'When I retire, I will...': Amit Shah gives sneak peak into his retirement plans

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday gave a sneak peek into his retirement plans saying that he will take up natural farming and devote time to reading Hindu scriptures, including the Vedas and Upanishads.

“When I retire, I will spend time reading the Vedas, Upanishads and practicing natural farming,” Shah said while interacting with women associated with the cooperative sectors of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan during a ‘Sahkar Samvad’ event in Ahmedabad.

He said that natural farming is a scientific practice which gives many benefits. “Eating food produced without fertilizers and chemicals will keep you away from doctors and medicines. Moreover, production increases with natural farming,” the Home Minister said.

Shah added that he has already adopted natural farming on his fields and has seen an increase of almost one and a half times in production. “There are big factories of urea, DAP and MPK, but in natural farming, earthworms play the same role. They eat soil and convert it into manure. Natural farming does not harm the land, saves water and promotes good health,” Shah said.

The Minister also apprised that the Cooperative Ministry has formed a national-level cooperative institution for purchasing grains produced through natural farming. In addition, a cooperative society has been formed to export farmers’ crops and arrangements have been made to send the profit from export directly to farmers’ bank accounts.

Shah said, “Being the Home Minister of the country is a big deal, as Sardar Patel also held the same position. But when I was made the Cooperation Minister, I felt it was an even bigger department. This ministry works for the poor, farmers, villages and animals of the country.”