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Shah Inaugurates Expanded Pravara Sugar Mill and First Cooperative CBG Plant, Urges Maharashtra to File Flood Damage Report

He framed ethanol-led diversification with NCDC backing as the engine for stronger cooperative finances.

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Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and other state ministers welcomed Shah when he arrived in Shirdi on Saturday evening. (@AmitShah)
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Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

Overview

  • Amit Shah announced that 15 cooperative sugar mills will be selected for National Cooperative Development Corporation funding to set up compressed biogas and potash plants.
  • The new Kopargaon unit is a ₹55 crore project slated to produce 12 tonnes of CBG and 75 tonnes of potash daily, with offtake tie-ups reported with GAIL, BPCL, IFFCO and RCF.
  • He said further central assistance for rain-hit farmers would follow once Maharashtra submits a detailed damage assessment, stressing that disbursal would not be delayed after receipt.
  • Shah cited crop losses across more than 60 lakh hectares and noted earlier central releases totaling ₹3,132 crore for 2025–26, alongside the state’s ₹2,215 crore relief package with cash aid and loan-recovery suspension.
  • During his one-day visit, he opened the expanded Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil cooperative sugar factory in Ahilyanagar and urged mills to adopt multi-feed ethanol production with NCDC financing support.