Lok Sabha Question No. 3469 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Cooperative Movement
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3469

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT

3469. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government will recognize/shortlist few cooperatives in the country that have truly been formidable players in the cooperative movement especially in Karnataka;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government will be having any further expansion within the States and pan India; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): At present, no such proposal is under consideration.

However, Laxmanrao Inamdar National Award for Co-operative Excellence were given on the occasion of 'Laxmanrao Inamdar Birth Centenary Celebration and Sahakar Sammelan' held on 21 st September, 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. A list of Cooperative Societies winning the award (including cooperative society of the State of Karnataka) is at Annexure.

- (c) & (d): Cooperative Societies is a State subject under entry 32 of the second list of the seventh schedule of the Constitution. Therefore, except the multi-state cooperative societies, all other cooperative societies are governed by the State Cooperative Societies Acts enacted by the respective States/UTs. The multi-State cooperative societies (MSCS) are governed under the provisions of MSCS Act, 2002 enacted by the Government of India.

Further, National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a statutory corporation under the administrative control of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has launched  'Yuva  Sahakar-Cooperative  Enterprise  Support  and  Innovation  Scheme  2019'  in October, 2019, which aims at encouraging newly formed cooperative societies with new and / or innovative ideas.

Annexure

## List of Cooperative Societies Winning the Laxmanrao Inamdar National Award for Cooperative Excellence 2017

## Primary Level Cooperatives

- Sl. No. Categorization of Cooperative      Society selected for award
1. Group A-Agro Processing Shree Kantha Vibhag Sahakari Khand Udhyog Mandli Ltd., District Surat, Gujarat.
2. Group B-Consumer & Goa Bagayatdar Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Marketing Saunstha Maryadit, Ponda., Goa.
3. Group C-Credit Calicut City Service Cooperative Bank Ltd., i)  Cooperative Banks/Credit Calicut, Kerala. & Services

ii)  PACS/LAMPS Tota Utpannagala Marata Sahakara Sangha Niyamitha (TUMCOS), APMC Yard, Channagiri, Davanagere District, Karnataka.

4. Group D-Primary The Renu Handloom & Handicraft Miscelleneous Cooperatives Cooperative Society, Imphal, East Manipur.

## District Level Cooperative

1. District  Level The Kozhikode District Cooperative Hospital Ltd., Kozhikode, Kerala

## State Level Cooperative

1. State  Level The Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank Ltd., Tonk Road, Jaipur

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