Amit Shah Inaugurates EARTH Summit 2025 | 06 Dec 2025

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Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the EARTH Summit 2025 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, in the presence of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and several dignitaries. 

EARTH Summit 2025

Key Points 

  • About: The EARTH Summits (three-part series) aim to strengthen the rural economy, resolve issues across four ministries linked to rural development, and produce a national policy framework by the final summit in Delhi next year. 
    • It brings together 10,000+ delegates, 1,200 corporates, 500 experts, 300 startups, and 250 exhibitors to build a collaborative framework for rural innovation, cooperative-driven growth, and PM Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat. 
  • Organiser: The summit is jointly organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).  
  • Digital Launches: During the event, the Home Minister launched 13+ new cooperative digital services under Sahakar Sarathi, including Digi-KCC, Cooperative Governance Index, ePACS, Grain Storage Application, Shiksha Sarathi, and technology forums to unify rural and urban cooperative banks. 
  • Technology Integration: NABARD’s Sahakar Sarathi platform will place all cooperative banks under one tech umbrella, offering modern banking tools, real-time tracking, KYC, documentation, and e-KCC services comparable to global credit systems. 
  • Model Replication: Gujarat’s “Cooperation Among Cooperatives” experiment, where cooperatives bank within the cooperative system has generated thousands of crores in low-cost deposits, a model set to be replicated nationally. 
  • Organic & Natural Farming: India now has 49 lakh natural farmers, and 40+ organic products are available online. A national organic lab network with Amul and Bharat Organics will boost exports, aiming for 20% global market share by 2030 and 40% by 2035.