Under White Revolution 2.0, the target should be to form a state-level union in every state and UT and milk unions in 80 per cent of the districts of the country
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated the “Workshop on Sustainability and Circularity in the Dairy Sector” in New Delhi. Sustainability, efficiency and circularity of resources in the dairy sector will help realise Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi. ‘
In his address, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah said that when we are moving towards the White Revolution 2.0, the importance of sustainability and circularity takes precedence. He said that apart from what they have achieved so far with the help of the first White Revolution, sustainability and circularity in the dairy sector are still to be fully accomplished. Shah said that the main goal of White Revolution 2.0 is sustainability and circularity and we need to take care of it from the very beginning of White Revolution 2.0.
Amit Shah said that India’s dairy sector plays a huge role in the country’s development as well as rural development and in making landless and small farmers prosperous. He said that it has taken care of our country’s nutrition, contributed in making the country the world’s number one milk producer and also provided additional income to farmers apart from agricultural income.
Amit Shah said that India’s agriculture system is based on small farmers and their migration from villages to cities is associated with their prosperity. He said that dairy is an important option to make small farmers prosperous and to overcome the problem of rural migration. Shah said that this seminar will prove to be very useful for working with a holistic approach to explore all the possibilities of the dairy sector to the fullest.
Amit Shah said that the objective of cooperatives is to earn profit as well as to put “people first”. He said that we can realise the principle of “profit for people” only through cooperatives. He said that today the release of the “Margdarshika” on circularity in the dairy sector, NDDB’s schemes for financial assistance to small, large and compressed biogas projects and the launch of NDDB and Sustain Plus projects have also taken place.
