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17/03/22 07:21 AM IST

OPEN DIGITIZED NETWORKS FOR COOPERATIVES

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  • The Ministry of Cooperation has initiated process for creating a National Cooperative database.
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  • Ministry has already started consultations with stakeholders on finalization of various parameters, procedures and process for inclusion in the database.
  • The proposed National Database may act as the main planning tool for Central Ministries, State Governments, Cooperative Federations, Cooperators and sectoral institutions like NABARD, etc. for cooperative sector.
  • The current database is collated by the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) and the ministry does not have its own.
  • As per the data published by the NCUI, there are about 8.6 lakh cooperatives in the country, out of which active primary agricultural cooperatives (PACs) are about 63,000.

  • Source- PIB 

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