PM Modi has live interaction with Hassan agri co-op functionary

Hassan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, conversed with a functionary of a agricultural cooperative society in Hassan, through a live TV conversation.
Basavegowda, secretary of Ugane Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Kyathanahalli, Hassan taluk, and his team attended the event. With the help of a translator, he replied to the PM’s queries, who asked about the cooperative’s history, progress, and current projects.The conversation was for around 15 minutes.
The society is located at Kyathanahalli, which is 18 km away from Hassan, and comes under Bylahalli gram panchayat.
“It was formed 44 years back. It involves 29 villages and has 2,300 members. Its annual transactions are worth Rs 50 crore. The farmers under the cooperative grow maize, ginger, areca, and potatoes as their main crops. It was formed mainly to make agricultural implements easily available to farmers, including pesticides and manure. A warehouse has been planned, which aims to store 1,200 metric tonnes of procurement. It is budgeted at Rs 40 lakh, of which Rs 32 lakh is sought under NABARD. This will benefit around 3,000 farmers in terms of reducing production cost and increase their profit, and as areca and maize will also be stored, farmers can pledge it towards loans. It will be finished in three months,” said Basavegowda, while responding to the PM’s queries.