HM Amit Shah addresses an event to mark the 100th International Day of C...

Amit Shah, Home Minister addresses an event to mark the 100th International Day of Cooperatives 04 July 2022 HM Amit Shah says, despite challenges, the cooperative movement in the nation went from strength to strength. Centre has prepared model bylaws to enable Primary Agriculture Credit Societies ( PACS ) to diversify from their core business and undertake several activities and services. Addressing a programme to mark the 100th International Day of Cooperatives in New Delhi today, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said the model bylaws have been shared with the states for their comments. He said the model bylaws are intended to make PACS multipurpose and multidimensional. The Minister added that the government is also working on setting up a Cooperation University and developing a database of cooperatives. The Minister said recently the government has decided to computerize 63 thousand functional PACS with an overall budget outlay of over two thousand five hundred crore rupees which will boost the cooperative sector.