Government keen to make cooperatives more empowered: Amit Shah
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The assembly got here three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reallocated the portfolios of his Ministers wherein Mr. Shah was given the cost of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation.
The authorities is set to make cooperatives and all cooperative establishments more empowered, Union Minister Amit Shah, who met some main figures of the nation’s cooperative sector on Saturday, stated.
The assembly got here three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reallocated the portfolios of his Ministers wherein Mr. Shah was given the cost of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation.
Those who met the Union Home Minister embody chairman of the National Cooperative Union of India Dileep Sanghani, the chairman and the managing director of the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) B. S. Nakai and U. S. Awasthi respectively and chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) Bijender Singh.
“Today met @ncuicoop Chairman Shri Dileep Sanghani ji, @IFFCO_PR Chairman Shri B. S. Nakai ji, Managing Director Shri U S Awasthi ji and @nafedindia Chairman Dr Bijendra Singh ji.
“Under the leadership of Modi ji, we are determined to make cooperatives and all cooperative institutions more empowered,” Mr. Shah tweeted in Hindi.
Officials stated though Mr. Shah has not but assumed the cost of the Ministry of Cooperation, he has begun to meet folks.
In the assembly, the Minister requested cooperatives equivalent to IFFCO and KRIBHCO to work within the discipline of seed manufacturing utilizing vacant land of 38,000 hectares in addition to in natural farming, the NCUI stated in a separate assertion.
The Minister additionally assured that the federal government is dedicated to strengthening the cooperative motion within the nation, the advantages of which might go to the grass-root stage cooperatives, it stated.
Mr. Shah additionally assured the delegation that the identical advantages and concessions given to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) can be supplied to main agriculture cooperatives within the nation for strengthening them, it added.
In the assembly, the Minister desired {that a} convention with representatives of State-level cooperatives ought to be organised by NCUI, IFFCO and different cooperatives for discussing pertinent points confronting the cooperative motion.
The delegation apprised the Minister of the issues and challenges confronting the cooperative motion.
The authorities has just lately carved out a brand new Ministry for Cooperation, which earlier was a small Department within the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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