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NATION | Cooperation Policy 2025
National Cooperation Policy - 2025
Cooperatives Reshaping
Future Of The Country
When we see a group of people nderstanding the potential and scope of expansion
coming together to form a strong of cooperatives in India, Prime Minister Narendra
force through cooperation, UModi formed the Ministry of Cooperation on 6 July
we come to know how big a 2021, 75 years after independence, in alignment with the
contribution even a common vision of ‘Sahkar Se Samriddhi’. Today, even the members of
the smallest cooperative unit in the country feel pride and
citizen can make to nation- confidence. The computerization of cooperatives has gained
building. Its data is testimony to the world’s attention, alongwith new PACS, integrating with
their potential: 30 crore people the facility of the Common Service Center, the world’s largest
associated with about 8.25 lakh food storage scheme in the cooperative sector.
cooperative societies in India. As a pilot project under the Central Government scheme,
These societies are emerging as 11 PACS warehouses have been constructed in 11 states,
a powerful engine of inclusive while the construction of the remaining more than 500 ware-
development. In order to strongly houses will also be completed by December 2026. Before
advance this concept of Sahkar 2020, some people had declared the cooperative sector to
be defunct, but now, they also acknowledge its importance
Se Samriddhi, Union Cooperation and future. In the past four years, the cooperative sector has
Minister Amit Shah unveiled the stood on equal footing with the corporate sector by every
National Cooperation Policy 2025 measure. To strengthen these capabilities of co-operatives,
in New Delhi on 24 July... the new National Cooperation Policy 2025 has been unveiled,
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