Gandhinagar: After his visit last Sunday on February 15, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit his home state of Gujarat once again to attend a series of public and official programmes on February 17, 2026.

During this visit, Shah will inaugurate a mobile blood collection van provided through his grant as the Lok Sabha MP from Gandhinagar at Sola Civil Hospital, affiliated with GMERS Medical College, located on SG Highway in Gota, Ahmedabad, at around 10 am.

After that, Shah will participate in a high-level ‘Manthan’ meeting of Cooperation Ministers from States and Union Territories at Mahatma Mandir in Sector 13, Gandhinagar.

The meeting will be attended by Cooperation Ministers of all States and Union Territories, along with officers of the rank of Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, and Secretary. The platform will enable a comprehensive review of key initiatives of the Ministry of Cooperation, an assessment of progress made so far, an exchange of best practices and experiences from the States, and the preparation of a coordinated roadmap for the future.

Discussions will include the progress of establishing two lakh new multi-purpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), dairy and fisheries cooperative societies, aimed at providing fresh momentum to the rural economy. Deliberations will also be held on expanding the nationwide network of modern warehouses under the world’s largest grain storage plan, ensuring improved storage facilities, price stability, and better market access for farmers.

The meeting will also focus on the role, participation, and expectations of States in newly formed national-level cooperative institutions — National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL), and Bharatiya Beej Sahkari Samiti Limited (BBSSL) — to strengthen cooperatives in the areas of exports, organic farming, and quality seed supply.

Further, discussions will cover time-bound reforms in State cooperative laws, adoption of model legislation in line with the 97th Constitutional Amendment, enhancing the economic viability of cooperative sugar mills, promoting circularity and sustainability in the dairy sector, and the formation of new dairy cooperative societies in collaboration with Amul and NDDB.

In addition, States’ expectations regarding the computerisation of PACS and RCS offices, utilisation of the National Cooperative Database, human resource development and training, and improved implementation of schemes of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will be discussed, according to an official press release.

Later in the evening, he will attend a public function for the unveiling of a 21-foot-high statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Maharashtra Samaj Bhavan Road in Sector 21, Gandhinagar. DeshGujarat