In a determined bid to bring about prosperity of the people through vibrant cooperative movement, the State Government is set to host a week- long Giant International Cooperative Conference in Dehradun that would start on May 13.
Among the notables who would address the conference is the Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan who would speak at the congregation on May 19. Besides, the Governor, some other Union ministers, state cabinet ministers and experts having exposure to the domain of cooperatives would address the participants.
To review the preparation for the conference, the state cooperative minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat convened a meeting with the officials on Thursday in course of which an advisory committee to be led by the former cooperative minister and Didihaat MlA Bishan Singh Chufal was constituted. Other members of the committee would be MlA Balwant Singh Bhouryal, state cooperative bank chairman Dan Singh Bhandari and deputy vice- president of SCB Hyat Singh Mahra. The department would give final touches to the programme on the basis of the recommendations to be sent by the advisory committee.
Rawat instructed the officials to ensure that 80 percent of the stalls are installed by the cooperative sector. 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.
Such conferences would be hosted in other districts of the state too so that the desire result is achieved. Dr Rawat said that during the cooperative conference, 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, the 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.