Gandhinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate projects worth more than Rs 250 crore of cooperative institutions and Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) at a national-level “Manthan Baithak” of the cooperative sector to be held on February 17. The conference, being organised in Gandhinagar, will bring together cooperation ministers from various States and Union Territories, along with senior secretaries-level officials.Gujarat Cooper…
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) As many as 2.94 crore women’s self-help group (SHG) members in rural areas have been trained on various aspects of financial inclusion, including banking services, during the first nine months of FY 2025-26, up to December, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. To enhance awareness of financial products and services in rural areas, the National Livelihood Mission has undertaken extensive Financial Literacy initiatives through trained Financial Literacy Community Resource …
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) As part of the “whole of government approach”, the Ministry of Cooperation is collaborating with the Department of Fisheries, through a Joint Working Group (JWG), to promote small-scale fishermen’s participation in deep-sea fishing, value-chain development, processing, and exports, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.The Department of Fisheries is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with the highest-ever investment of Rs 20,050 crore from …
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several incentives for primary cooperative societies in the Budget proposals for 2026-27 presented in the Parliament on Sunday.These include allowing a deduction to primary cooperative societies for the supply of cattle feed and cotton seed produced by their members, which will result in reducing the tax burden. Presently, the deduction is allowed to a primary cooperative society engaged in supplying milk, oilseeds, fruits or …