Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will attend the 5th Foundation Day Ceremony of the Ministry of Cooperation on July 6 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The event will align with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Sahakar Se Samriddhi” and under Amit Shah’s leadership, focusing on transparency, technology adoption, institutional strengthening, and grassroots empowerment within the cooperative sector.
Over the past five years, the Ministry has implemented transformative projects for Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, cooperative banks, dairy cooperatives, urban cooperatives, national-level cooperative organisations, and multi-state cooperative societies.
Other dignitaries attending include Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj; Bhajan Lal Sharma, Chief Minister of Rajasthan; Krishan Pal Gurjar, Minister of State for Cooperation; and Murlidhar Mohol, Minister of State for Cooperation and Civil Aviation.
Senior officials such as Dr Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation; Atish Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Naresh Pal Gangwar, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying will also be present. Representatives from national cooperative institutions, cooperative federations, cooperative banks, dairy cooperatives, Bharat Taxi, PACS, and other cooperative sector stakeholders will attend the programme.
Shah is scheduled to lay the Foundation Stone and inaugurate several significant projects, including the transfer of 135 godowns, inauguration of 85 godowns, and foundation laying for 47 new grain storage godowns. Other ceremonial events include the Bhoomi Pujan of Sahakar Van by Amul and NCCF; Bhoomi Pujan of tissue culture facilities of BBSSL at Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and Jalgaon in Maharashtra; launch of NCD 3.0 and a geo-tag mobile application; and the launch of NDDB’s Milk Supply Review Dashboard Portal.
Further initiatives encompass efforts related to dairy animal productivity under Cooperative Inputs and Services Delivery Multi-State Limited; inaugurations of Cooperative Milk Producers Organisation Multi-State Limited and Gomay Cooperative Society Multi-State Limited; and unveiling two major NUCFDC initiatives — Sahakar CBS, a centralised core banking platform, and Sahakar Sahyogi, a conversational AI-powered platform for Urban Cooperative Banks.
A notable aspect of the ceremony will be the transformation of 50,000 PACS into e-PACS, marking a key step towards the digital empowerment of grassroots cooperative institutions.
Additionally, a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between BBSSL and ICAR to strengthen seed systems. Amit Shah will release model bye-laws for dairy cooperative societies and a book detailing the Ministry of Cooperation’s achievements over the last five years.
The ceremony will reaffirm the Ministry’s commitment to developing a cooperative ecosystem linking farmers, women, youth, small producers, dairy farmers, urban cooperatives, and rural institutions, under the vision of “Sahakar Se Samriddhi” and the goal of a developed and self-reliant India.
