Ministry of Co-operation
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| Formed | 6 July 2021 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
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The Ministry of Cooperation is a Union ministry under the Government of India[1] which was formed in 2021. The ministry provides a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. The ministry's creation was announced on 6 July 2021[2] along with its vision statement of Sahkar se samriddhi (transl. Prosperity through cooperation). Before the creation of this ministry, the objectives of this ministry were looked after by the Ministry of Agriculture.[3]
The ministry works in strengthening co-operatives at the grassroot level,[4][5] working to streamline processes for 'Ease of doing business' for co-operatives and enabling the development of Multi-State Co-operatives (MSCS).[6][7] The same was initially announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the 2021 Union budget.[4]
Objectives
[edit | edit source]The ministry was created with objectives of:[8]
- To realise the vision of "Sahkar se Samriddhi" (prosperity through cooperation).
- To streamline processes for ‘'Ease of doing business’' for co-operatives and enable development of Multi-State Co-operatives (MSCS)
- to provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movements in the country.
- To deepen the cooperative as a true people-based movement reaching upto the grassroot level.
Public Sector Undertakings
[edit | edit source]- National Cooperative Development Corporation (India)
- National Cooperative Organics Limited
Cooperative Societies at National Level
[edit | edit source]Core Cooperative Society at National Level
Cooperative Banks at National Level
- National Federation of State Cooperative Banks Limited
- National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies Limited
Development Cooperative Banks at National Level
- National Cooperative Land Development Banks Federation Limited
- All India Industrial Cooperative Banks Federation Limited
Consumer Cooperative Societies at National Level
- National Cooperative Consumer’s Federation of India Limited
Worker Cooperative Societies at National Level
- National Federation of Labour Cooperative Limited
Housing Cooperative Societies at National Level
- National Cooperative Housing Federation Limited
Producer/Marketing Cooperative Societies at National Level
- National Federation of Industrial Cooperative Limited
- Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited
- Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited
- All India Federation of Cooperative Spinning Mills Limited
- National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Limited
- National Heavy Engineering Cooperative Limited
- All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Limited
- National Federation of Fishermen’s Cooperative Limited
- National Cooperative Tobacco Grower’s Federation Limited
- Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited
- National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited
- National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
- Petrofils Cooperative Limited (To be de-liquidated)
Cabinet Ministers
[edit | edit source]| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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| File:Home Minister Sh Amit Anichandra Shah.jpg | Amit Shah (born 1964) MP for Gandhinagar |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 340 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
| Modi III | |||||||||
Ministers of State
[edit | edit source]| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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| From | To | Period | |||||||
| File:B. L. Verma with PM Modi 2021 (cropped).jpg | B. L. Verma (born 1961) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) |
7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
| File:Krishan Pal at the National Workshop on Autism Tools (cropped).jpg | Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 1957) MP for Faridabad |
10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 2 days | Modi III | ||||
| File:Murlidhar Mohol.png | Murlidhar Mohol (born 1974) MP for Pune | ||||||||
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Department of Co-operation State Committees
[edit | edit source]Department of Co-operation State Committees was created with objectives of:[8]
- Legal framework preservation for strengthening the country.
- To deter discrimination to communities in the country.
- Historic preservation of every state in the country.
Criticism
[edit | edit source]Co-operative societies, being a subject of State List under the Seventh schedule of the Constitution, many experts raised concerns that, creating such a ministry at the central level would increase the power in the hands of the union government.[9]
Kerala's Minister of Co-operation and Registration V. N. Vasavan claimed that, "Creation of a new Cooperation ministry will make it difficult for state government to interfere in cooperative organisations and is an infringement upon the federal rights of the state governments. [....] This is an intrusion into the authority of the state governments."[10]
See also
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