Prime
Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of 22
projects worth over Rs 870 crore in Varanasi around 1 PM during his visit on
Thursday. Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Narendra Modi.

Among the
key projects, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the
“Banas Dairy Sankul” at the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial
Development Authority Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi. Spread across 30 acres
of land, the dairy will be built at a cost of about Rs 475 crore and will have
a facility for processing five lakh litres of milk per day, the PMO said.

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The PMO
also said the dairy project would strengthen the rural economy and help the
farmers of the region to become self-sufficient.

PM Modi,
meanwhile, will make a digital transfer of a bonus of about Rs 35 crore to the
bank accounts of more than 1.7 lakh milk producers associated with the Banas
Dairy. The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for a biogas-based
electricity generation plant for a Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union plant in
Varanasi’s Ramnagar, the statement said. It will be a key step towards making
the plant energy self-sufficient, the PMO said.

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PM Modi
will also launch a portal and a logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment
Scheme of milk products, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with
the help of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The unified logo,
featuring both the BIS logo and the NDDB quality mark, will simplify the
certification process for the dairy sector and reassure the public about dairy
product quality.

In
another effort to reduce the number of land ownership issues at the grassroots
level, PM Modi will virtually distribute the rural residential rights record,
“Gharauni”, under the Swamitva scheme of the Union Ministry of
Panchayati Raj to over 20 lakh residents of Uttar Pradesh, the PMO said.

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“In another effort to reduce the land ownership issues at grassroots level, the Prime Minister will virtually distribute the rural residential rights record ‘Gharauni’ under the Swamitva scheme of Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, to over 20 Lakh residents of Uttar Pradesh,” the PMO said.