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International Year of Cooperatives COVER STORY

back from the company. Whenever the country has
faced any crisis, the cooperative movement has
pulled the country out. Cooperative banks work for
the people without profit consideration because
cooperation is deeply ingrained in Indian culture.
A cooperative taxi service named Sahkar Taxi,
including Ola and Uber, is emerging in India, which
will also register cars, bikes, and autorickshaws, with
profits going directly to the drivers. A cooperative
insurance company is also being formed, which
will insure all cooperatives. It is likely to become
the largest cooperative insurance company in the
private sector.

THE TRINITY OF THE
COOPERATIVE SECTOR
The Ministry of Cooperation is committed to trans-
forming cooperatives into vibrant and successful
business entities. Three national-level cooperative
societies have been formed to promote the coop-
erative sector, agriculture, and the prosperity of
farmers. The central government has established
a national cooperative organization called National
Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), with over 8,000
PACS affiliated to it. Through this, the produce of the
country’s farmers is exported abroad, with the entire
profit going to the farmers. Additionally, through
National Cooperative Organic Limited (NCOL),
organic items produced by farmers is purchased,
tested, and packaged under the Bharat brand name
and sold in the markets. Today, farmers from 5,000 India’s cooperative sector is very
PACS are selling their organic produce through this dynamic and is transforming
organization in markets both domestically and inter- the lives of many people. Every
nationally. These include organic rice, flour, grains, fourth cooperative society in the
millet, sugar, jaggery, tea, coffee, whole spices,
organic oil, honey, ground spices, dry fruits, organic world is present in India. India is
gram flour, organic gram dal, masoor dal, organic experiencing an era of women-led
kidney beans, toor dal and whole green gram - today development... We are focusing
all these 100% organic items are available under
the name Bharat Brand. Similarly, where earlier very comprehensively on this.
only big farmers were associated with Bharatiya Women also play a significant role
Beej Sahkari Samiti Limited (BBSSL), now farmers in the cooperative sector.
with 2.5 acres of land have also been associated for
seed production. Today, farmers from more than Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
20 thousand PACS are engaged in seed production.
There are two and a half times more profits in seed

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