8 crore lpg gas connections weremade available under the ujjawala yojanathe vice president also highlighted the need for water conservationwater crisis is possible in the coming days in fact it can be seen even now but we are not paying much attention to it joining rivers cleaning them conserving lakes and reducing reusing and recycling water is a vital mantra he saidthe vice president appealed to people to participate in projects undertaken by the governmentthe country has this mentality that every work will be done by govenrment and we can sit idle this will not do whether it is clean india clean water programme or beti padhao beti bacho fitness india or yogaall these programmes should become peoples programmes with peoples participation and this is vital for their success he saidnaidu hailed the brand amul as the successful example of peoples participationthis is a great revolutionary story of india gujarat anand and amul he saidamul is a cooperative dairy company based at anand formed in 1956 it is a cooperative brand managed by the gujarat cooperative milk marketing federation ltd which today is jointly owned by 36 million milk producers in gujaratproper training and mentoring is a prerequisite to turn village farmers into successful entrepreneurs the vice president said while highlighting the importance of institutes like irmawhite revolution was achieved not by mass production but production by masses this helped small and marginal farmers to reap the benefits of the economy of scale he saidfor the dream of decentralised village industry to materialise we will need sufficient number of welltrained professionals to manage such industry and institutes he said adding that the rural economy will be vital for india to become a 5 trillion economyhe also recalled prime minister narendra modis promise of doubling the income of farmersour prime minister has given a call to double farmers income by 2022 if this has to be achieved we need to adopt a multipronged approach there has to be a renewed approach to agro industries cold storage warehousing food processing dairies fisheries value addition etc he saidthe vice president further said technology will open up new business ventures for farmers in rural india by way of digital payment and ecommercecommenting on onion price he said sometimes low price tears in the eyes sometimes high prices again tears in the eyes he saidnaidu also visited parikrama exhibition on the nddb campus showcasing the genesis of nddb and operation flood or white revolution