National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) celebrates All India Cooperative Week every year from 14th – 20th November. The week-long celebrations provide opportunities for reviewing achievements, challenges and formulating action programmes for cooperative development. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Make in India Through Cooperatives”.
“The commencement of the cooperative week coincides with the birthday of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who was a great visionary and an ardent supporter of the cooperative movement. The basic objective of celebrating the event is to highlight the achievements of the cooperative sector across the country so as to create a favourable public opinion about the cooperative sector”, reads a press release from the apex body.
Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers welfare, Government of India Mr Mohan Bhai Kundariya is slated to inaugurate the function on Saturday in the NCUI Auditorium in Delhi.
The function will be attended by representatives of cooperative organizations, international cooperative organizations, Government of India, representatives of NCDC, RBI, NABARD, Farmers Organisations, ICA, ILO and members of the NCUI Governing Council.