Cooperative Minister Dhan Singh Rawat said on Friday, while unveiling the plan for the week-long interstate cooperative investment conference and exhibition slated to begin on May 13, that the Pax committee would be known as multipurpose cooperative committee from now onwards from where solar energy equipments would be sold.
“This would go a long way to educate more and more people about the advantages of the cooperatives, about how the standard of their life can be transformed developmentally,” the Minister said.
Besides, fuel pumps would be installed on the sides of the roads within the Pax committee premises. He further said the State Government has fixed a target to bring at least Rs 500-Rs 1000 crore from National Cooperative Development Board (NCDB) this year. “Besides, the Ministry has also decided to increase number of the Pax committee and 10 lakh employment opportunities would be generated through cooperatives,” he said.
Notably, the conference would be inaugurated by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Chief Minister Trivenedra Singh Rawat jointly at the Parade Ground on Saturday evening
Earlier, the Minister had constituted an advisory committee headed by the former cooperative Minister and Didihaat MlA Bishan Singh Chufal to ensure timely execution of the projects. It would have MlA Balwant Singh Bhouryal, state cooperative bank chairman Dan Singh Bhandari and deputy vice- president of SCB Hyat Singh Mahra as its members.
Rawat further said that most of the stalls to come up at the conference would be installed by the cooperative sector.
Such conferences would be hosted in other districts of the state too so that the desire result is achieved Dr Rawat said, adding that the experts would share their experiences with the cooperative members and farmers. “They will apprise how the farmers have upgraded their living standard through cooperatives in many areas of the world. They will also give suggestions and recommendations, specific to Uttarakhand. The department would act on the suggestions to be given by the experts,” he said.
On the inaugural day, the Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh and chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat would be the chief guests while the state agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal would be the special guest. On May 14, former chief minister and Garhwal MP Maj Gen Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri and the state finance minster Prakash Pant would address the congregation. On May 15, the former chief minister and Udham Singh Nagar MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari and state forest minister Harak Singh Rawat would speak on the occasion. On May 16, another former chief minister and Haridwar MP Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and the state tourism minister Satpal Maharaj would speak to the gathering. On May 17, the Union minister and Almora MP Ajay Tamta and the state urban development minister Madan Kaushik would address the conference while on May 18, the Tehri MP Mala Rajya lakshmi Shah, the state animal husbandry minister Rekha Arya and the education minister Arvind Pandy would do the same. On May 19, the concluding day, the state Governor Dr KK Paul, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the state transport minister Yashpal Arya would speak of their experiences and expectations to those attending the conference.