Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament that India’s cooperative training ecosystem has witnessed unprecedented expansion, with lakhs of stakeholders trained across the country through the National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT).
Between 2021–22 and 2024–25, more than 8 lakh participants have undergone professional, diploma, and short-term capacity-building programmes. In 2024–25 alone, 3.15 lakh individuals were trained, a sharp rise reflecting the government’s intensified focus on strengthening grassroots cooperatives.
Shah said NCCT conducted 14,133 training programmes nationwide over five years through its network of Regional Institutes and Institutes of Cooperative Management (ICMs). States such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Odisha emerged as major hubs of cooperative capacity building.
ICM Hyderabad, serving Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has also expanded its outreach with diploma courses, PACS-focused programmes, and sector-specific training for dairy, fisheries and banking cooperatives. The Centre has released over Rs 8.31 crore to the institute in the past five years.
The push aims to create professionally trained leadership, improve governance standards, and transform cooperatives into modern, competitive economic institutions.
