Review of National Cooperation Policy, 2025
The article details the review and implementation mechanism of the National Cooperation Policy (NCP) 2025. It highlights the establishment of a 'Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee' and a 'National Steering Committee on Cooperation Policy' for central-state coordination, troubleshooting, and periodic review. The policy is implemented using a 'Whole-of-Government approach' and in the spirit of 'cooperative federalism'. A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has also been developed by the Ministry of Cooperation, providing data on over 8.5 lakh cooperative societies across 30 economic sectors, crucial for policy formulation and implementation, including the formation of new PACS and other primary cooperatives.
The article details the review and implementation mechanism of the National Cooperation Policy (NCP) 2025. It highlights the establishment of a 'Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee' and a 'National Steering Committee on Cooperation Policy' for central-state coordination, troubleshooting, and periodic review. The policy is implemented using a 'Whole-of-Government approach' and in the spirit of 'cooperative federalism'. A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has also been developed by the Ministry of Cooperation, providing data on over 8.5 lakh cooperative societies across 30 economic sectors, crucial for policy formulation and implementation, including the formation of new PACS and other primary cooperatives.
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GS Paper II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice - Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation; Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.