e-Kisan Credit Cards.
- Shah said the “cooperation among cooperatives” deposits model piloted in Banaskantha and Panchmahal will be implemented nationwide after refinements.
- He pointed to a tripling of the combined Rural Development, Agriculture and Cooperation budgets since 2014, reaching more than Rs 3.15 lakh crore in 2025–26.
- His three-day tour also features the Swadeshotsav 2025 expo and scheduled openings on December 7 of 861 PMAY EWS homes in Thaltej and 350 slum-rehabilitation homes in Nava Vadaj.