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visited Prayagraj and Ayodhya. The 7 groups of Students (Ganga), Teachers
(Yamuna), Professionals (Godavari), Spiritual (Saraswati), Farmers and
Artisans (Narmada), Writers (Sindhu) and Traders and Businessmen (Kaveri) were
named after seven sacred rivers of India. The Ministry of Education,
Government of India, is the nodal agency for this event with participation
from the Ministries of Culture, Tourism, Railways, Textiles, Food Processing
(ODOP), MSME, Information & Broadcasting, Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, IRCTC and related departments of Government of Uttar
Pradesh. *** SS/AK (Release ID: 1991618)
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URL: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1991622
Timestamp: 2023-12-30 12:05:43.099879
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Ministry of Cooperation Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri
Amit Shah unveiled the newly constructed building of Surendranagar District
Cooperative Bank Limited through video conferencing today Just as Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi has encouraged cooperatives, in the coming days
this Bank will fulfill all the responsibilities towards the cooperative
societies of every area in Surendranagar district It was during Modi ji's
tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat that interest free loans up to Rs 3
lakh were started in Gujarat Surendranagar District Cooperative Bank's annual
profit has reached Rs 7 crore, share capital of Rs 15 crore has become 34
crore, deposits of Rs 53 crore have reached 400 crore and KCC has increased
from 226 crore to 448 crore Surendranagar District Bank has given loans to
about 28 thousand farmers, including 19 thousand small and marginal farmers,
through more than 200 societies Government led by the Prime Minister Modi has
decided to establish 2 lakh PACS in the country, and Modi government is also
spending about Rs 2,500 crore for computerization of PACS Modi ji has worked
to make the bylaws of PACS uniform across the country, now PACS will also work
as CSC Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi ji, the new cooperative
policy will soon be implemented in the entire country, which is being brought
with the vision of creating infrastructure for the next 25 years to run
schemes like the world's largest food grain storage scheme Posted On: 29 DEC
2023 7:54PM by PIB Delhi Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri
Amit Shah unveiled the newly constructed building of Surendranagar District
Cooperative Bank Limited through video conferencing today. On this occasion,
Shri Amit Shah said that today is a very important day for Surendranagar
district as the state-of-the-art headquarters of Surendranagar District
Cooperative Bank is being inaugurated. He said that just as Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi has encouraged cooperatives, in the coming days this bank
will fulfill all the responsibilities towards the cooperative societies of
every area in Surendranagar district. Shri Shah said that the total cost of
construction of this building is Rs 10 crore, in which a conference hall with
a capacity of more than 100 people, provision of more than one thousand
lockers and advanced golden lockers as well as complete computerized core
banking facility will be available. Union Home Minister and Minister of
Cooperation said that with the formation of this bank in 1960, the rule of
moneylenders started ending and then with the delivery of Narmada river water
by Shri Narendra Modi, the income of farmers increased and farmers moved
towards scientific farming. He said that earlier farmers used to get loans at
about 17-18 percent interest, which Modi ji reduced to 7 percent. He said that
even before Shri Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, interest-free loans
up to Rs 3 lakh were started in Gujarat. Shri Shah said that today the annual
profit of this bank has reached Rs 7 crore, its share capital of Rs 15 crore
has become 34 crore, deposits of Rs 53 crore have reached 400 crore and KCC
has increased from 226 crore to 448 crore. He said that Surendranagar District
Bank has given loans to about 28 thousand farmers, out of which 19 thousand
are small and marginal farmers, through more than 200 societies. Shri Amit
Shah said that it has been decided that two districts should be taken as pilot
projects and such a system should be made that every co-operative institution
has its bank account in the co-operative bank only. He said that with the
initiative of Shri Narendra Modi, the Central Government has made plans to
increase the number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS). Shri Shah
said that for many years the PACS were being closed and their number had
reduced to 65000, but now the Modi government has decided to establish 2 lakh
more PACS in the entire country in addition to these 65000. The Central
Government is also spending about Rs 2,500 crore for their computerization.
Shri Shah said that Modi ji has worked to make the bylaws of PACS uniform
across the country. He said that till now the work of making 20 thousand new
PACS has been completed and now PACS are also being made CSCs. Now PACS will
also be able to run petrol and diesel pumps, fair price grain shops have also
been arranged, fair price medicine shops have also been given to PACS and urea
dealership is also being given to PACS. Union Minister of Cooperative said
that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the new cooperative policy
will soon be implemented in the entire country. Apart from this, this
cooperative policy is coming with the vision of cooperative for the next 25
years to create infrastructure to run many schemes like the world's largest
food grain storage scheme. He expressed confidence that in the coming years
Gujarat will rank first in the country in the field of cooperation. ******
RK/ASH/ RR/ PR/ AK (Release ID: 1991622) Visitor Counter : 475 Read this
release in: Urdu , Marathi , Hindi Ministry of Cooperation Union Home Minister
and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah unveiled the newly constructed
building of Surendranagar District Cooperative Bank Limited through video
conferencing today Just as Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has encouraged
cooperatives, in the coming days this Bank will fulfill all the
responsibilities towards the cooperative societies of every area in
Surendranagar district It was during Modi ji's tenure as the Chief Minister of
Gujarat that interest free loans up to Rs 3 lakh were started in Gujarat
Surendranagar District Cooperative Bank's annual profit has reached Rs 7
crore, share capital of Rs 15 crore has become 34 crore, deposits of Rs 53
crore have reached 400 crore and KCC has increased from 226 crore to 448 crore
Surendranagar District Bank has given loans to about 28 thousand farmers,
including 19 thousand small and marginal farmers, through more than 200
societies Government led by the Prime Minister Modi has decided to establish 2
lakh PACS in the country, and Modi government is also spending about Rs 2,500