Mauritius Minister visits NICM; exchanges co-op ideas with Amin

Revealing a desire to acquaint himself with the cooperative movement in Gujarat, Soomil Duth Bholah, Minister of Cooperation and SME of Mauritius visited the state on 24th August 2022. He met Ghanshyambhai Amin, Chairman of Gujarat State Cooperative Union at National Institute of Cooperative Management (NICM), Gandhinagar.

The Mauritian minister was warmly welcomed by Gujarat’s leading co-operators including Ghanshyambhai Amin himself with a bouquet of flowers and mementos, informs a press release.

Amin informed the foreign dignitary about various cooperative bodies working in Gujarat. Soomil Duth Bholah reciprocated by sharing details about Cooperative Institutions working in his own country Mauritius.

Bholah, among other things, apprised Amin of scarcity of manpower in the field of animal husbandry for Milk Cooperatives in his country. Both also discussed the exchange of Cooperative Training Programs and other cooperative activities during their personal meeting.

During the discussion, Mr. Bholah stated that the Sugarcane business is performing well in his country. Shri Amin also appraised him that Bardoli town located in Gujarat is a major hub of Sugarcane business and that Bardoli sugar making is the biggest sugar producing co-operative organization in Asia.

This khedut sahakari khand udhyog mandali ltd which is known as Bardoli Sugar Cooperative Organization provides good price to the farmers for the sugarcane they ripen, earns well through the bye product and gives good returns to the members, said Amin.

Mr Bholah, thereupon evinced interest and expressed his desire to visit Bardoli during his next visit to India. Shri Amin assured him to take him to Bardoli. Further both discussed the exchange of Cooperative Training Programs and Cooperative Activities during their personal meeting.

It bears recalling that in the year 2013, a delegation led by the then Cooperation Minister of Mauritius Jangbahadur Singh Sitaram had visited Gujarat State Cooperative Union, Ahmedabad. Amin had presented a proposal for the exchange of Cooperative Training Programs and other cooperative activities. at the time.

In response to an invitation, Amin visited Mauritius in 2015. Amin during his visit had discussed Agriculture & the Cooperative Movement of India in general. Amin had also discussed the cooperative training programs with the cooperative minister, secretary and other cooperative leaders of Mauritius in detail.