waiver of ₹10,000 crore in income tax dues of cooperative sugar factories and the renewed growth of the sugar industry

 The Chief Minister also referred to the waiver of ₹10,000 crore in income tax dues of cooperative sugar factories and the renewed growth of the sugar industry through the Ethanol and Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) policies. He added that by permitting cooperative institutions to undertake 17 categories of activities in rural areas and facilitating financial assistance through the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), cooperatives have emerged as effective instruments of rural transformation.