The theme cooperative figured twice in the winter session of the Parliament that ended Tuesday without conducting much of the business due to deadlock in the wake of religious conversion controversies.
In the Rajya Sabha, one of the members wanted to know if the education and training can remove cases of malpractices in cooperatives, commonly reported in media.
In the Lok Sabha, answer for a question regarding the number of viable cooperatives with special emphasis on the state of Bihar was sought.
National Cooperative Union of India, the apex body and the custodian of cooperative data was thrown into a tizzy as soon as a fax from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative landed at its desk.
Absence of computerization and a dwindling as well as not-so-trained manpower have robbed it off any sophisticated working. Nevertheless, sos massages were sent across the states to find out the details.
Later, talking to Indian Cooperative NCUI Chief Executive informed that there are about 6 lakhs cooperatives in the country in which Bihar alone claim a share of 36,402 societies. The state has about 10 thousand Co-operative Federations and 4784 large cooperatives.
Also, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Shri Mohanbhai Kundaria informed the House that cooperative education is essential for the success of cooperatives. Cooperative education brings awareness about cooperative functioning, their roles, duties and responsibilities and the requirement of the members’ active participation to develop cooperatives.
He also informed that National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) which is an apex body representing the entire cooperative organizations in the country with the mandate of organizing cooperative education and training programmes.
NCUI also spreads cooperative education through its Education Center in Delhi and 43 cooperative education Field Projects spread over whole of India particularly in cooperatively under-developed States, he added.
Through these Cooperative education field projects, different modules of cooperative education are delivered to the primary agricultural societies which form the backbone of the cooperative movement in India, Kundaria said.
Respected Sir,
We are happy with the action taken by the Minister in the parliament about the NCUI Cooperative Education Field Projects. We sincerely hope that, the Hon’ble Minister will take necessary action to restore the 10 years pending service benefits like Increments ,DA, Medical reimbursement , LTC,6th pay commission benefits etc.since 2004 of the NCUI Field Project employees.
Respected Sir,
We the employees of NCUI Cooperative Education Field Project feel happy with the action taken by the Minister in the parliament regarding NCUI Field Project. We appreciate him by heart for raising this issue. We sincerely hope that, the Hon’ble Minister will take necessary action to restore the 10 years pending service benefits like Increments ,DA, Medical reimbursement , LTC, 6th pay commission benefits etc.since 2004 of the NCUI Coop. Education Field Project employees.
भारतीय राष्ट्रिय सहकारिता संघ, सहकारी शिक्षा क्षेत्रिय परियोजना के मुद्दे को पहली बार संसद मे उठाया जाना अपने आप मे सहकारिता के महत्व को दर्शाता है। माननीय कृषि राज्य मंत्री से हार्दिक गुजारिश है की project employees की पिछले 10 वर्षों से लंबित वेतन तथा अन्य लाभों को दिलाकर एक नया जीवन दान दे।
we appreciate hon’ble Minister for state’s voice in Parliament for NCUI field project and really if the primary cooperative at grass root has to be succeed then there must be continuous cooperative education and training which is being done by NCUI field projects. We request hon’ble sir to kindly intervene in restoring service benefits of Ncui field staffs which is pending since ten years.