Overview

• The meeting convened cooperation ministers and senior state officials at Bharat Mandapam to align Centre-State strategies under the UN’s International Year of Cooperatives 2025.
• States were urged to tailor their policies to local cooperative conditions and establish training institutes affiliated with the Tribhuvan Sahkari University.
• The Model National Cooperative Policy Act will introduce digital cooperative databases and legal reforms to bolster accountability, innovation and transparency across the sector.
• Officials reviewed progress on the World’s Largest Grain Storage Scheme to accelerate the expansion of cooperative-run silos and strengthen food security.
• Delegates discussed mechanisms to support National Cooperative Export Ltd, National Cooperative Organics Ltd and Bharatiya Beej Sahkari Samiti Ltd in scaling multi-state operations.