Embrace transparency, tech and member-centric approach: Amit Shah urges cooperative sector
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Embrace transparency, tech and member-centric approach: Amit Shah urges cooperative sector
Union Minister of Cooperation and Home Amit Shah called upon the cooperative sector to follow three principles to make the cooperative movement last. Shah made these remarks during an event to celebrate the fourth foundation day of the Ministry of Cooperation at Amul Dairy in Anand district. During the programme, Shah also launched several projects, including a cooperative of salt producers of Kutch district. He said that the “feeling of cooperation has been prevalent in the country since the Vedic times” and PM Modi, he added, “gave it a legal status”. He also paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on the occasion of his birth anniversary stating that Kashmir would never have become an integral part of India without Mookersjee’s efforts. The Union Affairs Minister said the entire BJP party, which started with 10 members, has become the largest political party in the world as the party of Jan Sangha. The minister said that four years ago, Modi laid the foundation of the ministry with the mantra of “Prosperity through Cooperation,” giving a new life to the cooperative system.
Shah made these remarks during an event to celebrate the fourth foundation day of the Ministry of Cooperation at Amul Dairy in Anand district. During the programme, Shah also launched several projects, including a cooperative of salt producers of Kutch district.
Shah said, “Today, all the cooperative leaders are present. It is my strong insistence to all of you that in the current Year of Cooperation, we should strongly follow three things on ground; transparency, acceptance of technology and to bring the member in core focus.”
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“Until and unless there is no transparency, the cooperative movement cannot last long. In many countries, the movement has finished and when the reasons behind the same were studied, (it was found that) lack of transparency damaged the feeling of cooperation,” Shah asserted.
He said, “Wherever, technology has not been accepted, the cooperative movement hasn’t survived competition. Even in the cooperatives, where a member’s interest is not given supreme priority, (it) too gets finished.”
Shah asked all the leaders to practice the three principles on ground and make it a “work culture”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government had on July 6, 2021 formed the Ministry of Cooperation and Shah was appointed its first minister.
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The Union Minister said that the “feeling of cooperation has been prevalent in the country since the Vedic times”. And PM Modi, he added, “gave it a legal status”. The minister said that four years ago, Modi laid the foundation of the Ministry of Cooperation with the mantra of “Prosperity through Cooperation,” giving a new life to the cooperative system.
The Cooperation Minister said that under PM Modi’s leadership, the ministry has taken 60 initiatives. And all the initiatives are based on five Ps; ‘People’, ‘PACS’ (primary agriculture cooperative societies), ‘Platform’ (digital and national), ‘Policy’ and ‘Prosperity’.
Shah said, “I am speaking from the land of Amul. At least 36 lakh women of Gujarat and 20 lakh (other) women of the country toil daily and collect milk. The annual turnover of the milk cooperative Amul will reach Rs 1 lakh crore next year, up from Rs 80,000 crore. And its profit will go to the bank accounts of these 56 lakh women.”
During the occasion, a number of projects were launched such as Sardar Patel Dairy Federation Limited (SPCDF), a cooperative of salt producers of Kutch and several projects of Amul like a mozzarella cheese manufacturing facility, an ultra modern cheese warehouse and expansion of Amul chocolate plant Mogar.
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SPCDF is a dairy cooperative of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act. It aims to bring together the village-level dairy cooperatives outside Gujarat under a unified federation, expanding the cooperative model nationally.
The salt producers’ cooperative has been formed by Sarhad Dairy in association with the Amul federation.
Speaking on the new salt cooperative launched in Kutch district, Shah said, “In coming days, I am confident that like Amul, it will be a strong cooperative model for our salt producing workers.”
Shah also congratulated Sarhad Dairy Chairman Valamji Humbal for taking the initiative of setting up the salt cooperative.
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Shah also paid tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on the occasion of his birth anniversary stating that Kashmir would never have become an integral part of India without Mookerjee.
“Mookerjee sacrificed his life for Kashmir, raising the slogan ‘Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan, aur Do Nishan nahi chalenge’ (There can’t be two Constitutions, two flags and two leaders in the same country),” he said.
The Union Home Affairs Minister said the entire credit goes to Mookerjee and Swami Pranavananda for West Bengal becoming a part of India.
“Mookerjee (who was the then industry minister) resigned from Jawaharlal Nehru’s Cabinet in protest against the policy of appeasement. The party, Jan Sangha, which he started with 10 members, has today become the world’s largest political party, as the BJP, with a membership of 12 crore people,” Shah said.