What happened
The Ministry of Cooperation has placed the National Cooperation Policy, 2025 on a more formal implementation footing by creating a Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee and by expanding the use of a National Cooperative Database. The Ministry of Cooperation has presented both measures as tools for coordination, monitoring, and planning in the cooperative sector.
The Ministry of Cooperation said the policy is being implemented through a Whole-of-Government approach and in the spirit of cooperative federalism.
Institutional framework under National Cooperation Policy, 2025
The National Cooperation Policy, 2025 provides a 10-year roadmap for systematic and holistic development of the cooperative sector. The policy has 6 strategic pillars, 16 objectives, and 83 recommendations.
Two institutional bodies are part of the monitoring architecture:
Related current affairs
- National Cooperation Policy (NCP) 2025: Monitoring committees constituted and implementation status
- Implementation of National Cooperation Policy, 2025
- National Cooperative Database (NCD): Coverage of cooperatives and status of PACS/M-PACS, computerization and ERP onboarded
- Expansion of PMBJK through PACS with IT reimbursement and incentives under PMBJP
- Model bye-laws for PACS circulated and adopted in Punjab; inclusivity for women and SC/ST membership
- Initiatives since inception of Ministry of Cooperation: model bye-laws for PACS, White Revolution 2.0, tax relief and financial support (ethanol/EBS, GST on molasses, revival of sugar mills)