Pankaj Kumar Bansal, IAS, Additional Secretary to the Government of India and Managing Director of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), visited Chennai, Tamil Nadu and chaired a review meeting to assess the progress of cooperation among cooperatives in the dairy, fisheries and animal husbandry sectors.
During the meeting, Bansal suggested bringing all members of cooperatives under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme to ensure that its benefits reach the rural population.
Discussions also focused on the functioning and future roadmap of TAFCOFED and AAVIN, besides measures to strengthen Primary Fisheries Cooperative Societies (PFCS) and animal husbandry cooperatives.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department, directors of the concerned departments, managing directors of TAFCOFED and TNSCB, senior state government officials and the NCDC Regional Director, Chennai.
Bansal also reviewed the performance and activities of NCDC’s Chennai Regional Directorate in Tamil Nadu.
