New Delhi, July 06: A separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by PM Narendra Modi-led Central Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. This ministry will provide separate administrative, legal & policy framework for strengthening cooperative movement and give a fillip to indigenous enterprise in the country.
India’s first minister of cooperation will also be sworn in on Wednesday once the Union Cabinet reshuffle takes place and the new ministers take the oath of office at the Durbar Hall in President House.
Sources said the new ministry of Cooperation will work to realise the vision of “Sahkar se Samriddhi” and will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework to boost the cooperative movement in the country.
“The development will aid the deepening of the cooperatives as true people-based movements with benefits going down to the grassroots. The ministry will be mandated to streamline the processes for the ease of doing business for cooperatives and ultimately aim to broaden and strengthen the multi-state cooperatives,” said top government sources.
A department of Cooperation is presently a part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. The Cooperation Department was once functioning long back at the Centre as a part of the Ministry of Civil Supplies and Cooperation.
