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Ministry of Cooperation

United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2025

Posted On: 23 JUL 2025 1:21PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Cooperation has undertaken a range of special initiatives and events to commemorate the United Nations-International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) – 2025 with the theme “Cooperatives Build a Better World”, which was officially launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the ICA Global Cooperative Conference held in 2024. This year highlights the vital role of cooperatives in promoting inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

To mark the IYC 2025, the Ministry prepared a comprehensive Annual Action Plan for IYC in collaboration with all the stakeholders of the Cooperative Sector which was released by Hon’ble Home and Cooperation Minister on 24th January 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. For coordinated planning and implementation, the Ministry constituted IYC-National Cooperative Committee, IYC-National Execution Committee, and IYC-State Apex Committees. Further, actions for IYC were also included in Terms of References of the State Cooperative Development Committees and District Cooperative Development Committees.

Extensive awareness and outreach activities have been carried out across the country. The IYC logo has been prominently displayed on Indian Railways electronic tickets, official websites and correspondence of Central Ministries/Departments/PSUs, and on cooperative product packaging — including daily milk packets by Amul. The logo was also showcased during all matches of the Women’s Premier League 2025, broadcast across nine channels of Star Sports and Jio Hotstar.

Various major activities were organized by National Federations and States/UTs. Foundation stone of 25 PACS godowns with storage capacity of 62,500 metric tons in Bihar by Hon'ble Union Home and Cooperation Minister. Madhya Pradesh organized a state level conference in April under the chairmanship of the Hon’ble Home and Cooperation Minister. Union Home and Cooperation Minister chaired the Golden Jubilee celebration of IFFCO's Kalol branch in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and laid the foundation stone of the Beej Anusandhan Kendra.

A key initiative at the national level was the successful organization of the National Conference of State Cooperation Ministers on 30th June 2025 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Home and Cooperation Minister, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The foundation stone of country’s first cooperative university, “Tribhuvan Sahkari University” was laid by Hon’ble Home and Cooperation Minister on 05.07.2025 at Anand, Gujarat. A national event was also held on 06^th July, 2025 on the occasion of 4^th Foundation Day of the Ministry of Cooperation.

A dedicated plantation drive under “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign during IYC is being undertaken with active participation of all the States/UTs, National Cooperative Federations and other cooperative stakeholders. More than 25 States/UTs have sent their action plan for this plantation drive under IYC-2025.

Further, initiatives such as the capacity building and awareness generation, walkathons, cyclothons, cleanliness drives under “Swachhta me Sahkar” campaign, cooperative exhibitions, and youth and women engagement programs have been organised nationwide. A special edition of Kurukshetra magazine has been published in July 2025 to commemorate IYC and to highlight cooperative sector achievements. The details of major activities undertaken and reported by States/UTs to the Ministry under celebration of IYC-2025 are given in as Annexure-A. During the remainder of the year, various similar events and activities would be organized by the States/UTs under IYC–2025.

Efforts are being undertaken for developing Benchmarking Criteria for Cooperative Sector. Efforts are also being made for preparation of Business Reform Action Plan for Cooperative Sector for year 2026 onwards. A consolidated annual report on the activities carried out throughout the year by all the stakeholders is proposed to be prepared at the end of the year.

Annexure-A

Major activities conducted and reported by States/UTs under celebration of International Year of Cooperatives – 2025.

S. No .	State	Month	Brief
1.	Andhra Pradesh	January	IYC 2025 logo inauguration and approval of action plan Training programme on Computerization of PACS Swaccha Seva, Swaccha Andhra
		February	Awareness programme on services of Cooperatives Plantation of trees at JD(AH) Office and District Sheep Breeders Cooperative Societies Union Seminar on the subject of computerization of PACS
		March	Launching of IYC 2025 Calendar & Posters
		June	Yoga Day Activities
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	May	IYC inaugural event at Naharlagun which covered following activities: Computer set distributed to DRCS/ARCS under RCS Computerization. IYC logo distributed to Arunachal Public Transport Association. Sharing Success story of various cooperatives in State Coordination Meeting of all line departments, Institute and nodal agencies at RCS office for IYC State level event in November.
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	June	Capacity Building on accounts and audit
3.	Assam	January	Formation of Committees, Planning and Dissemination of Activities for All offices of RCS Assam
		March	Ceremonial distribution of Micro ATMs to Business Correspondents/Bank Mitras. Ceremonial distribution of Registration Certificate to all newly registered MPACS, MDCS & MFCS
		May	“Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” Campaign. “Swachhata me Sahakar” Campaign.
4.	Bihar	March	Special Campaign for Women Cooperative Members on International Women's Day on 8th March across all districts. 46 best Cooperative Societies were awarded by Hon'ble Cooperative Minister, Bihar under Mukhymantri Adarsh PACS Protsahan Yojana. Sahkarita Mandap was designed at Gandhi Maidan, Patna on occasion of Bihar Diwas
4.	Bihar	May	Labour Day Celebrations Special Banking Campaign

