Central funds for 15 sugar mills to help set up biogas units: Shah

Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Sunday said 15 cooperative sugar mills across the country will be selected for National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) funding to set up compressed biogas (CBG) and potash production plants.

- HTC and agencies

Speaking at the inauguration of a CBG unit, a spray dryer and potash granule manufacturing facility at Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Kolhe Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in Kopargaon tehsil of Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar district, Shah said the projects mark a new chapter in India's cooperative sector.

"I want to tell director Vivek Kolhe that this work will spread across the country. The Modi government will select 15 cooperative sugar mills for NCDC funding to set up such plants on their premises. It will be a new beginning," he said.