69th Cooperative week celebrated at BBIA Bhawan Bari Brahmana

Secretary Cooperatives Yasha Mudgal was the chief guest while Deputy Commissioner, Samba, Anuradha Gupta was the guest of honour on the occasion.

The event began with the customary hoisting of the Cooperative flag followed by inspection of stalls of various successful Cooperatives in the district.

While addressing the gathering, Secretary appreciated the achievements and activities of the Department towards welfare and development of the society. While talking about the theme of the day “Cooperative for Youth, Women and Weaker Section and Health,” Secretary congratulated the Department for registering more than 15 women based Cooperatives.

Talking about the dairy based Cooperatives in the district and the recently launched Dairy Federation, Secretary stressed on the need of collection of milk and collection centres. Secretary praised the work done by Farm Fresh Milk Producers and Processors Cooperative Ltd for handholding of more than 60 Dairy Cooperatives.

Secretary floated the idea of a Cooperative Mart, for which she stressed that Samba District can be a pioneer. She also exhorted the department to focus on the e-marketing of the products displayed earlier on the stalls.

In her address, Deputy Commissioner, Samba, Anuradha Gupta congratulated the Cooperative Department for the celebration of Cooperative week. Further, she also highlighted the work done by members of various Cooperatives in putting their products on Samba District’s e-marketplace Bobo di Sandookdi. She also praised the cooperative societies and their stalls displayed on the eve of Diwali at Rural Haat in Block Vijaypur.

Further, she also highlighted the work done in Aspirational Block Rajpura where the district administration has arranged the bulk milk cooling units, van with milk tank and vending machine for collection and transportation of milk and adulteration analyser unit and utensils for a dairy based cooperative working in convergence with Department of Animal Husbandry.

Earlier in her welcome address, Additional Registrar Cooperative Societies, Jammu, Dr. Nirupa Rai, highlighted the achievements and activities of the Department. She further apprised about various cooperative societies working and newly registered in the district.

The event was attended by Joint Registrar (Audit), Ms. Champa Thakur, Joint Registrar (Special), Ms. Sonali Arun Gupta, Deputy Registrar, Ms. Shruti Sharma, Chief Animal Husbandry officer, DDM NABARD, Assistant Registrars of Samba District and various District and Block level officials.