Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will dedicate the Sulphuric Acid Plant (SAP-III) of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) to the nation during his visit to Odisha on March 6. He will also inaugurate and launch several key development initiatives related to the cooperative and dairy sectors.
The Sulphuric Acid Plant has been set up at IFFCO’s facility in Paradip, where Shah will attend a function to formally dedicate the project to the nation.
Later, he will participate in a programme at the IDCO Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar, where multiple cooperative sector initiatives will be launched. These include the release of the State Cooperative Policy, the signing of an MoU to establish a school under Tribhuvan Cooperative University, and another MoU for the revival of Badamba Sugar Industries. The event will also mark the dedication of 1,567 Common Service Centres operated by PACS/LAMPS.
During the programme, need-based infrastructure for 141 PACS will be virtually inaugurated. Other initiatives include the launch of the RCS Office Portal, the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) portal of National Cooperative Organics Limited, “Coop Marque” developed by National Cooperative Exports Limited, and “Savidya,” an AI-enabled multilingual digital learning platform.
Initiatives related to Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED) will also be unveiled to strengthen the dairy sector. Registration certificates will be distributed to two milk producer cooperative societies, while grants will be released under the Chief Minister Kamdhenu Yojana. An MoU will also be signed with the National Dairy Development Board for the upgradation of a Training and Demonstration Centre.
A presentation on projects from various departments will also be shown during the event. In total, 69 projects worth ₹1,159.03 crore will be inaugurated, while foundation stones will be laid for 130 projects valued at ₹2,116.06 crore, further advancing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Sahkar se Samriddhi.”
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