			Programme on Emerging Issues in KYC, E-KYC, AML, and IT One day training cum workshop regarding establishing Common Service Centre in PACS.
5.	Chhattisgarh	January	Formation of State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC), Formation of State Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) and District Cooperative Committee Organization of departmental review meeting cum workshop
		January	Proceedings report of the review done by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh under "Sahkar se Samridhi"
		March	Release of annual calendar of activities to be undertaken in Chhattisgarh under International Cooperation Year-2025. Honoring farmers who use digital services in money.
		May	Organizing “Good Governance Festival” Organizing camps for exchange of crops with PACS committees. Paddy Crop Weedicide, Insecticide, Fungicide and Nano Fertilizer Bonding and Plant Growth Promoting Farmers' Conference
		July	At the state level, a co-operative seminar and tree plantation programme “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” was organised in Chhattisgarh State Co- operative Bank. “Loan Mela”/ Membership Campaign & Workshops on various initiatives of Ministry of Cooperation
		June	Encouragement to farmers to make balanced use of fertilizers for Kharif year 2025. Training on co-operative working system to the Chairmen and Office Bearers of Milk Co-operative Societies.
6.	Goa	March	Orientation programme for Multipurpose Cooperative Societies for conversion into MPACS
		May	Training programme on accounting and auditing practices Vikasit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan organised by ICAR in collaboration with Department of Cooperation and other line Departments
		June	Tree Plantation Drive under the campaign, “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” Safety Measure Drive
7.	Gujarat	January	Tableau presentation on Republic Day, 2025 Young Women Cooperative Seminar @Gujarat State Cooperative Union
		February	ENAM Awareness Camp across the State
		March	Awareness tour for female members of the District Milk Union Audit Camp & Cyber Fraud Awareness Camp @ Surat District Cooperative Bank IYC – 2025 Stickers on Government Vehicles
		April	State level workshop was held to strengthen the cooperative structure of the state through various subjects like New Schemes under Budget,

			NCD & eCooperative portal, Audit of PACS and Milk Cooperative Societies, Progress of Liquidation, Housing societies. 2. Review Meeting of Surat- Valsad District Cooperative Bank under the chairmanship of Hon. Minister of Cooperation
		May	State level Mega Cooperative Convention @ Gujarat State Cooperative Union Blood Donation Camp @ Bharuch DCCB Distribution of Food grains & Other essentials @Bhavnagar DCCB Celebration of Diamond Jubilee of Akashvani Ahmedabad Employee’s Credit Cooperative Society
		June	"Ek Ped Ma Ke Nam" – Hon’ble Co-operation minister of Gujarat, Shri Jagdish Vishwakarma, planted tree at Garavi Gujarat, Bhavan, Delhi.
8.	Haryana	January	Republic Day Celebration across all Districts
		February	Exhibition events Across districts
		March	Women’s Day Celebration across all Districts
		April	Training/Seminar conducted by The Fatehabad District Labor & Construction federation Ltd.
		May	4^th SCDC (State Cooperative Development Committee) Meeting Chaired by Haryana Chief Secretary
		July	Tree Plantation Drives and Blood Donation Camps Organised by Haryana Cooperative Sugar Mills affiliated to Haryana SugarFed
9.	Himachal Pradesh	February	AGM, financial literacy camps, Cooperative educational awareness camps,
		March	Environmental awareness camp organized on International Women Day.
		March	One day camp on HRD and Capacity Building in cooperatives under IYC 2025 conducted. Various activities such as Tree Plantation, Members Awareness Sessions were conducted.
		April	Various workshops and training camps under IYC, FLC, AGMs, Cooperative Education Awareness Camps, Drug de-addiction camps, Cleanup Drives, Tree Plantation Drives, and Youth Awareness camps in schools.
		June	Awareness walks organized at Hamirpur on the Environment Day-2025 to aware the people about environmental protection which flagged off by Registrar Cooperative Societies, H.P. in the presence of respective Deputy Commissioner Hamirpur.
10.	Jharkhand	February	Workshop was oragnized for Lac Growers. Distribution of toolkits and certifiates to progressive lac growers, Plantation and inaugation of 500 MT godown was done by Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative, Govt. of Jharkhand.
10.	Jharkhand	March	Primary Lac value addition training programme to Lac based co-operative members on making Seedlac from raw Scraped or Stick lac. Practical Demonstration and self practice for making Lac value added products, so that the lac growers get the benefit of Primary level value addition and increase in their income

April

A one-day workshop is being organized to comprehensively review all ongoing Central and State schemes related to the cooperative sector. The aim is to evaluate the current progress, identify gaps, and formulate a focused action plan to achieve new goals and targets during the

International Year of Cooperatives 2025

May

Under the campaign "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam", plantation activities were

organized to promote environmental sustainability under IYC 2025.

