🏛️ Description
The Ministry of Cooperation is a relatively new ministry established by the Government of India on 6th July 2021 to strengthen the cooperative movement and realize the vision of “Sahkar se Samriddhi” — Prosperity through Cooperation. It aims to promote cooperative-based economic development by simplifying processes, improving ease of doing business for cooperatives, and enabling the growth of cooperative institutions across sectors.
The Ministry focuses on the creation of a separate administrative, legal, and policy framework for strengthening cooperative societies in both rural and urban India. It works to ensure transparency, modernization, and digitization of the cooperative ecosystem, thereby making cooperatives more accessible, accountable, and self-sustaining.
🎯 Mandate
- Formulation and implementation of policies to strengthen India’s cooperative movement.
- Streamlining processes for registration, governance, and operation of cooperative societies.
- Promoting cooperative institutions in sectors like agriculture, dairy, fisheries, housing, and credit.
- Ensuring transparency, accountability, and ease of doing business for cooperatives.
- Digitalization of cooperative societies through the National Cooperative Database.
- Implementation of schemes for capacity building, training, and financial support of cooperatives.
- Encouraging professional management and innovation in cooperative business models.
- Strengthening multi-state cooperative societies and enabling inter-state collaboration.
🌐 Official Website
🏢 Offices & Contacts
Headquarters:
Ministry of Cooperation
Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003, India
Telephone: +91-11-24362540 / 24362541
Fax: +91-11-24362542
Email: secy-coop@nic.in
Website: https://cooperation.gov.in
🏗️ Departments & Key Organizations
- National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC): https://www.ncdc.in
- National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI): https://ncui.coop
- National Federation of State Cooperative Banks (NAFSCOB): https://www.nafscoob.org
- National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF): https://nccf-india.coop
- National Cooperative Database: https://ncdb.cooperation.gov.in