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India Gazette
03-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Gujarat has unique opportunity to showcase inspiring model to wor
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 3 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has emphasised making Gujarat a model of excellent cooperation for the nation and the world through various programmes during the entire International Cooperative Year, 2025. The International Cooperative Year is being celebrated this year, inspired by the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country's first Cooperation Minister Amit Shah. The first quarterly meeting of the high-level committee for planning the statewide celebration of this year was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. During this meeting, a review was conducted of the action plan for organising various programmes throughout the year as part of the International Cooperative Year celebration. In this meeting, CM Patel stated that Gujarat, recognised as the birthplace of the cooperative revolution in India, has a great opportunity to accelerate rural empowerment by promoting new cooperative models and thereby make the International Cooperative Year - 2025 a grand success. He guided that programmes should be organised as per the action plan and celebrated successfully with the participation of cooperative institutions and citizens so that the theme 'Cooperatives Build a Better World' is truly realised in Gujarat. The high-level meeting, held in the presence of Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kuvarji Bavaliya, and Minister of State for Cooperation Jagdish Vishwakarma, featured a presentation on the success of various programmes conducted from January 2025 to June 2025 under the International Cooperative Year. These programmes included cooperative-themed tableaus in district-level Republic Day parades on January 26, seminars on cooperation for women and youth, state-wide tree plantations under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative by cooperative institutions, unions, and societies, and successful sanitation drives at the rural level. Further, the planning of upcoming events to be organised under the International Year of Cooperation was also finalised. A detailed presentation on this planning highlighted that, under the 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' initiative, programmes on Sardar and Cooperation will be organised on July 5 and 6 in Anand to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, in the esteemed presence of Union Minister of Cooperation and Home Affairs Amit Shah. On the morning of July 5, Minister Amit Shah will perform the foundation stone laying ceremony of the country's first cooperative university, Tribhuvan Cooperative University, in Anand. Later, a 'Sahakar Samvad' (Cooperative Dialogue) will be held under his chairmanship at Science City, Ahmedabad. This dialogue program will also include participation from officials of cooperative institutions from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. On July 6, the Union Minister for Cooperation and Home Affairs will also inaugurate new projects of NDDB and Amul in Anand. Further, Cooperative Week will be celebrated across the state from July 1 to 6. As part of the International Cooperative Year, around 30 lakh children aged 3 to 6 years will be provided with nutritious food items such as milk, moong (green gram), and chikki through milk unions, cooperative banks, and PACS during the months of September-October. Minister of State for Cooperation Jagdish Vishwakarma shared details of a major campaign of the International Year of Cooperatives during the meeting, stating that in order to fulfil the vision of 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi', people associated with the cooperative sector, especially farmers, animal husbandry, and fisheries workers, will send postcards to the Prime Minister from villages and towns across the state, thanking him for the cooperative sector schemes that have contributed to their economic upliftment. He also said that during the International Cooperative Year, workshops and seminars for the empowerment of PACS will also be organised at the village level. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi, Additional Chief Secretary of Revenue Dr Jayanti Ravi, Additional Chief Secretary of Agriculture and Cooperation Anju Sharma, Principal Secretaries T. Natarajan, R.C. Meena, Milind Torawane, and Sandip Kumar, along with Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Avantika Singh, Secretary Dr Vikrant Pandey, and other senior officials. (ANI)
India Gazette
03-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Gujarat has unique opportunity to showcase inspiring model to world during International Cooperative Year: CM Patel
