90 PACS chiefs and office bearers in Kumaon attend leadership training programme
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Pantnagar
A three-day residential leadership training programme for around 90 presidents and office-bearers of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) from six districts of the Kumaon region concluded at the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) under the aegis of Sahakar Bharati, Uttarakhand.
The programme was virtually inaugurated on September 21 on the birth anniversary of Lakshmanrao Inamdar (Vakil Saheb) by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Cooperation minister Dhan Singh Rawat also joined the inaugural programme virtually. RSS Uttarakhand Prant Karyavah Dinesh Kumar Semwal, GBPUAT vice-chancellor Shivendra Kumar Kashyap and others also attended the event. The CM virtually launched four new initiatives including the ‘Sahakar Grantham’ souvenir, ‘Devbhoomi Sarathi’ under which Sahakar Bharati will collaborate with Bharat Taxi, ‘Cooperative Awareness Reels’ for Youth along with the training programme. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare minister Ganesh Joshi addressed the participants virtually and expressed hope that Sahakar Bharati would achieve its objectives through its programmes and extend their benefits to every section of society.
During the training, participants were educated on seven important themes, including the New National Cooperative Policy 2026 and the role of PACS as multipurpose business centres; the three-tier cooperative system and the role of PACS at district, state and national levels; election and operational procedures in cooperative societies, with emphasis on transparent management; leadership development and the leadership capabilities of presidents and secretaries; new business opportunities in areas such as millets, apple-kiwi cultivation, seed production, FPOs and the ITBP dairy model; NABARD financial support and schemes for strengthening PACS; and career opportunities for youth in the cooperative sector.Sahakar Bharati State president Vinod Kumar Gaud, officers and employees of the Cooperation department and staff members of Pantnagar University were present on the occasion.
