Aligned with the initiatives of Ministry of Cooperation, Pirthipur Agriculture Cooperative Society in Himachal Pradesh, with more than 100 years of existence, is a success story in PACS transformation.
The Government has announced new National Cooperative Policy recently.
In this insightful interview, we explore the evolving role of cooperatives in a globally connected economy with Col. Himanshu, Director of the Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific.
In recent years, we have seen many development models being implemented in rural and remote regions, but not all of them have been able to create a lasting impact—especially in fragile geographies like Ladakh. In this context, Unati Cooperative has been experimenting with a different approach through its Project Amudha. Jyoti Saroop, Founder Director of Unati, has a candid conversation with Sanjay Verma, Founder/Editor of Coop Talks, on several key issues.
Engaging youth in cooperatives in an innovative manner is the biggest challenge before the cooperative movement today. At various forums, it has been effectively argued that today’s youth need well-conceptualized mentorship programs to foster their engagement with the cooperative sector.
Human civilisations has emerged due to surplus food production, and as a result, trade started flourishing in the world. Both demand and supply-driven trade was carried out, cutting across the borders. International trade was carried out by the enterprising and skilled youth who are involved in import and export rare goods.
The Unati Drone Academy is a pioneering initiative under the vision of The Unati Agri Allied and Marketing Multistate Co-operative Society Limited (UAMMCL) which aims to build a technology-enabled, cooperative-driven sustainable rural economy. The Unati Drone Academy, which proudly stands as India’s first DGCA-affiliated Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO), aims to, empower youth to become skilled, certified, and future-ready professionals in India’s rapidly growing drone-ecosystem. The details of this Academy can be known from www.unatidroneacademy.com
The Budget envisages promoting entrepreneurship, value addition, and collective resource management. It also empowers cooperatives to professionalize operations, expand markets, and increase farmer incomes. A framework has been suggested for resilient, integrated cooperative networks rather than fragmented entities.
Yes—Union Budget 2026–27 marks a decisive shift from symbolic support to structural empowerment of cooperatives.
For the first time, the Union Budget is not just allocating funds to cooperatives; it is redesigning incentives, taxation, and institutions in a way that aligns with the National Cooperation Policy 2025, which calls cooperatives the second engine of India’s growth.
The most important signal is this:
The Budget rewards cooperatives when value flows to members.
For the first time in independent India, something fundamentally important has changed. Cooperatives are no longer invisible.
The creation of the Ministry of Cooperation, the rollout of the National Cooperation Policy 2025, the revival of PACS, their computerisation, the formation of NCEL, NCOL, BBSSL, Bhart Taxi and focused schemes like Ayushman Sahakar, Sehkar Sarthi have sent a strong and unambiguous signal
The United Nations launched the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 with the mission of eradicating extreme poverty, hunger, disease, and inequality by the year 2015.