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 3 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has emphasised making Gujarat a model of excellent cooperation for the nation and the world through various programmes during the entire International Cooperative Year, 2025. The International Cooperative Year is being celebrated this year, inspired by the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country's first Cooperation Minister Amit Shah. The first quarterly meeting of the high-level committee for planning the statewide celebration of this year was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. During this meeting, a review was conducted of the action plan for organising various programmes throughout the year as part of the International Cooperative Year celebration. In this meeting, CM Patel stated that Gujarat, recognised as the birthplace of the cooperative revolution in India, has a great opportunity to accelerate rural empowerment by promoting new cooperative models and thereby make the International Cooperative Year - 2025 a grand success. He guided that programmes should be organised as per the action plan and celebrated successfully with the participation of cooperative institutions and citizens so that the theme 'Cooperatives Build a Better World' is truly realised in Gujarat. The high-level meeting, held in the presence of Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kuvarji Bavaliya, and Minister of State for Cooperation Jagdish Vishwakarma, featured a presentation on the success of various programmes conducted from January 2025 to June 2025 under the International Cooperative Year. These programmes included cooperative-themed tableaus in district-level Republic Day parades on January 26, seminars on cooperation for women and youth, state-wide tree plantations under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative by cooperative institutions, unions, and societies, and successful sanitation drives at the rural level. Further, the planning of upcoming events to be organised under the International Year of Cooperation was also finalised. A detailed presentation on this planning highlighted that, under the 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' initiative, programmes on Sardar and Cooperation will be organised on July 5 and 6 in Anand to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, in the esteemed presence of Union Minister of Cooperation and Home Affairs Amit Shah. On the morning of July 5, Minister Amit Shah will perform the foundation stone laying ceremony of the country's first cooperative university, Tribhuvan Cooperative University, in Anand. Later, a 'Sahakar Samvad' (Cooperative Dialogue) will be held under his chairmanship at Science City, Ahmedabad. This dialogue program will also include participation from officials of cooperative institutions from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. On July 6, the Union Minister for Cooperation and Home Affairs will also inaugurate new projects of NDDB and Amul in Anand. Further, Cooperative Week will be celebrated across the state from July 1 to 6. As part of the International Cooperative Year, around 30 lakh children aged 3 to 6 years will be provided with nutritious food items such as milk, moong (green gram), and chikki through milk unions, cooperative banks, and PACS during the months of September-October. Minister of State for Cooperation Jagdish Vishwakarma shared details of a major campaign of the International Year of Cooperatives during the meeting, stating that in order to fulfil the vision of 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi', people associated with the cooperative sector, especially farmers, animal husbandry, and fisheries workers, will send postcards to the Prime Minister from villages and towns across the state, thanking him for the cooperative sector schemes that have contributed to their economic upliftment. He also said that during the International Cooperative Year, workshops and seminars for the empowerment of PACS will also be organised at the village level. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi, Additional Chief Secretary of Revenue Dr Jayanti Ravi, Additional Chief Secretary of Agriculture and Cooperation Anju Sharma, Principal Secretaries T. Natarajan, R.C. Meena, Milind Torawane, and Sandip Kumar, along with Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Avantika Singh, Secretary Dr Vikrant Pandey, and other senior officials. (ANI)
United News of India
21-06-2025
- Business
- United News of India
Cooperation is the soul of India's way of life: Amit Shah
Mumbai, June 20 (UNI) Cooperation is the soul of India's way of life, said Union Minister for Cooperation Amit Shah in Mumbai on Friday. He was speaking at the 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi' National Symposium organized at Hotel Fairmont today. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Cooperation Minister Babasaheb Patil, Agriculture Minister Adv. Manikrao Kokate and several others were present. Shah said that UN has declared 2025 as the 'International Year of Cooperatives'. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a historic step by establishing a separate Ministry of Cooperatives in the country. Now the aim is to establish two lakh new Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in the country, he said. He further said that information about cooperative societies in every village across the country has been collected through a digital database, and Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka have made remarkable achievements in the cooperative sector. PACS societies will now not be limited to agriculture alone but will operate in 22 new service sectors. These include Jan Aushadhi Kendras, gas distribution, petrol pumps, railway ticketing services, taxi services. In the 'National Taxi' initiative, the taxi drivers will be the owners of the vehicle and their profits will be deposited directly in their bank accounts, he said. This initiatives will create new employment opportunities for women and youth, and will boost the rural economy. The country is moving towards a new era of cooperation said Shah. Speaking on occasion, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra has successfully implemented various schemes in rural areas through PACS and FPOs (Farmer Producer Organizations). These schemes have given a boost to employment generation and have provided a market chain to farmers. Maharashtra has fulfilled the objectives of the central government more efficiently, Fadnavis said. He further said that Maharashtra has a 120-year tradition of cooperation and this historical land is to celebrate the International Year of Cooperation. UNI SP RN
