PM visits IFFCO stall in Varanasi; talks on Nano urea & NaMo Drones

During his trip to Varanasi on Monday where he launched multiple development projects, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also visited IFFCO’s stall in Barki village and interacted with women telling them about the benefits of Nano Urea and Namo Didi drone schemes.

Modi visited Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra campaign in Village Barki, Block Sewapuri in Varanasi. Earlier, he laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,150 crores in Varanasi.

Elated with PM’s visit to one of its stalls, IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi thanked him profusely for his words of encouragement.

Awasthi tweeted “Today, Honorable Prime Minister Shri visited the stall set up by IFFCO under the Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra campaign in Village Barki, Block Sewapuri, Varanasi. In the program, the Prime Minister discussed farmer drones and Nano fertilizers and also talked about the NaMo Drone Didi scheme. We at IFFCO heartily thank the Prime Minister for visiting the IFFCO stall and expressing his views.”

Interacting with people Modi said the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra has reached thousands of villages and cities where crores of citizens are connecting with it. He said VBSY Vans are being referred to as the ‘Modi Ki Guarantee Ki Gadi’ by the people.

“Government aims to include all eligible citizens who are entitled to government schemes”, the Prime Minister said emphasizing that it is the government which is reaching out to the citizens and not the other way round.

“Modi Ki Guarantee Ki Gadi is a super hit”, the Prime Minister said observing that thousands of beneficiaries who remained deprived earlier, have been connected with VBSY in Varanasi.

The Prime Minister expressed immense satisfaction with the self-confidence of Anganwadi children and also appreciated his interaction with Smt Chanda Devi, a beneficiary and a Lakhpati Didi during his VBSY visit. Throwing light on his learning experience of the VBSY, the Prime Minister said, “VBSY is a traveling university for those working in the public domain.”

The Prime Minister stressed the development of Nari Shakti, Yuva Shatki, the farmers and the poor as a prerequisite to Viksit Bharat. “These are the only four castes for me, and strengthening them will strengthen the nation”, Shri Modi emphasized. He also touched upon Namo Drone Didi program where women associated with self-help groups will be provided training.

Referring to the upcoming modern Banas Dairy plant where Banas Dairy is investing more than Rs 500 crores and running a campaign to increase dairy livestock, PM Modi said that Banas Dairy will prove to be a boon for farmers of Banaras.

Banas Dairy plants are already running in Lucknow and Kanpur. This year, Banas Dairy has paid more than one thousand crore rupees to the farmers of more than 4 thousand villages of UP. In the programme, Banas Dairy deposited more than 100 crore rupees in the accounts of UP dairy farmers as dividends.

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya, and Ministers from the Government of Uttar Pradesh were present on the occasion.