The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed a two-day National Conference of State Cooperation Ministers in New Delhi today
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi wants to bring a positive change in the lives of crores of poor by making the cooperative sector a strong pillar of the economy
Ministry of Cooperation is trying to take the number of PACS to three lakhs in five years
Development of any sector is not possible without a database, the Ministry of Cooperation is creating a national database of the cooperative sector
In the next 2 months, government will form a multi-state cooperative of seed culture and marketing and certification of organic products, which will directly benefit farmers involved in organic farming
Government of India will be setting up a multistate export house which will export khadi products, handicrafts and agriculture products to the world market
Several new dimensions are to be added to PACS through model bylaws which will bring transparency, accountability and dynamism in cooperatives
All States will have to work together in the spirit of Team India to strengthen the cooperative sector and as trustees, the cooperative sector will have to be strengthened in their respective States.
Cooperatives should make large contribution to the aim of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in making the country’s economy a US $ 5 trillion economy and in the next 100 years, the cooperative sector must definitely be a part of the Indian economy
Equal development of cooperative sector will be ensured by considering every State equally in the new Cooperative Policy
It is time for the cooperative sector to once again earn everyone’s trust by empowering itself according to the needs of the times
Along with mass production, production by the masses is also very important for the development of our economy and this can be possible only through the cooperativemodel
The focus of the co-operative policy of government led by Shri Narendra Modi is – free registration, computerization, democratic elections, active membership, professionalism in governance and leadership, professionalism, transparency, responsibility and accountability
If there is special participation of youth and women in the cooperative sector, then the sector will go a long way
The government led by Shri Narendra Modi is also formulating a policy idea that along with short term finance PACS should also be involved in medium and long term financing
