Tripura: eight cooperative initiatives launched, including NCOL MoU on organic farming; ₹668 crore projects in Dhalai
Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched cooperative initiatives in Tripura and inaugurated or laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹668 crore in Dhalai on 22 December 2024.
Summary
Tripura got eight cooperative initiatives on 22 December 2024, launched by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha. The initiatives included an MoU between National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) and the Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency, a Smart Training Centre of the Tripura State Cooperative Union and mini seed kits for 500 farmers through NCCF. Shah said 50 primary cooperative societies of the Tripura State Cooperative Bank had been given micro ATMs and that Tripura had made significant progress on 41 of the 57 initiatives of the Ministry of Cooperation. In Dhalai district, Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹668 crore and visited the Haduklau Para Bru settlement colony; 38,000 Bru-Reang people have been resettled in 11 villages at a cost of ₹900 crore.
Key facts
- Date
- 22 December 2024
- Cooperative initiatives
- Eight, including NCOL–Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency MoU
- Other initiatives
- Smart Training Centre (Tripura State Cooperative Union); mini seed kits to 500 farmers via NCCF
- Micro ATMs
- 50 primary cooperative societies of Tripura State Cooperative Bank
- Ministry of Cooperation initiatives
- Significant progress on 41 of 57 in Tripura
- Dhalai projects
- Over ₹668 crore
- Bru-Reang resettlement
- 38,000 people in 11 villages, ₹900 crore
Practice MCQs 4 questions
National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) signed an MoU with which Tripura body on 22 December 2024?
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Correct answer: D — Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency
PIB (Ministry of Cooperation): the eight initiatives included an MoU between NCOL and the Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency.
According to the Union Cooperation Minister in December 2024, Tripura had made significant progress on how many of the Ministry of Cooperation's 57 initiatives?
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Correct answer: B — 41
PIB (Ministry of Cooperation): out of the 57 initiatives taken by the Ministry of Cooperation, Tripura has made significant progress in implementing 41.
Projects worth over how much were inaugurated or had foundation stones laid in Dhalai, Tripura, on 22 December 2024?
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Correct answer: A — ₹668 crore
PIB (MHA): Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹668 crore in Dhalai. The ₹900 crore figure relates to the Bru-Reang resettlement villages.
Consider the following statements about the Bru-Reang resettlement in Tripura, as described on 22 December 2024: 1. 38,000 Bru-Reang people have been resettled. 2. The resettlement covered 11 villages at a cost of ₹900 crore. 3. Haduklau Para Bru settlement colony is in Dhalai district. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 1, 2 and 3
PIB (MHA): all three statements are correct. 38,000 Bru-Reang people were resettled in 11 villages at a cost of ₹900 crore, and Amit Shah visited the Haduklau Para Bru Settlement Colony in Dhalai.