Nagaland will observing the 70th All India Cooperative Week along with the rest of the country from November 14-20. The theme of this year’s Cooperative Week celebration is “Role of Cooperatives in Making India a $5 Trillion Economy and SDGs”.
Announcing it on social media platform X, Jacob Zhimomi, Minister of PHED and Cooperation stated that the week-long celebration is an opportunity to share success stories, learn as well as incorporate new innovative ideas to make the cooperative movement in the state more vibrant and buoyant.
“Guided by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodiJi’s vision, the @MinOfCooperatn under the able leadership of Hon’ble Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Shri @AmitShahJi is leaving no stone unturned in making sure that Cooperatives play an integral role in making India a $5 trillion economy and meeting the SDG goals. The State Government of Nagaland under the leadership of HCM Shri @Neiphiu_Ri Ji is committed towards rejuvenating the Cooperative movement in the state by generating awareness on a wider scale and connecting the general public with the Cooperative movement.” Stated Zhimomi on X.
The Minister also expressed the Government’s commitment in pursuing what is best for the public with commitment and dedication, urging everyone to lend their invaluable support towards making Nagaland a hub of Cooperative stronghold.
In a message to cooperators, Zhimomi expressed optimism that the week-long celebration will provide an opportunity for cooperatives to highlight their success stories, project and share their achievements and chalk out a future action plan which can provide a direction to the growth of the cooperative movement.
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With more than 8 lakh cooperatives in India, the cooperative sector has emerged as a formidable sector of Indian economy. In this regard, Zhimomi asserted that the Government of Nagaland has also taken optimum effort to be in tandem with the new initiatives of Ministry of Cooperation, covering all the segments of the cooperative movement, with particular emphasis on revitalization of PACS. The efforts of the government included formulation of new model bye-laws of PACS; PACS to act as Common Service Centres for better access to e-Services; digitalization of PACS; provision of world’s largest grain storage program in the cooperative sector; providing eligibility to PACS for LPG distributorship; PACS to act as Jan Aushadhi Kendras for access to generic medicine, etc.
“I would like to urge and encourage the cooperators of Nagaland to take maximum advantages of these new initiatives and to propel our nascent cooperatives forward, and in turn transform our farms and rural units into profit and employment generating enterprises,” appealed Zhimomi.
