Jetalpur: Speaking at the function to mark 100 years of Ahmedabad District Cooperative (ADC) Bank here, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today revisited the past days when he was associated with the bank and recalled how the bank was once in very poor condition and on the verge of shutting down. "25 years ago in the ADC election, you members elected me as Chairman, and the event in that connection was held on this same ground at Jetalpur. It was the 75th year of the bank, and the members then had...Read More

Jetalpur, Ahmedabad: Cab aggregator services Uber and Ola may have a new nationwide competitor in the near future. Cooperation Minister Amitbhai Shah today made an announcement indicating this. Speaking at a function to mark 100 years of the Ahmedabad District Cooperative (ADC) Bank, the Cooperation Minister said an organization for the management of taxis will be created nationally on a cooperative basis for drivers, similar to Ola and Uber. "A national cooperative taxi management sanstha will...Read More

Gandhinagar: Union Ministry of Cooperation has introduced the PACS Computerization Scheme to integrate all functional Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) onto a unified Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. This initiative connects them with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). This scheme has been implemented in Gujarat from 2023-24 and the first phase of the co...Read More

Gandhinagar: After implementing the pilot in Banaskantha and Panchmahal districts earlier, the Gujarat government has decided to extend the 'Cooperation Among Cooperatives' initiative to all 33 districts of Gujarat. The initiative aims to enhance collaboration among multiple cooperative societies by unifying their bank accounts and deposits under District and State Cooperative Banks. In the scheme, the existing bank accounts of cooperatives and their members from various commercial banks are con...Read More

Gandhinagar: International Cooperative Day, celebrated annually since 1923 on the first Saturday of July, honors the global cooperative movement. India, long involved in cooperative activities, saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi establish the Ministry of Cooperatives on July 6, 2021. This year, both International Cooperative Day and the Ministry's Foundation Day will coincide on July 6. For the first time, the Government of India will celebrate "Cooperation Day" at the national level in Gujarat. T...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Thursday moved and passed The Gujarat Co-Operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the State assembly. The bill was passed unopposed. It amends the Gujarat Co-Operative Societies Act, of 1961. The bill has a provision to fix a ceiling on transfer fees charged by societies for sell of the plot/property. There's no clarity on the amount of transfer fee in the bill. The rules about this will be notified later. The bill also provisions a requirement of 8 pe...Read More

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Gandhinagar: The cooperative department of the state government has granted administrative approval to the purchase of EVM for the elections of Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMC). Gujarat has a total 240 APMCs. The elections are held for APMC for the 10 seats from farmers department, 4 seats from traders department and two seats from general voters union. The district registrar organises the elections of APMC. The printed ballot papers were used for the elections of APMC so far. Ho...Read More

Gandhinagar: CR Patil after becoming the State party chief mandated a party whip for contesting cooperative elections for party members. Revolting against this, former minister Arvind Raiyani and his aides Nitin Dhankecha, Babu Nasit, and Mansukh Sardhara continued to challenge Patil's decision on appointments in Rajkot Lodhika Sangh. These party men are now served show cause notices by the State party chief. They are asked to give a reply in seven days. Patil had given the whip to Narendrasinh ...Read More