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Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to launch national cooperative database on Friday

National cooperative database launch: Under this initiative, the cooperation ministry has recognised the imperative need for a robust database to capture vital information about India’s vast cooperative sector.

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Should Minimum Support Price be legalised?

Farmers protest and MSP demand: The Hindu Parley discusses the demand of the protesting farmers, which include a legal guarantee for purchasing crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP) and India’s withdrawal from the World Trade Organization. The Union government has repeatedly asserted that a legal guarantee for MSP will not…

The Hindu

PM Modi lauds role of cooperatives in farmers’ welfare

Prime Minister Modi inaugurates 11 grain storage godowns in 11 states, part of India's largest storage plan.

The Hindu

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Government phaseout plans for iconic jeepneys sparks nationwide protests

Learn about the controversy surrounding the phaseout of iconic jeepneys in the Philippines, a beloved symbol of Filipino culture and transportation.

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Interview | Real change in agriculture to come from cooperatives: Niti Aayog’s Ramesh Chand

Member of the National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) Ramesh Chand has been helping governments at the Centre and States to draft policies on agriculture, food production, distribution and climatic resilience. A former professor with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Mr. Chand stands for reforms in agriculture systems.

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Let’s give the Viennese housing model a whirl

Letter: Much of the land in Vienna is held under public ownership or by cooperatives, reducing the inflationary pressures of speculators, Geoffrey Payne writes

The Guardian - UK

Starbucks sued over claims of labor and human rights violations in making of products

Lawsuit claims coffee chain procured materials from farms and cooperatives that have committed violations against workers

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Solace in fits and starts

Kerala has a social security triumph, by ensuring the economically challenged get a pension, but it also has a payment tribulation, with amounts this year delayed by four months.

The Hindu

Maine voters don't like their electric utilities, but they balked at paying billions to buy them out

Frustration with electric utilities is universal today. Whether it’s concerns over high rates, poor service or a combination of both, people are constantly looking for a better answer to the systems that serve them.

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Cooperatives are the solution for hunger, farmers’ woes: Brazil Agriculture Minister

Brazil's Min. of Ag. & Livestock Fávaro promotes cooperatives to address global food crisis, signed MOUs with India on food safety & veg. oil. Pushing for peace, Fávaro said Brazil is ready to transfer tech. to cooperatives & increase productivity of 40 mil. hectares of land. Brazil aims to reduce…

The Hindu

Minister warns of deliberate attempts to thwart cooperative sector

Kerala accounts for 71% of India’s cooperative investments while 412 products are being brought out to the market through cooperatives; Minister says the newly introduced Kerala Cooperatives Amendment Bill contains strict measures to check irregularities

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Kerala opposes proposed amendments to Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act

Accusing the Union government of attempting to dismantle the country’s federal system through amendments to the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, Kerala’s Minister for Cooperation V.N. Vasavan on Friday said that the latest amendments would usurp the powers of the States with regard to co-operatives.

The Hindu

Cooperatives were earlier marred by corruption, now poised to prosper with Modi government’s reforms: Om Birla

There was a period when cooperatives were marred by “corruption, mismanagement and politics” but time has changed now and the sector is poised to move towards prosperity due to reforms brought in by the Modi government, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on July 2.

The Hindu

PM Modi counters Congress over guarantees to farmers

NEW DELHI: Stung in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka by facing defeat in the recently-held assembly elections in the two states, the BJP has sought to counter the rival Congress on the matter of providing guarantees to people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the farmers are getting “guaranteed” Rs 50,000…

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Govt. spending ₹6.5 lakh crore annually on agriculture, farmers' welfare: PM Modi

Speaking at an event on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives, the Prime Minister also highlighted the work done by his government, like PM Kisan scheme, MSP operations, and fertilizer subsidy since coming to power in 2014.

Bangkok Post

Teachers to get interest rate debt relief from co-ops

More than half of the teachers' cooperatives nationwide have reduced the interest on debts owed by teachers who are facing increasing financial difficulties, according to the Cooperative Promotion Department (CPD).

The Times of India

India@75-our resolve to build a viable business ecosystem of Cooperatives: Jammu and Kashmir LG

JAMMU: Highlighting that 1006 cooperatives were registered and 31,578 members were trained during Jan-Abhiyan in the last one year, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday shared the government’s vision to strengthen the cooperative movement in Jammu Kashmir.

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Eyeing Global Food Crisis, Beijing Revives Elements of Planned Economy

Beijing is promoting the development of supply and marketing cooperatives for agricultural products and state-run canteens as relations between China and Western democracies deteriorate.

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Bolivian gold miners push into national park despite country’s green rhetoric

Mining co-ops – with oversize influence in the government – are moving into the Amazon’s Madidi national park

Bangkok Post

Police seized B309m worth of assets linked to fraud

Authorities have seized assets worth over 309 million baht from suspects accused of swindling police officers out of their savings and credit cooperatives in Phatthalung, which caused losses of up to 1.48 billion baht.

The Hindu

Work together for development of cooperatives: Amit Shah to States

He said that the cooperative movement should run at the same speed in every State, said sources

The Hindu

Population is an asset to the economy as it is linked to the scale of a market: Amit Shah

Modi government has brought 60 crore people out of penury, he says

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Congress seeks CBI probe into Karuvannur bank scam

Promises to back Govt.’s efforts to protect the cooperative sector

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Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing

When you hear the words “trailer park” or “mobile home park,” what comes to mind? Crime? Poverty? Vulnerability to natural disasters? These negative images reflect the stigma, reinforced by popular culture, that many U.S. residents assign to manufactured home parks – the official name for these dwellings under federal standards…

The Hindu

Centre allows cooperatives to sell products online

Centre to charge a transaction fee

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