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Nafed Board rallies behind Chairman V R Patel

After the senior Vice-President, the junior one Sunil Kumar Singh has also come forward in the defense of NAFED Chairman V R Patel in the wake of media reports that one of his (Patel’s) nephews has been arrested by Gujarat police on charges of mixing sand and gravel with groundnuts. Reacting to Indian Cooperative news […]

Historic Day: Nafed comes back to farmers, clears banks’ dues

Tuesday was a historic day as Nafed settled all its dues with the lender banks and became again a proud cooperative it used to be once upon a time in the past. It has come back to farmers, said one of its Directors with a sigh of relief. The story of revival package hogging media […]

Cooperators celebrate Chhath with gusto

With the Chhath Puja acquiring pan-India significance, top cooperative leaders including NCUI President Dr Chandra Pal Singh Yadav and IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi, among others have greeted the fellow cooperators a “Happy Chhath”. Primarily a religious event observed by people of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, their migrations to various parts of country […]

Leaders-big or small line up to hear PM

Vigyan Bhawan wore a festive look on Thursday as cooperators-big or small lined up to hear Prime Minister speak on cooperatives. This was in a way their first interaction with Narendra Modi who did not disappoint them as he said co-operative courses the veins of this country. If IFFCO Managing Director Dr U S Awasthi […]

Biscomaun: Vishal’s participation raises eyebrows

The participation of Vishal Singh, the scion of putative first family of the cooperative movement in the state in the 29th AGM of marketing cooperative federation Biscomaun, raised many eyebrows in Patna. Without saying that a truce has taken place between him and his rival, Biscomaun Chairman said” what is the meaning of a fight in […]

We believe in co-operation: Biscomaun Vice-Chairman

Cooperative history is replete with examples that whenever the political leadership has changed it has led to political upheavals in the cooperative bodies of the state. But Biscomaun which is being controlled by RJD supporter Sunil Singh may prove to be an exception, if its Vice-Chairman Gopal Giri is to be believed. When a cooperative […]

Delhi State Co-op Bank: Bijender makes it again

Bijendra Singh-a well known cooperator in the country has made it again to the Chairmanship of Delhi State Cooperative bank in an election held on Tuesday in Delhi. Singh was elected unanimously along with his panel of 11 Directors. There was just one opponent in one of the constituencies and even there our panel candidate […]

Rise and fall of NCCT Secretary Mishra

Mohan Mishra is a cooperative official who through his clever moves could manage to find the favor of the new NDA government and by extension Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh. The new minister found in him a man who could walk him to the cooperative sector in a mess. There was a time when the […]

IFFCO: Awasthi stung by Bihari affection

Patna- the capital of Bihar made IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi emotional as soon as he landed here Tuesday evening. Hundreds of cooperators who had gathered at the Patna Airport scrambled to garland him on his arrival. He was nostalgic for two reasons – one, Bihar being the place where he began his professional […]

Patna dolled up to receive IFFCO MD

Huge cut-outs of IFFCO Golden Jubilee celebrations dot the skyline of Patna-the capital of Bihar which is being readied to welcome a man who is held as a messiah for the farmers of the state for supplying them nearly 6-7 lakh tones of urea per anum. Dr U S Awasthi, MD of IFFCO who would […]

OMIFCO: Kribhco team visits plant in Oman

Cooperators connected to the fertilizer cooperative Kribhco went to Oman for a plant visit last week and were impressed by what they saw. The OMIFCO is a joint venture company of Indian and Oman firms. While the cooperative giants like IFFCO and KRIBHCO represent Indian stake-holders, Oman Oil Company SAOC is the host partner. Impressed […]

Meeting farmers is soul-nourishing: Awasthi

Dr U S Awasthi who has been undertaking a massive farmers’ connect campaign across India is a tireless man. So far in a month and a half he has visited fourteen locations and is still on the move. Responding to a query if he felt fatigued from this correspondent, he explained why he does not […]

ICA A-P Regional Assembly kicks off to a grand start

A grand inauguration of the 12th Regional Assembly of ICA-Asia-Pacific and the 9th Asia Pacific Cooperative Forum took place Thursday with two Union Ministers and cooperators of 28 nations in attendance. The who’s who of Indian cooperatives from Chandra Pal Singh Yadav to IFFCO MD Dr US Awasthi, from Aditya Yadav to Sunil Singh, from […]

Nafed heaves sigh of relief as govt approves its package

It was an uncommon AGM for Nafed which has been at the receiving end of criticism for a long time in the wake of tie-up losses. Finance Ministry had cleared its bail-out package just a day before the AGM sending waves of cheers as much among delegates as among leaders. It was Nafed’s 59th Annual […]

COBI leaders leave for Germany

The apex body of cooperative banks in India COBI may not have got license yet but its leaders never shrink back from organizing international conferences. The entire Board of COBI along with representatives of all kinds of co-op banks have left for Germany to attend an international cooperative conference. Led by G H Amin the […]