Indian Cooperative, which participated in the digital exhibition at Vigyan Bhawan on the occasion of a national conclave on UCBs and credit co-operatives, was a great hit among the visitors.
“We have read so much from the only news portal on cooperative but this is for the first time that we are meeting you all in person, ” said many visitors. It is no secret that the cooperative portal which is bilingual English and Hindi covers cooperative news from Kerala to Kashmir.
Eager to pose before the Digital Exhibition several co-operators came forward to be photographed, encouraging the team which has been covering the cooperative scene for more than a decade.
Later, MoS Cooperation B L Verma also visited the stall and lauded the role being played by the media house. He was surprised to know that more than 1.5 lac visitors come to the portal on a daily basis. He was also happy to know that the cooperative portal is updated round the clock and more than a dozen stories are posted on a daily basis.
Covering not only PACS to APEX but also the global cooperative scene, Indian Cooperative was one of the
first to break the news that Ariel Guarco has been re-elected as the President of ICA in the recently concluded elections. The portal also broke the news of IFFCO Nominee Aditya Yadav retaining his seat on the ICA Board.
Starting off in the year 2010, Indian Cooperative grossed a hit of 30k in the beginning but slowly the readership expanded and as of today it is getting more than 1.5 lac daily hits.
The cooperative news portal covers almost all the sectors of cooperatives which include primary co-op societies, fertiliser co-operatives, dairy co-operatives, credit co-operatives, weavers’ co-ops, and many more. You name it and we have it on our portal, claimed its Editor in Chief Ajay Jha.
The primary motivation of the portal is to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country. “It is the model which is suited for a country like India where business values cannot be divorced from societal and familial values”, asserts the Editor.
Though we encourage and publish success stories of co-operatives we are also unyielding when it comes to raising our voice against corruption in the cooperative system. “No wonder we are at times threatened to be sued in court on charges of defamation”, recalls Mr. Jha. However, it has never stopped us from doing what we do, he added.
Disagreeing with the popular opinion, Jha says that mostly co-operators are a selfless lot and they are working for the good of members and for the good of society. It is only a few, a tiny few who tarnish the image of the cooperative sector. The sector needs to have its own watchdog to keep the system pure and unmolested, asserted Jha.
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