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Bastar District to Host National Cooperative Conference on October 8-9
- •Chhattisgarh's Bastar district is hosting a national-level cooperative conference for the first time on October 8-9 in Jagdalpur.
- •The event is organized by the Union Ministry of Cooperation under the Sahkar Se Samriddhi initiative and will be chaired by Cooperation Department Secretary Asish Kumar Bhutani.
- •Secretaries from 15 states and registrars from 14 states will attend to discuss strengthening cooperative sectors, M-PACS, and dairy cooperatives.
- •Discussions will focus on digital technology usage, storage capacity expansion, cooperative banking, and fertilizer distribution.
- •Chhattisgarh has formed hundreds of new societies including M-PACS, fisheries, and dairy cooperatives under the rural prosperity campaign.
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Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district will host a national-level cooperative conference for the first time on October 8-9. The two-day event will take place at Jagdalpur, the district headquarters, under the Centre’s 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' initiative.
Discussions will focus on setting up Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (M-PACS) and dairy cooperatives, computerisation, digital technology adoption, expanding storage capacity, strengthening cooperative banking, and fertiliser distribution. Participants will also review key central initiatives and formulate a three-month action plan.
Chhattisgarh has formed 515 new M-PACS, 356 fisheries cooperatives, 364 dairy cooperatives, 153 minor forest produce cooperatives, and 63 women’s multipurpose cooperative societies under the 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' campaign.
