Centre to soon announce new cooperative policy, says Amit Shah
The Hindu
Government is working on setting up cooperative common service centres, national database besides a national cooperative university, he added
Asserting that cooperatives will also play a crucial role in making India a $5 trillion economy, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will soon come out with a new cooperative policy and work in tandem with states to strengthen the cooperative movement.
Mr. Shah, who is also the Union Home Minister, also announced that the number of primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACs) will be increased to 3 lakh in the next five years. At present, there are about active 65,000 PACs.
Further, the government is working on setting up cooperative common service centres, national database besides a national cooperative university, he added.