National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Chairman Meenesh Shah has been elected unopposed as the Chairman of the newly constituted- National Level Multi State Organic Cooperative Society, in an election held on Monday.
He was elected during the 1st Annual General Body meeting of the Organic Cooperative Society, held at Anand. The results were declared by the returning officer Abhishek Suva, District Registrar, Anand during the first General Body meeting.
The cooperatives, which are part of the ambitious project, include Amul, NCCF, NAFED and two government-aided bodies NDDB and NCDC. The board members include, Bijendra Singh, Chairman, Nafed, Vishal Singh, Chairman, NCCF, Valamji Humbal, Vice-Chairman, AMUL and Pankaj Kumar Bansal, MD, NCDC.
During the election, Bijendra Singh and Pankaj Kumar Bansal were connected through Zoom and the rest were present at Anand. Amul MD Jayen Mehta was also present on this occasion.
Each promoter of Multi State Organic Cooperative Society is putting Rs 20 crore to begin with but they have to shell out Rs 100 crore in thecourse of time. The Authorized share capital of this ambitious co-op would be Rs 500 core with its headquarters at NDDB, Anand.
It bears recalling that the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier approved a decision about setting up and promoting a national level cooperative society for organic products under the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 with
support from relevant Ministries especially the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/Doner) through their policies, schemes & agencies strictly following the Government approach.
The Prime Minister had observed that all efforts should be made to leverage the strengths of cooperatives and transform them into successful and vibrant business enterprises to realize the vision of “Sahakar-se-Samriddhi”. It is thus imperative for the cooperatives to think globally and act locally to leverage their comparative advantage.
