GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN CONSUMER COOPERATIVES
Consumer Cooperatives
will be given all possible assistance to strengthen its functioning,
said Shri Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution here today. Inaugurating a two-day National
Conference on Consumer Cooperatives the Minister said that his
ministry would not hesitate in seeking help and assistance from
other ministries like finance, commerce and agriculture for this
purpose. The conference is being organised by National Consumer
Cooperatives Federation of India Ltd.
The Minister
pointed out that excessive control and interference of the Government
in the functioning of consumer cooperatives had already been removed
by the adoption of the National Cooperatives Policy and Multi
State Cooperative Societies Act and urged Consumer Cooperatives
to improve their quality in services to the community at large.
The theme of
the two-day National Conference is " Role of the consumer
cooperatives in the distributive trade under the changed economic
scenario". The conference will debate on various subjects
like present status of consumer cooperatives, their relevance
and importance in the distributive trade, steps needed to strengthen
them to meet the challenges ahead and role of Federal Cooperative
Organisations etc.
