Assam Cooperation Minister Kaushik Rai held high-level discussions with Gujarat’s top cooperation and agriculture leadership at the Gujarat Secretariat, focusing on sugar price stability, market intervention and strengthening the cooperative sector in Assam.
Rai met Gujarat Cooperation Minister Jitubhai Vaghani, MoS Rameshbhai Katara and Gujarat State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd Chairman Ishwarsinh Patel. The meeting deliberated on recent fluctuations in sugar prices and proactive market intervention mechanisms aimed at maintaining price stability for consumers.
The discussions also shifted focus to Assam’s cooperative ecosystem, with both sides exploring strategic approaches to strengthen cooperatives in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Assam delegation included Additional Chief Secretary Biswa Ranjan Samal, IAS, GMDA CEO Anbamuthan MP, IAS, and Commissioner Hemanta Bhuyan. Gujarat Additional Chief Secretary Arunkumar M. Solanki, IAS, also participated.
The meeting highlighted the scope for greater inter-state cooperation and exchange of Gujarat’s cooperative-sector experience with Assam.
