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Thirty-four cooperative societies have been selected for this year’s Cooperative Excellence awards. The awards will be presented by the Prime Minister on 16th November.
The Biennial Awards are given by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for outstanding performance by grass-root level cooperatives to inculcate the spirit of competition amongst them. The Award carries Rs 50,000 and a citation. (List of awardees is annexed).
The year 2004 happens to be the centenary year of the cooperative movement in the country, the NCDC has been organizing national events to mark the year.
A workshop on ‘Cooperatives – Road Ahead and Experience Sharing Session’ is also being organized on 16th November. The workshop to be inaugurated by the Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Kantilal Bhuria will focus on the experience of successful cooperatives so that others could benefit from them.
The cooperatives have wide social base with participation of all sections of society including women, youth, tribals and weaker sections. The movement has grown as the largest in the world with more than 5 lakh cooperatives and 23 crore membership. Cooperative institutions disburse about 46 per cent of agricultural credit and contribute half the national production of sugar about 55 per cent of handlooms are in cooperative sector. It has spread to fishery, poultry, handloom, dairy and a range of other activities.
LIST OF AWARDEES:-
Sri Ganapati handloom Weavers Coop. Production and Sales Society, Angara, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, Perka Panam Hinengo, Perka village, Carnicobar, Andamn&Nicobar Islands, The Lohit Co-op General Stores, Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh, Dura Bagari Somobai Somity, Kuthari, Nagaon, Assam, Ratanman Babhangama Dugdu Utpadak Sahyog Samity, Babhangama, Begusarai, Bihar, Seva Sahakari Samity Maryadit, Arjuni, Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh, The Chirag Consumer Co-op Stores, Malaviya Nagar, New Delhi, Mandovi Fishermen Marketing Co-op society, Malim Jetty-betim, Bardez, Goa, Amalsad Vibhag Vividh Karyakari Sahakari Khedut Mandli, Amalsad, Navsari, Gujrat, The Jyotisar Ganesh Co-op society, Jyotisar, Kurukshetra, Haryana, The Dadhol Gramseva Co-op society, Padyalog, Dadhol, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, The Dostroct Ex-Servicemen Co-op Consumer Store, Udhampur, J&K, Angara Lamps, Angara, Ranchi, Jharkhand, The Bellad-Bagewadi Krishi Seva Sahakari Bank, Bellad-Bagewadi, Belgam, Karnataka, The Cherpalacherri Service Co-op, Cherpalacherri, Palakkad, Kerala, Sahakari Sheet Grih Sanstha Maryadit, Rao, Indore, Madhra Pradesh, Ganesh Sahakari Dudh Vyavasaik Sanstha Maryadit, Rajuri, Junnar, Pune, Maharashtra, The Ima Langnubi Cattle Farming Co-op Society, Thangmeiband Sinam Leikai, Imphal West, Manipur, Upper New Nongstoin women Embroidery Tailoring Knitting-Cum-Handloom & Weaving Industrial Co-op Society, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Baktawng Consumer Co-op Society, Baktawng, Mizoram, Darlung Service Co-op Society, Aizawl, Mizoram, East Circular Road, Women Multi-purpose Co-op Society, Kohima, Nagaland, Girisola Madam Mohan Service Co-op Society, Ganjam, Orissa, Kudummulugumma Lamps, Kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Orissa, Lawspet Weavers Co-op society, Lawspet, Pondicherry, The Rasulpur Co-op Agricultural Multi-Purpose Co-op Society, Ludhiana, Punjab, The Palsana Gram Sewa Sahakari Samiti, Sikar, Rajasthan, The Binaker Kolayat Kray Vikray Sahakari Samiti, Bikaner, Rajasthan, Veerakeralam Primay Agricultura Coop Bank, Periathottam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Ranir Bazar PACS, West Tripura, Tripura, Bazpur Coop Mktg Society, Nainital, Uttaranchal, Kisan Seva Sahakari Samiti, Ghathera, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sahebganj No.1 Anchalik Sombay Krishi Unyan Samity, Burdwan, West Bengal, Mudiali Fishermen’s Co-op Society, Santoshpur Road, Kolkata, West Bengal.
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