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Business Standard
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- Business Standard
Govt unveils cooperative policy to boost sector with 500 mn members
The Centre today unveiled a new National Cooperative Policy, the first since 2002, that calls for creating a task force to include 500 million people within the ambit of cooperatives, up from the current 300 million, and ensuring autonomous functioning and democratic member control of cooperatives. The policy, which seeks to enhance the sector's contribution to the Indian economy by three times in the next 10 years, also calls for raising the number of cooperative societies by 30 per cent from the current 830,000. Releasing the policy, Union Minister for Cooperatives Amit Shah said that one major objective of the policy is to ensure that every village should have at least one functional cooperative, while each tehsil in the country should have at least five model cooperative villages. The policy has also called for ensuring free and fair elections for the Board of Directors and office bearers of cooperatives. Though there is no direct statistic on the share of cooperatives in India's total GDP, sector-wise data shows that cooperatives account for around 14 per cent of total agricultural credit, 25 per cent of fertiliser production, and 31 per cent of sugar production as of 2016-17. They also hold an 85 per cent share in liquid milk distribution and around 15 per cent of total storage available. The implementation of the policy, which was framed by a panel of experts chaired by former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu, will be monitored at the national level by a two-tier mechanism chaired by Cooperative Minister Amit Shah. Among other recommendations, the National Policy seeks to encourage branding of all organic, agricultural, and dairy products under the aegis of the 'Bharat' Brand as an umbrella brand, while also leveraging the established brands of the states. It also calls for setting up a 'Cooperative Stack' for data-driven decision-making and enhanced service delivery. The policy urges Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) to work as 'Bank Mitra' of District Cooperative Banks to provide banking products and services to members at their doorsteps. Revamping cooperative credit system A) Form a task force to holistically examine the challenges faced by cooperative credit institutions and suggest measures to address them. B) Infuse democratic, transparent, and data-driven decision-making in cooperatives. C) Promote the production of pulses, oilseeds, and maize through farmer members of primary cooperatives. D) Promote exports of cooperative sector products to international markets.
Hindustan Times
8 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Bengal: TMC worker, local Leader's nephew killed in Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas
Kolkata: A 55-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker and the 26-year-old nephew of a local TMC leader were killed in separate incidents in West Bengal's Murshidabad and South 24 Parganas districts, police said on Thursday. TMC legislator Humayun Kabir from Bharatpur said, 'It has nothing to do with politics. He was murdered due to some personal rivalry.' (Representative photo) Rakib Sheikh, nephew of TMC member Salauddin Sheikh, was found murdered at Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas early Thursday morning. 'My house was attacked at least two to three times earlier. Crude bombs were hurled. Clashes broke out between two groups earlier too,' Salauddin, a member of the TMC-led Madhusudanpur panchayat, said. Meanwhile, TMC worker Shashti Ghosh was hacked to death in Murshidabad's Bharatpur while returning home late on Wednesday night. Also Read: West Bengal: Unidentified assailants murder local TMC leader near Kolkata Ghosh, who was arrested in connection with dacoity and murder cases, was recently out on bail. 'Ghosh was murdered on Wednesday night. Two persons have been detained for questioning,' additional superintendent of police of Murshidabad Raspreet Singh said. 'Ghosh was a TMC worker. He was attacked earlier too. On Wednesday night he was hacked to death around 300 metres from his residence,' Bhimdeb, the victim's son-in-law, said. Also Read: Bengal: TMC worker, local Leader's nephew killed in Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas TMC legislator Humayun Kabir from Bharatpur said, 'It has nothing to do with politics. He was murdered due to some personal rivalry.' 'Investigation is going on. A few people have been questioned,' a senior police officer said.
News18
36 minutes ago
- News18
Sharad Pawar to confer Chintamanrao Deshmukh Award on Nitin Gadkari next week
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar is set to confer the Chintamanrao Deshmukh National Award on Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari next week for his contribution to public service. The award, instituted by Pune-based NGO Sarhad, will be given away at a function at the New Maharashtra Sadan here on July 29. Former Union minister Pawar will confer the award on Gadkari, the NGO said in a statement issued here. Deshmukh, who hailed from Maharashtra, was the first Indian to be appointed as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 and also served as the finance minister from 1950 to 1956. He had famously quit as the finance minister over the Union government's plans to bifurcate the then state of Bombay into Gujarat and Maharashtra and designating Mumbai as a Union Territory. The first Chintamanrao Deshmukh National Award was conferred on former diplomat Dyaneshwar Mulay. PTI SKU RC Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
