Union associate minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the new National Cooperative Policy will soon be unveiled and it will be effective from 2025 to 2045 and asked the states to announce their respective cooperative policies before the end of January 2026.
Presiding over the meeting of ministers of cooperation of all states and center areas, Shah said that every state should have at least one cooperative training institution affiliated to Tribhuvan Sahkari University established earlier this year.
Shah said that the National Cooperative Policy will be effective from 2025 to 2045, that is, almost until the centenary of India’s independence.
“He said that under the National Cooperative Policy, the cooperative policy of each state will be prepared according to the cooperative conditions of that state and specific goals will be set. He said that only then we would be able to become an ideal cooperative state by the centenary of independence,” according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Cooperation.
“He said that the target for the establishment of 2 lakh primary agricultural credit societies (PACS), financial year 2025-26 should be met by February next year,” the statement said.
“The purpose of the meeting was to review the ongoing plans to strengthen the cooperative movement in India, assess achievements and promote cooperation,” said this.
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