To provide more and more benefits of the State Government schemes, farmers will be made members of cooperative banks and credit societies. A month long campaign ‘Ghar Vapsi’ will be conducted from January 26 for this. Minister of State for Cooperative (Independent Charge) Vishwas Sarang was reviewing the implementation of recommendations made during the Sahkari Manthan held last September to give new direction and to strengthen cooperative movement.
Principal Secretary Cooperative Ajit Kesri, Commissioner Cooperative Kavindra Kiyawat, Managing Director APEX bank Pradeep Neekhra and Senior Officers were present in the meeting.
Sarang informed that the farmers are not able to avail benefits of several Government schemes as they are not members of the cooperative banks and credit societies. Moreover, farmers are not able to avail benefit of loan at the rate of zero percent interest and 10 percent subsidy on principal loan. Therefore, the campaign is being conducted on the basis of manthan. In this series ‘Ghar Vapsi’ campaign will be conducted from January 26 to February 26 to contact farmers and to link them to the cooperative banks in place of commercial banks.
Sarang further informed that implementation on 74 out of 132 recommendations received during the Sahkari Manthan has been started. Action has been initiated to make amendments in law and Act in the rest recommendations. He informed that several positive and good results have been obtained in cooperative sector by initiating action on the basis of recommendations.
Sarang said that increase in cooperative banks’ deposit has been registered from the month of September to December, 2016. A recovery of `400 crore has been made after the Paddy and Maize procurement which was only `100 crore earlier. He said that NABARD has provided an additional `1800 crore to the APEX bank under the refinance scheme in this year. Appointments of custodian officers in district banks have improved the banks’ condition.
Moreover an year long training calendar is being prepared for the people connected with the cooperative movement. Recruitment process is being started through I.B.P.S. for 2300 posts to compensate shortage of staff. They all will join till the month of April.
Also branding work of APEX bank and other banks will be completed till March.