What happened
The Ministry of Cooperation has announced a set of cooperative and rural infrastructure measures for West Bengal. The package covers dairy cooperatives, multipurpose rural cooperative societies, digital registration for cooperative societies, storage warehouses, and a mobility-services agreement involving Bharat Taxi and the Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal.
The announcements are tied to White Revolution 2.0, cooperative digitisation, and rural logistics support. The stated objective is to strengthen member-based institutions and improve access to services for farmers, milk producers, and rural households.
What changed now
The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation will present registration certificates to newly constituted dairy cooperative societies and newly registered multipurpose rural cooperative societies in West Bengal. The e-RCS portal will also be launched to digitise registration and other administrative processes relating to cooperative societies in West Bengal.
In addition, warehouse infrastructure will be expanded through foundation stones for new storage facilities and inauguration of completed warehouses. The official package combines institutional registration, digital administration, and physical storage capacity in one cooperative-focused intervention.
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