Uttar Pradesh

• 24 Dec 2021

Foundation Stone of Amul Project in Varanasi

Why in News

• On December 23, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Amul's Banas-Kashi Sankul project costing Rs 475 crore in Varanasi.

Key Points

• To ensure the quality and safety of dairy products, the Prime Minister also launched a certification mark, Dairy Mark, and digitally transferred a bonus amount of Rs 35 crore to the accounts of 1,70,000 farmers associated with Banas Dairy.
• A documentary based on the White Revolution was also presented on the occasion, in which the project and the concept of the ongoing state have been drawn.
• Under the Swamitva scheme, the Prime Minister distributed houses to 6 new landowners of the state with his own tax-lotus and distributed the house to 20 lakh families of the state.
• The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 27 projects worth a total of 2095 crores on the occasion. He also inaugurated the country's largest cow dung biogas plant at Ramnagar.
• It is to be known that India produces about 22 percent of the world's milk. Uttar Pradesh is the largest milk producing state in the country.