New Delhi: Milk procurement in Gujarat has increased nearly five-fold over the past two decades, accompanied by a sharp rise in the prices paid to farmers, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah informed the Lok Sabha while replying to a question on the status of dairy cooperatives in the State. Shah said milk procurement, which stood at about 50 lakh litres per day in 2001–02, has now reached around 250 lakh litres per day in 2024–25, reflecting the sustained expansion of Gujarat’s cooperative-ba...Read More

Bharuch: BJP MLA Arunsinh Rana has publicly taken a stand against the party in Dudhdhara Dairy election. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suspended nine candidates who are supporters of MLA Arunsinh Rana. 6 of them are from Bharuch district, while 3 are from Narmada district. State BJP chief CR Patil has introduced a model in which the party decides candidates for all cooperative elections in the State. In Dudhdhara dairy polls, Arunsinh Rana fielded his panel of candidates against riv...Read More

Rajkot: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will visit Rajkot on 22 September to inaugurate the statue of late minister Vitthal Radadiya. He will also address a cooperative bank function during his visit. Late Vitthal Radadiya's son Jayesh is heading a cooperative bank in Rajkot. He recently met with Amit Shah, photograph of which went viral amid speculations of State cabinet expansion soon. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: Acting on a complaint filed by Surat district cooperative leader and Pradesh Congress General Secretary Darshan Nayak, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Gujarat State, has written to the General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India’s Department of Supervision. The letter urges the Central Government to seek the resignation of directors in cooperative banks who have completed 10 years of service and to implement the relevant new reforms. Meanwhile, Darshan Nayak alleged that despi...Read More