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25/11/20 16:22 PM IST

Sahakar Pragya

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Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Food Processing Industries, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar unveiled Sahakar Pragya.

Aim

To help primary cooperative societies play bigger roles in AtmaNirbhar Bharat.

Details

  • Farmers in primary cooperatives in rural areas of the country would be trained under Sahakar Pragya by the National Cooperative Development Corporation.
  • Sahakar Pragya will be implemented  through an elaborate network of 18 Regional Training Centres across the country.
  • 45 training modules for transferring knowledge, skills and organisational capacities have been prepared.
  • The 45 dedicated training modules would equip the cooperative societies to run their affairs in professional business terms of market economy.
  • Currently, India has a network of over 8.50 lakh cooperative societies with about 290 million members. 

Source: PIB

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