Cooperatives

Cooperative Education Fund must remain with NCUI: Sanghani

Cooperative Education Fund must remain with NCUI: Sanghani

Reacting to the proposed clause in the draft amendments to the Multi-State Cooperative...

Bye-laws for PACS under preparation to make them vibrant multipurpose business entities: Amit Shah

Bye-laws for PACS under preparation to make them vibrant multipurpose business entities: Amit Shah

The Government is also formulating a new national-level policy for cooperatives....

Cooperatives should revitalize themselves; only then can they create $5trn economy: Amit Shah

Cooperatives should revitalize themselves; only then can they create $5trn economy: Amit Shah

Shah said that in the last 25 years, agri-rural financing had reduced from 50 per...

Karnataka CM lays foundation stone of IFFCO’s Nano Urea plant in Bengaluru

Karnataka CM lays foundation stone of IFFCO’s Nano Urea plant in Bengaluru

The foundation stone was laid by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the...

PACS may be allowed to sell petroleum products, run PDS shops: Draft Model By-laws

PACS may be allowed to sell petroleum products, run PDS shops: Draft Model By-laws

The draft says that PACS should be allowed to work as Bank Mitras and common service...

Ministry in association with NCUI will soon form a Cooperative University: Amit Shah

Ministry in association with NCUI will soon form a Cooperative University: Amit Shah

Speaking on the occasion of an event to mark the 100th International Day of Cooperatives,...

Cooperative managers lack power and capability to make decisions: Dr Saswata Biswas

Cooperative managers lack power and capability to make decisions: Dr Saswata Biswas

Dr Saswata Biswas from IRMA, Anand, focused on agriculture cooperatives. These cooperatives,...

IFFCO bags patents for Nano Urea and Nano DAP

IFFCO bags patents for Nano Urea and Nano DAP

The Patent Office of the Government of India has awarded the patents for 20 years....

IFFCO welcomes Ministry of Cooperation’s historic step towards digitalization of PACS

IFFCO welcomes Ministry of Cooperation’s historic step towards digitalization of PACS

The computerization of PACS will connect the last-mile farmer to the economy of...

Cabinet approves computerization of PACS

Cabinet approves computerization of PACS

This project proposes the computerization of about 63,000 functional PACS over a...

We have to depend on cooperatives for food security in future: Konda Reddy Chavva

We have to depend on cooperatives for food security in future: Konda Reddy Chavva

Konda Reddy Chavva, Assistant FAOR, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), spoke...

Cooperatives should not be merely agriculture- or credit-focused, but rather member-focused: Balu Iyer

Cooperatives should not be merely agriculture- or credit-focused, but rather member-focused: Balu Iyer

Balasubramanian (Balu) Iyer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), International Cooperative...

Dairy farmers in India get about 80-85 per cent of the rupee spent by the consumer: Jayen Mehta

Dairy farmers in India get about 80-85 per cent of the rupee spent by the consumer: Jayen Mehta

Jayen Mehta, COO, GCMMF, said that income was the most important thing for cooperatives....

Professionalism has to be cultured in cooperatives: Prakash Naiknavare

Professionalism has to be cultured in cooperatives: Prakash Naiknavare

Speaking about the significance of cooperatives in various sectors, Prakash Naiknavare,...

Only an integrated approach can lead to the development of cooperatives: Satish Marathe

Only an integrated approach can lead to the development of cooperatives: Satish Marathe

RBI Director Satish Marathe suggested studying the cooperative movements of France,...

Padma Shri for Dr A.K. Singh, Whose Basmati Varieties Transformed Farmer Incomes

Celebrated agricultural scientist Dr Ashok Kumar Singh has been selected for the Padma Shri for his pioneering work in basmati rice...

National

Industry Looks to Budget 2026 for Big Push on Bio-Economy, Small Farmers and Dairy Sector Resilience

Ahead of Union Budget 2026–27, industry leaders and development experts are calling for targeted support to accelerate India’s bio-economy,...

National

US Signals Possible Rollback of 25% Tariff on India as Russian Oil Purchases Decline

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the 25% punitive tariff on India, linked to its Russian oil imports, could be lifted...

National

Rising South American Supplies, Weak Demand Drag Global Oilseed Prices Into Early 2026

Global oilseed prices softened toward late 2025 and early 2026 as improved South American supply prospects and subdued demand weighed...

International

Mission for Self-Reliance in Fertilizers Likely in Budget 2026–27 to Cut Import Dependence

To reduce rising imports of fertilizers and to improve soil health, the central government is preparing a Mission for Self-Reliance...

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CropLife India Flags Risks in Online Sale of Unauthorised Pesticides, Seeks Stronger Oversight

Industry body CropLife India has cautioned against the unchecked sale of unauthorised pesticides on e-commerce platforms, highlighting...

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