The 16th Indian Cooperative Congress, organized by National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) concluded Wednesday evening after two days of intensive deliberations on all aspects of the cooperative movement.
Governor of Punjab & Administrator U.T. Chandigarh, Shri Shivraj Patil was the Chief Guest at the valedictory function held at the NCUI Auditorium in New Delhi. Also present on the occasion were Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Cooperation, Chemical and Fertilizer, Statistics and Programme Implementation Shri Srikant Kumar Jena and Minister of Cooperation, PWD and Irrigation, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Shivpal Singh Yadav.
In his Valedictory address, Shivraj V. Patil said the two-day deliberations of the Cooperative Congress have come up with useful recommendations and the Government of India would give all support to the Cooperative Sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of State Srikant Kumar Jena said that in this competitive world the cooperatives must strive to compete with the private sector and successfully meet the challenges of privatization and globalization.
In his welcome address, President NCUI, Dr Chandra Pal Singh Yadav said that the two-day Cooperative Congress had come up with useful recommendations to further strengthen the cooperative movement.
Chief Executive, NCUI, Dr Dinesh presented the Congress recommendations that call for effective steps to re-orient and increase efficiency across all cooperative sectors.
Among other recommendations are greater development of women cooperatives, increased youth participation and skill development in cooperatives to build leadership for the future, seeking financial support from the government for rehabilitation of sick cooperatives, among several such measures that emerged from the deliberations held in the technical sessions of the Cooperative Congress.
The Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society needed to be revitalise in the country to provide better and effective service to the farmers, artisans and other member in the rural areas said Shri Shivpal Singh Yadav, Cooperative Minister of U.P.
Shivpal gave the example of Uttar Pradesh where elections of the cooperative bodies have already been completed and Vaidyanathan Package have been implemented to strengthen DCCBs and Primary level Credit Cooperative.
An award ceremony was held at the valedictory function in which the Chief Guest, Shri Shivraj Patil presented awards to the best Cooperative Societies in different sectors. Shri Patil also released a book on Right to Information and Cooperatives at the valedictory function.
The two-day Cooperative Congress was attended by over 2000 delegates from India and abroad.