Amit Shah addresses the 42nd Foundation Day function of NABARD as the chief guest at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

Amit Shah addressed the 42nd Foundation Day function of NABARD as the chief guest at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

On this occasion Amit Shah also distributed Micro-ATM cards to milk societies and RuPay Kisan Credit cards to the members of these societies.

Many dignitaries including Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, Shri Gyanesh Kumar and Chairman NABARD Shri K.V.Shaji were also present.

In his address, Shri Amit Shah said that India which has about 65 percent rural population cannot be imagined without NABARD. He said that, NABARD has worked as the backbone of this country's rural economy, infrastructure, agriculture, cooperative institutions and  self-help groups of this country for last 4 decades. Shri Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi not only the cities of India, but the villages are also becoming self-sufficient today. Along with this, our agricultural economy, which is considered to be the soul of the rural economy, is also growing very rapidly and in the agricultural economy, co-operative sector is connected in such a way that it cannot be separated. He said that NABARD has played a huge role in helping the self-help groups to stand on their feet which enabled every person of village especially mothers and sisters to become self-reliant and establish themselves in the society with respect.