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Inviting Suggestions for the proposed New Cooperative Policy

Suggestions for the proposed New Cooperative Policy
Start Date :
May 27, 2022
Last Date :
Jun 15, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Cooperatives are the mainstay of the rural economy ensuring sustainable livelihoods and income for people. There are 8.5 lakh cooperatives in India, out of which 1.77 lakh (about ...

Cooperatives are the mainstay of the rural economy ensuring sustainable livelihoods and income for people. There are 8.5 lakh cooperatives in India, out of which 1.77 lakh (about 20%) are credit cooperatives and the remaining 80% are non-credit cooperatives engaged in various activities. The cooperative movement has fostered a membership of more than 29 crores with a network stretching through the entire length and breadth of India. The cooperatives play a significant role in growth and development of various sectors by generating employment and income, for examples - Dairy (1,77,314 Co-operatives with turnover of Rs. 93,556 crores), Housing (28,945 Co-operatives with Loans Disbursed of Rs. 12,711 crores), Labour (46,818 Co-operatives with Membership of 27,30,000), Fertilizers (Co-operatives producing 20% of total Fertiliser in country), Fisheries (20,804 Co-operatives with membership of 32 lakhs), Sugar (188 Sugar Factories with Production of 35% of total Sugar produce), Agro- processing etc. Also Credit Cooperatives are key to ensuring financial inclusiveness in the country by disbursing credit to marginal sectors. These milestones have been achieved through a network of 21 national-level, 390 state-level, and 2705 district-level cooperative federations in the country.

The new Ministry of Cooperation has been set up by the Government of India by notification dated 06.07.2021 with the mandate of realization of vision “Sahakar se Samriddhi”, strengthening of cooperative movement in the country, deepening its reach up to the grassroots, creation of appropriate policy, legal and institutional framework to help cooperatives realize their potential, etc. As one of the major steps to fulfil the above mandate, the Ministry is in process of formulating a new cooperation policy, since the existing policy was formulated way back in 2002. The new policy would address the challenges faced by the sector in today’s world.

The new cooperation policy is being formulated in consultation with all the stakeholders. The Ministry has received many valuable inputs and suggestions from the State Governments, Central Ministries, Federations and Institutions. A national conference with State Governments and the Central Ministries was also held on 12-13 April, 2022 at Delhi. The Ministry is also in the process of holding a series of stake holder consultations for formulation of new cooperation policy.

As a part of this consultation, the Ministry is inviting your valuable inputs/ suggestion for formulating the national cooperation policy under various themes.

Kindly share your suggestions as per the following Categories :
i. Cooperative Governance
ii. Legal and Regulatory Framework
iii. Training Education and HR Policy
iv. Cooperatives to be Vibrant Economic Units
v. Setting New Cooperatives, Sustainable Development of Cooperative
vi. Diversification of Cooperatives/ Social Cooperatives

The last date to receive suggestions is 15 June,2022

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NANDAN SHERLEKAR
NANDAN SHERLEKAR 4 years 3 weeks ago
Society's involved in financial,welfare, housing marketing should be separated out into a different sector. As this involves financial dealings including repayments of loans & housing created. It is important for govt to understand the health, productivity of various societies engaged in agricultural, industrial, fishing, plantations, mining & other sectors. GST generated in some cases.They are income & employment creator's for well being of the country. The healthiness of these sectors is most important in decision making. A unique code should be generated for such activities along with bank, location & pan details to understand the financial health quarter wise. Some of the commodities measurements becomes difficult as it doesn't come under taxable category.Can societies quantify for close monitoring. Productivity, demand decides price index. As they say roti, kapada & makaan are minimum requirements which depend on various factors including weather.Our economy is more contd---
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Susanta Kumar Pattnaik
Susanta Kumar Pattnaik 4 years 3 weeks ago
New policy should aim to minimize human agony and maximize human potential. It is a good move for rural reconstruction and rural empowerment. It aims at economic growth and social development in positive. It makes brake to corruption and black hoarders monopoly. Cooperative society is an important part for rural communities for creations of employment and minimize social unrest and a good mechanism to unite rural in to National journey. It is a profitable opportunity to rural promotion and endurance. Cooperative society- a new view to minimize social tension, proper distribution to the produce price, easy access, economic and a sure way to address markets and market nature. It boosts national journey new to new heights and regulates rural economy and ensure rural communities for a healthy life style to lead. It counts social costs and a rural pathology to deal with economic growth and social development.It shapes rural personality and elevates rural status and dignity.
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Milan Ashara
Milan Ashara 4 years 3 weeks ago
very high tax for salaried. i am not able to buy home because of direct high tax. shall i leave india? Thank you for increasing black money and corruption in India. You have many blind followers. You yourself is also blind, you cannot see reality.
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Romanch Sharma
Romanch Sharma 4 years 3 weeks ago
Criteria for specific Leraning disability certificate - My issue is first criteria is IQ assessment and I have higher IQ level but still have specific learning disability and because of that I am not able to get certificate. Due to that I can’t get help with writing and other disability issues. One can have higher IQ and still face specific learning disability. Like this I or people like me might not be able to get any academic help. My request is to please look at this part so that people like me can get writer in examination and get certificate. If I pass IQ test that disqualify my certification process. Which I already assed as 150+ IQ level. But I need help with writing issues. Kindly look into this criteria of getting specific learning disability certificate. Thank you with all due respect, Romanch Sharma
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 3 weeks ago
Way Forward New areas are emerging with the advancement of technology and cooperative societies can play a huge role in making people familiar with those areas and technologies. Principle of the cooperative movement is to unite everyone, even while remaining anonymous. The cooperative movement has the capacity to solve people’s problems. However, there are irregularities in cooperatives and to check them there have to be rules and stricter implementation. To strengthen the cooperatives there should be market linkages for agricultural farmers as well as cooperative societies.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 3 weeks ago
Challenges: Mismanagement and Manipulation: A hugely large membership turns out to be mismanaged unless some secure methods are employed to manage such co-operatives. In the elections to the governing bodies, money became such a powerful tool that the top posts of chairman and vice-chairman usually went to the richest farmers who manipulated the organization for their benefits. Lack of Awareness: People are not well informed about the objectives of the Movement, rules and regulations of co-operative institutions. Restricted Coverage: Most of these societies are confined to a few members and their operations extended to only one or two villages. Functional Weakness: The Co-operative Movement has suffered from inadequacy of trained personnel.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 3 weeks ago
Importance of Cooperatives: It provides agricultural credits and funds where state and private sectors have not been able to do very much. It provides strategic inputs for the agricultural-sector; consumer societies meet their consumption requirements at concessional rates. It is an organization for the poor who wish to solve their problems collectively. It softens the class conflicts and reduces the social cleavages. It reduces the bureaucratic evils and follies of political factions; It overcomes the constraints of agricultural development; It creates a conducive environment for small and cottage industries.
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Jagdish Mohanlal Dedania
Jagdish Mohanlal Dedania 4 years 3 weeks ago
Social cooperative society should be established for following social activities. The society should find local Donner Also. Name of the Donner should mention there. Some local person left the village and now well settled in big city or foreign countries, should invite to join the activities by donating to the society. Local Government authority should arrange land for the activities. 1. To start education institutions school or college. 2. To start hospital in village. 3. To built many small check dam. 4. Recently, our PM Narendra Modi has LOKARPAN super speciality hospital in Atkot village Gujarat. And within short period collect donations of Rs. 50 crores for medical college. 5. MLA, MP should give their support by allocating government grants to the society.
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