Amit Shah hails PM Modi’s Global Biofuels Alliance, says “sugarcane farmers will benefit the most from it”

New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday praised Prime Minister Modi’s establishment of the Global Biofuels Alliance during the G20 summit and called it a ‘matter of good fortune’ for sugarcane farmers.

He said that the alliance, with its headquarters in Gurugram, offers a global platform for exporting sugarcane products for our sugarcane farmers, cooperatives and other sugar mills.

“PM Modi just held a meeting of G20 and formed the Global Biofuels Alliance and we all know that by setting up the alliance’s headquarters in Gurugram…Whatever you make, whatever sugarcane you produce, Modi Ji has put a platform to export all of it to the world in G20 and it is a matter of good fortune for our farmers…I am sure that our sugarcane farmers, our cooperatives and other sugar mills will benefit the most from it,” Shah said.

As per the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) is a multi-stakeholder alliance of governments, International Organizations and Industries, an initiative by India as the G20 Chair, bringing together the biggest consumers and producers of biofuels to drive development and deployment of biofuels.

The initiative aims to position biofuels as a key to energy transition and contribute to jobs and economic growth, as per the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Global Biofuels Alliance.

Shah also said that over the past decade, there has been progress in every sector of the country, including the sugar industry, since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister.

“In the past 10 years, since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, there has been progress in every sector of the country, including the sugar industry. In 2013-14, the area under sugarcane cultivation was 5 million hectares, and today, in 10 years, we have successfully expanded it to 6 million hectares, marking an 18 per cent increase. Sugarcane production was 352 million tonnes and now stands at 491 million tonnes, which is a 40 per cent increase. Gross sugar production has also seen a 58 per cent rise,” Shah said.

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah said this while attending the ‘Sugar Conclave and National Efficiency Award 2022-23’ ceremony as chief guest in the national capital on Saturday.

The award ceremony was organised by the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) Limited.

As per the Ministry of Cooperation, the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) is an apex body comprising all 260 cooperative sugar factories and nine state sugar federations across the country.