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GANDHINAGAR: Union Home minister Amit Shah inaugurated the EARTH Summit 2025 in Gandhinagar, giving a big fillip to the country’s march towards digitally empowered rural development and a robust cooperative ecosystem.

Being held by NABARD, the summit on rural innovation is intended to create a modern, technology-driven cooperative framework to achieve the vision of Gram Swaraj.

Addressing the gathering, the minister said the summit is part of a three-part national initiative aimed at revitalising agriculture, animal husbandry and cooperatives—sectors he called the backbone of the country’s rural economy.

He added that since 2014, the combined budget of the ministries of rural development, agriculture and cooperation has tripled to over Rs 3.15 lakh crore, reflecting the prioriti

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