Union Minister for Home & Cooperation Amit Shah launches onboarding of cooperatives on Government e Marketplace portal
This day is important for
cooperatives, as GeM has been made available to all cooperative societies in
the country
There is immense
potential in the cooperative sector and GeM portal will be a very useful
platform for expansion of this sector
Under the leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Cooperation has taken many
measures for cooperatives and in the last one year, the Ministry is constantly
working on 25 to 30 initiatives
The Cooperative policy is
also being prepared with a holistic approach from PACS to APEX, the government
has to expand cooperatives, but there is lack of a database, therefore the
ministry is also creating a national level database of different category of
cooperatives
A population of 60 crore spent
their time in worrying about their meals and other daily necessities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has awakened aspirations of this population of 60 crore by fulfilling their
primary needs, by opening bank accounts, providing gas cylinders, toilets,
electricity, pure drinking water and free food grains, and cooperatives have
the potential to fulfil these aspirations
The cooperative model
allows people with limited capital to come together and work on a large scale
If a system does not
change itself with the times it becomes out dated, therefore it is necessary
that the system improves for the expansion of the cooperative sector
This area has been
neglected since Independence, however Prime Minister Narendra Modi is
accelerating its expansion through historic reforms and modernization
Establishment of a
cooperative university is progressing, and will help in training those working
in the cooperative sector as well as new employees
An export house is also
being registered, for which the process will be completed by December, it will
be a platform for export of products by cooperatives
The cooperative sector
will not be given second class treatment, however those in the sector will also
have to initiate change and bring in transparency
GeM portal will bring
transparency into the cooperative sector, farmers and milk producers’ trust in
committees and their members will also increase when there is transparency
Narendra Modi has brought
transparency in government procurement through the GeM portal, this is a new
system, there may be some initial administrative problems, but no one should
doubt the intentions of bringing in this new system
Amit Shah said he was confident that the world will recognize this
successful transparent model of government procurement in the five years
The expansion that GeM
has achieved is unimaginable, there are about 62,000 government buyers
available on GeM and around 49 lakh sellers
More than 10,000 products
and more than 288 services are listed, so far business worth Rs. 2.78 thousand
crore has taken place and this is a huge achievement for GeM
The Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah launched the
onboarding of cooperatives on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal, today
in New Delhi. The program organized by the Ministry of Cooperation, Government
of India, the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) and GeM was also
attended by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, Union
Minister of State for Cooperation and North East Region Development BL Verma
and the NCUI President Dilip Sanghani and many other dignitaries.
In his address, Amit Shah said that today is a very important day in
Indian history. In 1942, on August 9, Gandhiji began the Quit India Movement
against British Rule and today another important work is being done task is
taking place on the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on August 9, in which
access to GeM has been given to cooperative societies in the country. He
said there is immense potential in the cooperative sector and the GeM portal
will be a very useful platform for the expansion of this sector. The Union
Minister of Cooperation said most of units of the government buy through GeM,
so cooperatives should also start preparing for registration for supply on GeM
to increase their market. He also appealed to the National Cooperative Union of
India (NCUI) to expand marketing of cooperatives and for this there can be no
better way than the GeM.
The Cooperation Minister said this sector has been neglected since
Independence, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is accelerating its expansion
with historic reforms and modernization. Under the leadership of Modi, the
Ministry of Cooperation has taken a number of measures for expansion and in the
last year the Ministry has been continuously working on 25 to 30 initiatives.
The government has to expand cooperatives but there is no database,
therefore the ministry is also creating a national level database of different
categories of cooperatives. Arrangements for training will also be made
available. Shah said an export house is also being registered the work for
which will be completed by December. It will provide a platform for export from
cooperatives across the country. He said radical changes are also being made in
the Multistate Cooperative Act and the government led by Narendra Modi has also
decided to computerize all PACS.
Amit Shah said population size is a great advantage in an economy,
because ultimately the population is also the market. Till 2014, India’s
population was 130 crore, but the market was only 60 crore, as 70 crore people
did not have purchasing capacity. 60 crore people worried about their next meal
and other basic needs and generations went through the same ordeal. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi opened bank accounts, provided gas cylinders, toilets,
electricity, pure drinking water and food grains free of cost to the poor and
as a result awakened the aspirations of these 60 crore people by fulfilling
their basic needsand cooperatives have the potential to fulfil all these
aspirations. Today after fulfilling their primary needs, these people have
ambitions to move ahead in life by earning more money and through cooperatives
they can fulfil these ambitions. Amit Shah said if these 60 crore people have
just Rs 5,000, they can run the biggest of cooperatives. Giving the example of
Amul, Shah said today this cooperative has crossed turnover of Rs 60,000 crore
and 20 lakh women members are not only running the cooperative, but have also
been making profits for many years.
The Union Cooperation Minister said the cooperative model is a model in
which even with limited capital people can come together and undertake large
tasks easily. He said earlier the cooperative model did not have much
potential, but Narendra Modi has awakened the aspirations of 60 crore people.
He said if a system does not change itself with the times, then it becomes out
dated, and therefore it is necessary to improve the cooperative system for the
expansion of the sector. India’s cooperative system is 115 years old, the laws
are also very old, though small changes have taken place from time to time,
radical changes and modernization according to the times have not taken place.
Shah said now the cooperative sector cannot be given second class
treatment, however there is a need to bring about change and to move in the
direction of bringing transparency and for cooperatives to prepare themselves
for change. The GeM portal will be very useful in bringing in transparency in
the cooperative sector and when there is transparency, the trust of farmers and
milk producers will also increase on the committees and their members. He said
that by bringing the GeM portal, Narendra Modi has brought in transparency in
government procurement. This is a new system, and therefore there may be some
initial administrative problems, but no one should doubt the intention of
bringing in this new system. Shah said it is also very important to bring
transparency in three areas within cooperatives - elections, recruitment and
purchase. There can be no better medium than the GeM to bring transparency in
procurement. The Union Minister of Cooperation said he is confident that the
world will recognize this successful model of transparent government
procurement in the next five5 years.
The Union Minister of Cooperation said he is very optimistic about the
future of GeM's journey under the leadership of Union Minister for Commerce and
Industry, Piyush Goyal. He said of the589 of the committees to be added have a
turnover of about Rs 100 crore are of the state government and till date 289 of
them have joined, as well as 45 of the 54 multistate cooperative shave also
joined, which is a huge achievement. Also more than 10,000 products and more
than 288 services have been listed. Till now business worth Rs 2.78 lakh
thousand crore has also been completed which is a huge achievement of the GeM. Shah
said this day is important for the Nation as the Quit India movement began on
August 9 and six years ago on August 9 the GeM was also launched and today onboarding
of cooperatives has been initiated on this day. Amit Shah congratulated those
associated with cooperatives, the entire team of the GeM and eight lakh
cooperative societies and especially Piyush Goyal.