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  • Centre expected to unveil new National Cooperation Policy in July this year

    By Agencies

    NEW DELHI:  The new National Cooperation Policy is expected to be unveiled in July after consulting all the stakeholders, including state governments, central ministries and departments as well as National Cooperatives, the Ministry of Cooperation said on Monday.

    The expected time was informed in a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah here earlier on Monday.

    A 49-member committee headed by former minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday submitted the draft new national cooperation policy, along with key recommendations, to Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, who has shared further inputs based on which a revised draft will be prepared.

    The Committee members also briefed Shah about the objectives, vision and mission of the draft policy along with key recommendations in various sectors including structural reforms and governance, cooperatives as vibrant economic entities, level playing field for cooperatives, sources of capital and funds, inclusion of priority sections, use of technology, upskilling and training, sustainability and implementation plan.

    During the meeting, the Minister of Cooperation gave his guidance on how to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s vision of ‘Sehkaar se Samriddhi’ and to strengthen the Cooperative movement at the grassroots level through the new policy.

    “As per the guidance received from the Minister of Cooperation, the Committee will prepare a revised draft. The new Cooperation Policy is expected to be unveiled in July 2023 after consulting all the stakeholders including state governments, central ministries and departments, and National Cooperatives,” said the Ministry.

    The current policy on cooperation was formulated in 2002 and a need was felt to draft a new national policy to deal with the changed economic scenario.

    Therefore, a committee was formed on September 2, 2022, to draft a new policy to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sehkaar se Samriddhi’.

    The drafting Committee, chaired by Suresh Prabhu, comprises members drawn from all over the country and various stakeholders such as officers of cooperation departments of various state governments, ministries and departments concerned with central government institutions like IRMA, RBI, National federations like IFFCO, NCCF, NAFCARD, NAFCUB, KRIBHCO, NFCSF, NCUI, NAFED, representatives from Cooperative Societies in various sectors, academicians and experts.

    The process of forming a new National Cooperation Policy was initiated when the concept was discussed in the conference of state cooperation secretaries held on the 12th and 13th of April 2022 and State Cooperation Ministers held on September 8 and September 9, 2022, which were inaugurated by the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation.

    More than 500 suggestions were received from various stakeholders and the general public for the draft policy document. The National level Committee after its formation held more than eight meetings and also consulted various stakeholders to prepare the draft document. 

    (With inputs from PTI and ANI)

    NEW DELHI:  The new National Cooperation Policy is expected to be unveiled in July after consulting all the stakeholders, including state governments, central ministries and departments as well as National Cooperatives, the Ministry of Cooperation said on Monday.

    The expected time was informed in a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah here earlier on Monday.

    A 49-member committee headed by former minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday submitted the draft new national cooperation policy, along with key recommendations, to Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, who has shared further inputs based on which a revised draft will be prepared.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The Committee members also briefed Shah about the objectives, vision and mission of the draft policy along with key recommendations in various sectors including structural reforms and governance, cooperatives as vibrant economic entities, level playing field for cooperatives, sources of capital and funds, inclusion of priority sections, use of technology, upskilling and training, sustainability and implementation plan.

    During the meeting, the Minister of Cooperation gave his guidance on how to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s vision of ‘Sehkaar se Samriddhi’ and to strengthen the Cooperative movement at the grassroots level through the new policy.

    “As per the guidance received from the Minister of Cooperation, the Committee will prepare a revised draft. The new Cooperation Policy is expected to be unveiled in July 2023 after consulting all the stakeholders including state governments, central ministries and departments, and National Cooperatives,” said the Ministry.

    The current policy on cooperation was formulated in 2002 and a need was felt to draft a new national policy to deal with the changed economic scenario.

    Therefore, a committee was formed on September 2, 2022, to draft a new policy to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sehkaar se Samriddhi’.

    The drafting Committee, chaired by Suresh Prabhu, comprises members drawn from all over the country and various stakeholders such as officers of cooperation departments of various state governments, ministries and departments concerned with central government institutions like IRMA, RBI, National federations like IFFCO, NCCF, NAFCARD, NAFCUB, KRIBHCO, NFCSF, NCUI, NAFED, representatives from Cooperative Societies in various sectors, academicians and experts.

    The process of forming a new National Cooperation Policy was initiated when the concept was discussed in the conference of state cooperation secretaries held on the 12th and 13th of April 2022 and State Cooperation Ministers held on September 8 and September 9, 2022, which were inaugurated by the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation.

    More than 500 suggestions were received from various stakeholders and the general public for the draft policy document. The National level Committee after its formation held more than eight meetings and also consulted various stakeholders to prepare the draft document. 

    (With inputs from PTI and ANI)

  • Centre ducks question on Ministry of Cooperation

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI:  The Centre has ducked questions in Parliament on the consultation process it followed before constituting the Ministry of Cooperation, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It said this was created keeping in view the functional requirements of the government and to maximize administrative efficiency.

    Rajya Sabha MPs — CPI’s Binoy Viswam and YSR Congress Party’s Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi — asked questions on the new ministry. The response to these questions is yet to be uploaded by the Rajya Sabha secretariat. The MPs were told there is a delay because this  is a new ministry.

    Viswam asked about the mandate of the Ministry of Cooperation and whether the Centre consulted the state sovernments regarding creation of a new ministry that deals with Cooperative Societies regulated by state laws. BI Verma, Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation, said that ministries/departments are recognised/merged/created keeping in view the functional requirement of the government and to maximize administrative efficiency. “The Ministry of Cooperation has been created by transferring the existing entries related to cooperation and cooperative in the business of the erstwhile Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.”

    On whether the mandate of the ministry is different from the Department of Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture, the minister said there shall be no overlap between the functions of the Ministry of Cooperation and Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. According to the government, the Ministry of Cooperation will provide a separate administrative legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement.

    “It will help deepen cooperatives as a true people-based movement reaching the grassroots. A cooperative-based development model is relevant where each member works with a spirit of responsibility. The Ministry will work to streamline processes,” he said.

  • Cooperative movement in Maharashtra won’t be affected by new central ministry: Sharad Pawar

    By PTI
    PUNE:  NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday refuted reports which claimed that the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation at the Centre may “hijack the cooperative movement” in Maharashtra.

    The concept is not new, but the Centre cannot interfere in the state’s cooperative sector, Pawar told reporters in Baramati town here.

    “As per the Constitution, cooperative institutions registered in a state come under the (jurisdiction of that respective) state,” he said.

    The Centre’s newly-formed ministry is about multi-state cooperative institutions, the former Union minister said.

    “A state cannot control a cooperative institution registered in more than one state, which is called multi-state, and the central government has control over it,” said Pawar, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra.

    He said taking a decision on such a multi-state cooperative institution comes under the central government’s cooperation department.

    “This is not a new decision as such. It was there when I was in the central government. But, unfortunately, the media is painting a different picture that the Centre’s Ministry of Cooperation may hijack or end the cooperative movement in Maharashtra,” he said.

    The central government recently carved out a new ministry for cooperation, which earlier was a small department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

    Union minister Amit Shah, who has been given the charge of the newly-created ministry, on Saturday said the government is determined to make cooperatives and all cooperative institutions more empowered.

    To a query on the Uniform Civil Code, Pawar said, “I can’t comment on it till the central government takes any decision. We are waiting for the central government’s take on it. Once they clear it, only then we can say something.”