Cooperatives
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
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
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
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
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
Dr Saswata Biswas from IRMA, Anand, focused on agriculture cooperatives. These cooperatives,...
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
The computerization of PACS will connect the last-mile farmer to the economy of...
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
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
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
Jayen Mehta, COO, GCMMF, said that income was the most important thing for cooperatives....
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
RBI Director Satish Marathe suggested studying the cooperative movements of France,...
“Cooperation” should be a subject in the curriculum; this will make youth more interested: Dr Chandrapal Singh
The youths are getting attracted to the corporate sector today due to the hefty...
Rural Voice Dialogue: Governance in cooperatives major issue; suggestion for elections to be conducted by EC
Emphasizing transparency in the election procedure of cooperative societies, Dr...
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