Gangtok: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah arrived in Sikkim's capital Gangtok on Friday (October 10). Hundreds of people reached here to welcome Amit Shah on the roadside. Shah then reached Raj Bhavan in Gangtok and unveiled a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. State Governor Ganga Prasad was also present on the occasion.  

As per the schedule, Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Eastern and North-Eastern Region Dairy Cooperative Conference in Gangtok. During this, the Home Minister said that the Narendra Modi government has decided to set up about 65,000 active PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Committees). We have decided that within 5 years, every panchayat will have a PACS and a dairy. He said that till now cooperatives have been run by the Joint Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, but the Ministry of Cooperation should be discussed to empower the farmers, craftsmen, fishermen, and tribals of the country through cooperatives.  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that, in the 75 years of independence, the Northeast was considered only a tourist destination, but after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, the real development of the Northeast started.  

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