Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee assumed charge as Principal Secretary, Cooperation Department, on Tuesday. Later, he had an interaction with departmental officials and spoke about his priorities for the department.
Dr Padhee also discussed important issues relating to the cooperative sector with senior officers.
He pointed out that crop insurance, computerisation of PACS, audit of PACS, facilitation of inter-State trade through e-NAM, creation of meaningful infrastructures of cooperatives and building an image of the department are some of his priorities.
He advised to use hand-woven fabrics every Friday and strictly directed not to use pan, bidi, tamakhu, cigarette and alcohol.
Dr Padhee is also Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department.