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=> Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Amul's Banas-Kashi Sankul project costing Rs 475 crore in Varanasi.

Key Points:

=> To ensure the quality and safety of dairy products, the Prime Minister also launched a certification mark, Dairy Mark, and digitally transferred a bonus amount of Rs 35 crore to the accounts of 1,70,000 farmers associated with Banas Dairy.

=> A documentary based on the White Revolution was also presented on the occasion, in which the project and the concept of the ongoing state have been drawn.

=> Under the Swamitva scheme, the Prime Minister distributed houses to 6 new landowners of the state with his own tax-lotus and distributed the house to 20 lakh families of the state.

=> The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 27 projects worth a total of 2095 crores on the occasion.

• He also inaugurated the country's largest cow dung biogas plant at Ramnagar.

=> It is to be known that India produces about 22 percent of the world's milk.

=> Uttar Pradesh is the largest milk producing state in the country.