A review meeting on the functioning of Cooperative Department was held on June 1 in Srinagar.  The meeting was convened by Chhering Dorje, Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs on the need of giving an impetus for the Cooperative movement in the State.

Chhering Dorje, Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs, asked the concerned to initiate the process of conducting elections for different Cooperative societies from primary to secondary levels at the earliest.

Asking the concerned for taking District Development Commissioners on board before issuing a notification in this regard, the Minister said they play a vital role in conducting the elections for Cooperative Societies.

Chering Dorje said that the state has an ample potential for establishing cooperative societies and to generate employment opportunity. He asked the concerned for organising workshops for the employees and awareness camps to sensitise the youth about the schemes, technological innovations in the cooperative sector for the benefit of people related with the societies.  

Taking stock of Cooperative assets available at different places, Minister directed the concerned to ensure no encroachments of land available at different places in State. He also asked them to prepare Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the construction of Cooperative Office at Tulsibagh and submit the same to the concerned quarter for the arrangement of funds.

During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on working of Super Bazaars. It was informed that good revenue is being generated by the Super Bazaar, Jammu and Srinagar. It was also given out that the Cooperative Bazaar at Tulsibagh is functioning smoothly and the department has a proposal for establishing Cooperative Bazaar at Civil Secretariat also.

In the meeting, it was informed that out of 945 registered societies, as many as 598 societies are functional in Kashmir Division and 97 percent of the audit was completed.

The meetings also discussed the conduct of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) in detail and directed the Secretary Cooperative to convene DPCs meetings and clear promotions of the employees of different cadres.

Minister also appointed the consultants for the Leh and Kargil district to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPRs) under National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) scheme of the Cooperative Department for launching Integrated Cooperative Development Department (ICDP) project in these two districts.

The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Cooperative and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, Secretary Cooperative, Bashir Ahmad Bhat and other Senior Officers of Cooperative Department.