Overview

• At the renovated MACCIA headquarters, Union Home Minister Amit Shah joined CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde to inaugurate the facility and kick off a state-level cooperative conference
• He announced plans for a national cooperative database and the establishment of two lakh new Primary Agricultural Credit Societies offering integrated services to boost rural economies
• Shah said NAFED has started app-based procurement of corn and pulses at minimum support prices to give farmers better market access and support ethanol blending initiatives
• He cited over Rs7 lakh crore in Mumbai infrastructure investments, including a 337-km metro network, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and the Atal Setu trans-harbour bridge, as evidence of the government’s development drive
• Shah contrasted Rs7.82 lakh crore in central aid to Maharashtra during 2014–24 with Rs1.91 lakh crore under the UPA and credited irrigation investments for ending farmer suicides in the state