Amit Shah inaugurates EARTH Summit in Gujarat

Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the EARTH Summit 2025 on Friday in Gandhinagar, where he launched more than 13 new services and products under the ‘Sahakar Sarathi’ initiative. The new offerings include Digi KCC, Campaign Sarathi, Website Sarathi, Cooperative Governance Index, ePACS, the World’s Largest Grain Storage Application, Shiksha Sarathi and Sarathi Technology Forum. Addressing the summit, Shah said this second edition is part of a series of three EARTH Summits aimed at strengthening the rural economy and finding result-oriented solutions for rural development. He said major issues linked to four ministries associated with the rural economy would be resolved through deliberations held across the summits, culminating in a policy framework at the third meeting in Delhi next year. Shah said that Mahatma Gandhi had emphasised that India’s development vision must keep villages at the centre, but this principle was neglected after Independence. Agriculture, animal husbandry and cooperatives remained overlooked for decades, he said, adding that a shift began in 2014 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, placing rural development at the core of national progress.

मोदी जी ने गांधी जी के ग्राम स्वराज के सिद्धांत को पुनर्जीवित कर उसे साकार किया है। pic.twitter.com/bqfU6wvWhT

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 5, 2025

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat Legislative Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary, Agriculture & Cooperation Minister Jitu Bhai Vaghani, Deputy Speaker and NAFED Chairman Jetha Bhai Ahir, Cooperation Secretary Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Gujarat State Cooperative Bank Chairman Ajay Bhai Patel and NABARD Chairman Shaji K.V. were among those present.

(State Correspondent)