Become self reliant, target ₹50,000 crore business, says Amit Shah to cooperatives

Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to change its business approach to become self-reliant by achieving a turnover of Rs 50,000 crore by the year 2027-28.

He also urged the NCCF to focus on making primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) and other cooperative institutions its members so as to ensure that the proportion of cooperatives in the share of capital of NCCF is relatively higher.

Addressing the board of directors of NCCF, Shah said the federation should prepare a roadmap for the next 10 years and his ministry would provide its full support for implementing such a roadmap.

He also laid special emphasis on ensuring procurement of maize from farmers of Gujarat, Bihar, and other states by NCCF for ethanol production.

“If NCCF and Nafed so desire, the ministry of cooperation can help them get their common app prepared on a digital platform from the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and this app can be utilised to coordinate during the procurement of maize,” he said. Shah also urged NCCF to find export opportunities for pulses purchased from farmers.