Indian Express
18-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Centre has taken steps to ensure no PACS falls financially sick: Amit Shah in Gujarat
Highlighting the importance of Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) in the country's cooperative set up, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the Centre has taken steps to ensure that no PACS gets financially sick. Shah, who was addressing a convention of Gujarat State Cooperative Union, organised as part of the celebrations of International Year of Cooperation, at Science City in Ahmedabad, also said that the Union government is coming up with a policy for expeditious settlement of 'sick' PACS which have gone into liquidation and registration of a new PACS. Shah said, 'Till PACS are not strengthened, the cooperation structure does not become strong. And therefore, we have started a campaign to register 2 lakh PACS in the country by 2029.' 'However, these PACS too will fall (financially) sick if we do not add activities in it. The Government of India has added 22 different occupations with PACS. And I am confident that through this initiative it will be ensured that no PACS fall financially sick,' he added. The Cooperation Minister said that it is the duty of all the leaders of cooperative movement to strengthen the movement, which was started during the freedom struggle and which has been paralysed in a way as it ended in a major part of the country. 'There is not much impact of it on Gujarat. But it is the responsibility of Gujarat's cooperative leaders that the cooperation movement become symmetric and is developed equally; every district, every state is covered with cooperative (movement),' Shah said. To strengthen the cooperative movement, Shah said, the Union government has so far taken 57 initiatives. The minister also talked about a new initiative of circular economy in the dairy sector. He also talked about providing cattlefeed to all the animals in the state by cooperatives. Shah suggested that a new experiment will also be done shortly in the dairy sector by having cooperatives dealing with animal's dung and its skin, bones and horns after death. Shah added that arrangements will also be made at cooperative sector level to make instruments related to dairy sector for making products like ice cream, cheese and paneer. 'A beginning of this will be done from Gujarat itself,' Shah said. The minister also pushed for the idea of 'cooperation among cooperatives' wherein every coopoerative and its members have their bank accounts with district cooperative banks concerned.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Cooperative movement in Kolhapur will be enriched with the support of Sahakar Darbar: Prakash Abitkar
Kolhapur: Support will be provided through the 'Sahakar Darbar' initiative to make cooperative organisations and movements in the district more capable, self-sufficient, and effective, said guardian minister Prakash Abitkar . The state's first Sahakar Darbar was organised in Kolhapur on Monday under the govt's 100-day action programme, coinciding with the International Year of Cooperation. At the event, held at the Maharani Tarabai Auditorium, a total of 173 complaint applications related to cooperatives were received — 110 submitted online and 63 submitted in person. Divisional joint registrar Dr Mahesh Kadam, additional district collector Sanjay Shinde, in-charge superintendent of police Nikesh Khatmode-Patil, regional joint director of Cooperative Societies Kolhapur Gopal Mavale, district deputy registrar Nilkanth Kare, along with all district and taluka-level cooperative officers and applicants, were present. Speaking at the event, Abitkar said, "In an agricultural country like India, the role of the cooperative movement is very important. This movement has the power to bring about economic, social, and industrial progress by organising various elements like farmers, artisans, small entrepreneurs, women's self-help groups, cooperative banks, and milk unions. To make this movement effective and develop it in a prosperous direction, the Sahakar Darbar will be an important medium. A similar initiative will be taken up at the state level in the coming days." Abitkar emphasized that timely resolution of people's issues would strengthen cooperative societies, making them more transparent and efficient, increasing member participation, and building greater trust. "The cooperative movement is not only a means of economic progress but also a symbol of collective leadership, democratic values, and the unity of the social elements. The support received by such a movement through initiatives like Sahakar Darbar is its basic strength," he added. Abitkar also appealed to the police department during the meeting to take an active role in breaking financial exploitation by cracking down on private money lenders.
