All out efforts to be made to make cooperative movement a big success in Haryana: Khattar

Ambala (Haryana) , November  20, 2014:  Haryana Chief Minister,  Manohar Lal Khattar today said that all out efforts would be made to make cooperative movement  a big success in Haryana with the coordination of all those associated with it so as to benefit the people of the state.

He was addressing the well attended concluding function of 49th Cooperative Week Ambala on Thursday.  He said that officers should study cooperative movement of all other states including Gujarat where small as well as big cooperative societies were showing excellent performance so as to make state cooperative movement self-reliant and more effective in the state.

He said that he himself had remained associated with cooperative movement and during his visits to other states he had found that cooperative movement of mid India, southern as well as western India is far ahead from Haryana. “Our government will ensure that pace of state cooperative movement could be accelerated with our joint initiatives”. Cooperative has a three tier system and coordination should be maintained between all three to make cooperative movement a big success here in the state, he added.

Khattar  said that cooperative societies have been strengthened by making a number of amendments in their rules. Quoting an example, he said that earlier audit of cooperative societies were carried out by cooperative department. After the amendment, cooperative societies have a choice to carry out their audit either by department or a penal of authorized firms of chartered accountants. He made it clear that present government would also implement any type of suggestions which improve the functioning of the cooperative sector in the state in future also.

Manohar Lal said that members of cooperative societies should consider societies as ‘Sahkari’ rather than ‘Sarkari’ as this lead to loss of faith among members. Their vision should be clear that cooperative societies are their own and not of government thereby work for making these societies profitable and self reliant. If there would be profit then it would be shared among its members. They should not work with this feeling that in case of loss, government is there to bear it. He said that State government would try to make all cooperative federation and societies profitable.

While expressing concern over short term of cooperative societies, he said that societies should be formed for long term so as to attract more people. Societies can add youth and women as its members by giving them employment through various government plans and programmes. This way, they could also  be able to deal with the challenge  of unemployment, he added.

The Chief Minister said that cultivation of horticulture and other cash crop has become more profitable as compared to traditional crops. Farmers’ especially marginal ones should start cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers as well as medicinal so as to get maximum profit. Government would ensure all infrastructure such as cold storages and warehousing to facilitate them, he added.

Manohar Lal also urged the people to make sanitation a part of their life. State Government has also launched “Swacch Haryana Swacch Bharat” campaign on November 1 which remained continued for a week with the cooperation of government officials, social organizations and general public. Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has a dream to make India ‘Swacch Bhart’ by year 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. All should join hands to realize this dream, he added.

Chief Minister also gave away prizes to 18 cooperative societies for their significant achievements. In exhibition category, HAFED bagged first prize, Sugarfed got second and Harco bank received the third prize. He also went around the exhibition.

While welcoming the Chief Minister, Health Minister Anil Vij urged him to send a delegation to Gujarat for study of cooperative movement there. About 80 per cent people of Gujarat were associated with cooperative movement. He said that a scheme to make all OPD online is being envisaged by the Health department so as to benefit the patients during their treatment. He had all praise for the Chief Minister for efficient handling of Satlok Ashram incident and added that not even a single gunshot was fired by the police in this incident. Accused Rampal was arrested by the police and produced before the court.

Speaking on this occasion Minister of State for Cooperation  Bikram Singh Yadav said that Cooperative Week is observed every year from November 14 to 20 at the state and the national level. He also listed about initiatives and achievements of various cooperative federations.

Principal Secretary Cooperation Alok Nigam also spoke on this occasion.

Those present on this occasion included MLA  Naib Singh Saini and  Santosh Chauhan Sarwan, OSD to Chief Minister Jawahar Yadav, Registrar Cooperative Societies,  C.R. Rana, Divisional Commissioner Neelam Pardeep Kasni, BJP State Vice President  Banto Kataria and other senior officers of Cooperation department and district administration.

(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)

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