Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that cooperatives should become the carrier of social and national policies instead of politics.
Addressing the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress here on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, he expressed the confidence that cooperatives will become a powerful medium of the country’s economic source in the new India. He said the country is working towards the goal of a ‘Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and reiterated the need for ‘Sabka Prayas’ (everyone’s effort) in achieving these goals.
The main theme of the congress was ‘Amrit Kaal: Prosperity through Cooperation for a Vibrant India’. PM Modi also launched e-portals for Cooperative Marketing, and Cooperative Extension and Advisory Services.
The Prime Minister said that during the Amrit Kaal, the role of the cooperative sector in the growth of villages and farmers is going to be big. “Sarkar and Sahkaar (Government and cooperative) will together provide double strength to the dream of the Viksit Bharat”, he emphasised. So, there is the need to build villages that will become self-sufficient by following the cooperative model.
The Prime Minister noted the contributions of the cooperatives in making India the world’s leading milk producer. He underlined that cooperatives have become a huge support system for small farmers in many parts of the country. Hence, the government decided to strengthen the cooperative sector to achieve the goals of a Viksit Bharat. PM Modi informed about the measures to strengthen the cooperative societies. Noting that a large number of farmers were associated with cooperatives, the Prime Minister dwelled on the measures undertaken for the farmers’ welfare in the last 9 years.
Underlining that the main cooperative societies of the primary level or PACS will become a model for transparency, the Prime Minister said that the computerisation of more than 60,000 PACS was taking place. PM Modi called upon the cooperatives to contribute to fulfilling the various missions started by the Union government.
