COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN EVERY PANCHAYAT/VILLAGE

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government on 15.2.2023, approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country in five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development F...


MPACS

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Cooperation has undertaken various important initiatives to ensure the long-term financial viability of Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (MPACS) across the country, including economically challenged regions, while simultaneously addressing the challenges faced by small and marginal farmers in obtaining affordable credit and quality inputs. These measures include the following: Plan to...


PRIMARY AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETIES EXPANSION

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government on 15.2.2023, approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country over a period of five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure...


WORLD'S LARGEST GRAIN STORAGE PLAN IN COOPERATIVE

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government on 31.05.2023, has approved the "World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector", and it has been rolled out as a Pilot Project. The Plan entails creation of various agri infrastructure at PACS level, including godowns, custom hiring centers, processing units, Fair Price Shops, etc. through convergence of various existing schemes of the Government of India (GoI), such as, Agriculture Infrastructure...


UNION HOME MINISTER SHAH WILL UNVEIL THE 'NATIONAL COOPERATIVE POLICY ON 24TH JULY IN NEW DELHI

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperative Shri Amit Shah will announce the National Cooperative Policy 2025 at an event organized at Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan, New Delhi on 24th July 2025. Members of the drafting committee of the National Cooperative Policy, Chairmen and Managing Directors of all National Cooperative Unions, senior officials of the Ministry, senior officials of National Cooperative Development Corp...


CENTRE HAS SURPLUS RICE AND WHEAT STOCKS ABOVE BUFFER NORMS

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The details of stock position as on 1st July vis-a-vis buffer norms are as below (Fig. in Lakh MT) Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2146811 ) Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS URGED TO SELF-AUDIT AND ELIMINATE DARK PATTERNS: CENTRE

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Dark patterns involve using design and choice architecture to deceive, coerce, or influence consumers into making choices that are not in their best interest. Dark patterns encompass a wide range of manipulative practices such as drip pricing, disguised advertisement, bait and switch, false urgency etc. Such practices fall under the category of "unfair trade practices" as defined in the Sub-section 47 under Section 2 o...


TRAI convenes Joint Committee of Regulators on issues of Spam and Cyber Fraud

India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today hosted a meeting of the Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) in New Delhi to advance coordinated measures against spam, fraud, and misuse of telecom infrastructure. Representatives from RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, PFRDA and MeitY convened at TRAI headquarters, joined by officials from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and the Nationa...


JHARKHAND HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON SUNIL MURMU AND ORS. V/S THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS.

RANCHI, India, July 22 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on June 23: 1. In the present writ application prayer has been made for direction upon the respondents to consider the application of petitioners made for Transfer in terms of Circular issued by the Primary Education and Literacy Department vide Notification No. 434 dated 01.03.2016 and Notification No. 1556 dated 08.06.2022 since vide office order No. 872 dated 11.07.2024 and Office Order No. 992 dated 02.08.2024; since ...


JHARKHAND HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON ASHA MINZ AND ORS. V/S THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS.

RANCHI, India, July 22 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on June 23: 1. The instant writ application has been preferred by the petitioners for following reliefs: a) For quashing of order contained in letter no. 65 dated 15.01.2025 (Annexure No. 9) issued under the pen and signature of Director RIMS, Ranchi whereby and whereunder the claim of the petitioners for promotion on the post of Sister Tutor/Clinical Tutor has been rejected stating therein that the case of the petition...