Chandigarh News: Chandigarh- Recently, the International Cooperative Conference-2024 of the International Cooperative Alliance was inaugurated under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. On this occasion, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah made it clear that “Modi ji paved the way for the prosperity of thousands of villages, millions of women and farmers through the resolution of ‘Prosperity through cooperation’.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi and the able leadership of Amit Shah, the Ministry of Cooperation is working on various schemes to improve the cooperative sector. In the last three years, not only has the cooperative movement been given momentum in the country, but efforts are also being made at a rapid pace to expand its reach at the grassroots level.
The cooperative sector, the “backbone of the rural economy”, active in a variety of activities including agriculture, dairying, fishing, weaving, credit and trade, was neglected for years even after independence, while more than half of the country’s population depended on some type of work. -It is related to cooperation in one way or another. In such a situation, to offer a new horizon to the cooperative sector, the Modi government took the historic decision of forming the Ministry of Cooperation in July 2021. While Modi worked to realize the concept of ‘prosperity through cooperation’ through the formation of the Autonomous Ministry of Cooperation, the direction of strengthening the foundations of cooperation under the able leadership of Amit Shah, the Chanakya of Indian politics, famous for his policies related to public welfare Unprecedented work is being done. The formation of cooperative societies and their strong structure in states across the country are an example of this today.
After the establishment of 2 lakh new Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), there will not be a single village in India where a cooperative institution does not exist. Apart from making the PACS modern and technological, work to make it economically viable is also in full swing. Through three new nationally established cooperatives – National Cooperative Export Limited (NCEL), National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) and Indian Seed Cooperative Society Limited (BBSSL) – Indian farmers have gained access to markets not only in the country but throughout the world. world can increase. IFFCO, KRIBHCO and Amul have set an example in the field of cooperatives across the world and similarly, these three cooperatives will also guide the people working in the cooperative sector of the world. Inspired by Modi ji’s foresight and Shah’s policies, the Ministry of Cooperation, imbibing the mantra of ‘Prosperity through Cooperation’, is determined to make cooperation, the backbone of the rural economy, more relevant and, through it, raise the level. of life of the rural population.
Just as the duo of Prime Minister Modi and Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah are trying to give a new dimension to cooperative societies that have been looked down upon for many years with the mantra of “Prosperity through of cooperation”, it would not be an exaggeration to say that ‘prosperity through determination’ This journey of ‘Siddhi’ will be full of unmatched achievements.
