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Topic: Cooperatives

Rahul Gandhi should be more worried about Amit Shah the cooperation minister—than home minister

The cooperation ministry is working on a war footing. Even if cooperative societies are in the state list, the Centre is doing its best to streamline and reinvigorate the sector.

Ola & Uber to soon have a new competitor as 8 cooperatives take the wheel. All about Bharat Taxi

Bharat Taxi is a cooperative initiative under newly formed Multi-State Sahakari Taxi Cooperative Ltd, which is backed by 8 cooperatives.

Centre unveils new cooperative policy with promise of more autonomy, push for entry in emerging areas

Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah launched the policy Thursday. The 2025 National Cooperative Policy will replace the one in place since 2002.

The real White Revolution—Shastri’s NDDB built a farmers-first economy that still works

Lal Bahadur Shastri’s 1964 visit to Gujarat convinced him of the virtues of the cooperative dairy model established by Tribhuvandas K Patel and managed efficiently by Verghese Kurien.

Why politics over Gokul Milk, Maharashtra’s biggest dairy cooperative, is on the boil

Mumbai: Ahead of local body elections across Maharashtra, a new political battle is brewing over milk, with Kolhapur as its epicentre. The tug-of-war is over...

Not just national security or politics, Amit Shah has a new obsession—the ‘sahakari kshetra’

Modi govt, which is accused of helping capitalists, wants to make the cooperative sector the backbone of governance. And Amit Shah is leading the way.

Indian cooperatives need the Amul Model more than a Ministry of Cooperation

The Amul Model worked because professionals invested in the business, and not disinterested bureaucrats, steered farmers from the start.

Youth affairs in 2000 to cooperation in 2021: Here’s how new ministries are formed

The President forms new ministries and departments on the advice of the Prime Minister. The total strength of Cabinet Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total strength of Lok Sabha.

BJP has risen in Maharashtra by dismantling Sharad Pawar’s old empire piece by piece

NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s family has presided over a vast network of local elites for decades, creating a political equivalent of the gilded age.

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Rahul Gandhi should be more worried about Amit Shah the cooperation minister—than home minister

The cooperation ministry is working on a war footing. Even if cooperative societies are in the state list, the Centre is doing its best to streamline and reinvigorate the sector.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.