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Inaugurating the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, organized by National Cooperative Union of India, Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India said that during the Amrit Kaal, the role of the cooperative sector in the growth of villages and farmers is going to be big. “Sarkar and Sahakar will together provide double strength to the dream of the Viksit Bharat”. Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah; Union Minister of State for Cooperation, B.L. Verma; Chairman of International Cooperative Alliance for Asia Pacific, Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav; and NCUI President Dileep Sanghani were present on the occasion among others. The Conference was attended by more than 4,000 delegates of cooperative organizations from all parts of the country.



Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, explained that through the Digital India campaign, the benefits for the beneficiaries are manifold. “Today, the poorest of the poor believe that corruption and nepotism have been eliminated in the upper echelons. With the focus on cooperation, it is important that our farmers and cattle-rearing people should feel this in daily life. It is imperative that the cooperative sector becomes a model of transparency and corruption-free governance. For this digital systems should be promoted in the cooperative sector”, the Prime Minister said. 



Underlining that the main cooperative societies of the primary level or PACS will become a model for transparency, the Prime Minister remarked that though the digitalization of PACS, by now 60,000, has already been achieved, it is high time for all the cooperative societies to be fully digitalized and promote cashless transactions for ensuring further transparency and accountability in the cooperative sector. He stressed upon the need of modernization and maximum utilization of technology to ensure manifold growth of the cooperatives and people associated with this sector. 



Referring to the ever-increasing record exports, the Prime Minister asked the cooperatives to optimize their contribution in multifarious activities. He especially mentioned the dairy sector for good export performance and emphasized the need to move with the resolution to fully harness the potential of our villages. Shri Modi mentioned a new impetus for Shree Anna (millets) as an example of this resolution. He exhorted the cooperatives to come up in the production sof millets.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister congratulated everyone on the occasion and said that the country is working towards the goal of a ‘Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat’. He reiterated the need for ‘Sabka Prayas’ (everyone’s effort) in achieving these goals where the spirit of cooperation sends the message of everyone’s effort. The Prime Minister noted the contributions of the dairy cooperative in making India the world’s leading milk producer and the role of cooperatives in making India one of the top sugar-producing countries in the world.



He expressed confidence that the nation can become self-reliant in edible oil production when cooperatives will join hands with the government and work in this direction. Shri Modi suggested that cooperative societies can provide all kinds of services and information to the farmers related to plantation technology and the purchase of equipment. 



The Prime Minister called upon the cooperatives to contribute to fulfilling various missions started by the government. He asked them to get associated with the essential water conservation initiative of Amrit Sarovars, Per Drop More Crop, micro irrigation etc.