Overview
- Cooperation ministers from states, Union Territories, senior officials will convene at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi for a two-day Manthan Baithak chaired by Union Minister Amit Shah.
- Participants will review progress on establishing 200,000 new multi-purpose PACS alongside dairy, fisheries cooperatives to strengthen rural service delivery.
- Deliberations will cover the operational rollout of the world’s largest grain storage scheme within the cooperative sector.
- The session will assess the roles of NCEL, NCOL, BBSSL alongside procurement support pricing for pulse, maize farmers under the Atmanirbharta Abhiyan.
- Key digital transformation initiatives such as PACS computerisation, RCS office digitalisation, integration with the National Cooperative Database will be examined.