Human civilisations has emerged due to surplus food production, and as a result, trade started flourishing in the world.
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 Union Budget for 2026–27 has been presented against the backdrop of heightened global uncertainties affecting trade and multilateralism, while also opening avenues through bilateral engagements. In this context, the Budget focuses on building resilience to volatile global dynamics. It aims to strengthen the ecosystem to accelerate and sustain economic growth, enabling the country to withstand challenges and seize emerging opportunities.
Prior to the presentation of the Union Budget, the Finance Minister tabled the Economic Survey 2025–26 in Parliament on 29 January 2026. Despite global geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, and inflationary pressures, India’s First Advance Estimates project real GDP growth at 7.4% and GVA growth at 7.3% for FY 2026.
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
India’s cooperative movement is not merely an economic arrangement; it is a democratic institution rooted in people’s participation, mutual trust, and collective ownership. From village credit societies to large dairy and marketing federations, cooperatives embody a unique synthesis of economic activity and democratic governance. At the heart of this model lies the democratic ethos—member control, transparency, accountability, and autonomy. Protecting this ethos is not optional; it is a constitutional, moral, and developmental responsibility.
On 6 January 2026, a National CSR Conclave on Nutrition Security and Malnutrition Mitigation was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, bringing together government representatives, CSR partners, cooperative leaders, and sector stakeholders. Organised by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Foundation for Nutrition, the conclave spotlighted how nutrition outcomes can be advanced through coordinated institutional action and strategic CSR engagement.
Cooperatives have historically played a transformative role in India’s economic and social development, particularly in agriculture, dairy, credit, housing, fisheries and rural industries. In the era of rapid technological change and expanding expectations of transparency, speed and accountability, the question before policymakers and cooperative leaders is no longer whether digitalisation is useful, but whether cooperatives can survive and grow without it. The answer is clear: digital empowerment is now indispensable.
Human civilisations has emerged due to surplus food production, and as a result, trade started flourishing in the world.
