Shah Calls for Tech‑Driven, Member‑Centric 'Work Culture' Across Cooperatives 'From Kashmir to Kamakhya'

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has told India's cooperatives that they need to put people's needs, technology, and openness at the centre of their work. This is a concept that needs to be shared all over the country, "from Kashmir to Kamakhya".

Shah said that cooperatives can't do well without technology at the fourth Foundation Day event of the Ministry of Cooperation, which took place at the Amul Dairy plant in Anand, Gujarat. He told the field that its members, especially farmers and people who work at the ground level, should be at the centre of everything it does.

Ten projects and the start of a new cooperative brand

Shah announced ten new projects at the event. One of them was the start of a salt cooperative in Gujarat. The goal is to make a national cooperative brand like Amul. Recently, more than 200,000 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have been set up in the cooperative sector under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• Anand is home to the country's first National Cooperative University.

• There are three national dairy companies,

• More than 60 new laws have been passed in the last four years.

Here are five "P's" for cooperative growth

Shah gave the country a plan based on five "P" pillars:

• People—making sure that citizens directly benefit.

• PACs—encouraging citizens to get credit.

• Platforms, especially those that deal with technology.

• Policy means rules that are clear and helpful.

It means prosperity, which means growth for everyone, including farmers, workers, and customers.

He talked about Amul's rapid growth and said that the company's annual sales would soon hit ₹1 lakh crore, up from ₹80,000 crore the previous year.

Tribhuvan Sahkari University: A Way to Fight Family Business

Shah had earlier laid the groundwork for Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU) in Anand, which is a 500-crore project on a 125-acre site. It will be the first university in the country that is solely focused on the cooperative industry. The goal is to get rid of favoritism and offer trained pros for cooperative work.

As part of its mission, TSU will teach professional, accounting, scientific, and marketing subjects and encourage people to work together, especially those from underrepresented groups.

The National Cooperative Policy from 2025 to 2045

A 20-year National Cooperative Policy will soon be released by the government. Its goal is to set up over 2 lakh PACS by 2026, with 60,000 new ones opening by the end of this year.

A bold way to move forward

Shah said that the movement was not only an economic force but also a social and environmental one. He said that teamwork was a core national value. In the end, he talked about how India could become a model for cooperatives around the world, making the goal "from Kashmir to Kamakhya" come true.