Question : DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVES IN GUJARAT



(a) whether the Government of Gujarat has urged the Union Government to develop the cooperatives situated in Saurashtra and Kutch in North Gujarat which were relegated during 1970; and

(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)


(a) & (b): No such proposal has been received from Government of Gujarat to develop the cooperatives situated in Saurashtra and Kutch in North Gujarat. However, under Flood II Project, Saurashtra and Kutch in North Gujarat were covered through Gujarat Dairy Development Corporation Ltd. (a State Government Enterprise). Government of India had disbursed Rs.17.42 crore to seven districts of Saurashtra and Kutch through National Dairy Development Board under Operation Flood II Project during 1978-85.