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Shah Touts Cooperative Reforms, Organic Farming in Gujarat as CM Says Sector Tops Rs 4 Lakh Crore

Leaders pair policy signals with local rollouts, from micro-ATMs to insurance cheques to a higher accident cover.

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  • At cooperative meetings in Rajkot, Amit Shah urged Saurashtra farmers to adopt organic cultivation and cut chemical inputs, saying the Centre is arranging better profits for organic produce.
  • Shah pointed to recent GST rate cuts on farm inputs as a festival-season gift for cultivators and referenced a three-year package of 60 measures to strengthen Primary Agricultural Credit Societies.
  • He said Bharat Organics and new cooperative entities for exports and seed farming are designed to return full margins on organic products to growers.
  • In Amreli, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel put Gujarat’s cooperative economy at over Rs 4 lakh crore, citing about 89,000 societies with 1.65 crore members.
  • The implementation push featured insurance cheque distributions, micro-ATM handovers to rural societies, and a local announcement raising farmers’ accident insurance cover to Rs 15 lakh.