11.

Karnataka

May

Karnataka State Cooperative Federation Ltd., Bangalore Belgaum District Cooperative Union Ltd., Belgaum and KICM, Belgaum organized Sahakar Se Swachhata Abhiyan
Dharwad DCCB, Karnataka organized tree planting and Swachata programme
Karnataka State Cooperative Federation organized debate on Economic

growth through cooperatives

June

RCS Office organized Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam and Sahakar Se Swachatha campaigns
Karnataka Milk Federation has ensured all milk tanker and milk booth

promote IYC through logo

12.

Kerala

January

Implementation of a training module for the training of all the employees

of department of cooperation.

February

Launching a mobile app for comprehensive and efficient inspections of

cooperative societies by Department of Cooperation officials

13.

Madhya Pradesh

January

The tableau of the Department of Cooperation was displayed on Republic

Day 2025 with the theme "Development through Heritage".

February

Special Campaign for Cleanliness in Office and Workplaces Participation

in the Global Investors Summit

March

State-level Cooperative Conference was organized in the Apex Bank premises, and was presided by the Honbl. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
District-level Seminar organized with participants from PACS/Dairy/Fishery societies and Department officials at district-

levels

14.

Maharashtra

January

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah addresses the Inaugural Function of the International Year of Cooperatives-2025 in

Mumbai, Maharashtra

February

Sahakar Dindi organized throughout the State by Cooperation Department,

Maharashtra to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives-2025.

March

Programmes for Women in Cooperative Societies on the Occasion of IYC

2025.

April

Theileriosis Control Program organized by District Dairy Cooperatives

Societies Federation, Jalgaon and Dairy Cooperative Societies, Pimpalwad Mhalsa.

May

Establishment of Sahakar Katta (Cooperative Corner).

June

One-day Training Program for Urban, Rural, and Salaried Cooperative

Credit Societies

15.

Manipur

January- March

District Level Awareness programmed on PMMSY, FIDF & LIFIC for Fisheries/Pisciculture Cooperative Societies.
Awareness programme was held on Principles of Cooperatives & role of PACS in Rural Development, benefits of KCC Loan to the members

of the PACS.

April

Tree plantation programme to promote environmental sustainability and underscore the cooperative sectors commitment to green and inclusive development at RCS Office, Lamphelpat.
Senstization programme on Farmers Training Scientific Piggery

Farming &Cattle Rearing was held on 23^rd April in collaboration with District Veterinary Office, kamjong at Kamjong District

16.

Meghalaya

February

Webinar on Cooperatives Build a Better World to Achieve Sustainable Goals.
Seminars on various themes focused on Youths.

March

5 KM Run on “Cooperatives for Sustainable Development”

17.

Mizoram

January

Visit of primary cooperatives societies in Saitual District and meeting with Deputy Commissioner, Saitual District by Secretary, RCS and other

officers of Cooperation Department.

February

Visit of Lunglei District Cooperative Office, Lunglei District Cooperative

Union (LDCU) and Mizoram State Cooperative Marketing and Consumers Federation Ltd (MIZOFED), Lunglei

March

Visit of Mizoram Milk Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (MULCO) by

Secretary to the Government of Mizoram, Cooperation Department and Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS), Mizoram

April

Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Mizoram chaired the programme attended by leaders and officials of state level cooperatives in Mizoram as well as officers of Cooperation Department.

Unveiling of Monument Commemorating International Year of Cooperatives – 2025 and Golden Jubilee of Existence of Mizoram

Cooperation Department.

May

Walkathon on the occasion of IYC 2025 attended by Secretary and Registrar Cooperation Department, Chairman and Managing Director of State Level Cooperative Societies. More than 80 people participated in the Walkathon and T-Shirts with IYC logo was distributed to all the

participants.

18.

Nagaland

January

Participated at the Republic Day celebration at State Secretariat Complex by projecting the History of Cooperative movement in the state & Country

though Posters, standees and banners.

February

The program was organised by Cooperative training Centre Medziphema

to give awareness on cooperative sector

		April	The program was organised by Nagaland State Cooperative Bank (NCSB Ltd) in all the Districts.
19	Odisha	March	State Level Walkathon with 550 participants. Hon’ble Speaker inaugurated the State Level Walkathon in presence of MLA Bhubaneswar, Mayor, BMC Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Cooperation Department, RCS, Odisha and other senior officers of the Cooperation Department and other line departments. Hon’ble Minister, FS& CW, Science & Technology chaired the District Level Function for Celebration of IYC at Dhenkanal District.
20	Punjab	January	Awarness camp regarding role of PACS in improving agriculture and CSC Schemes.
		February	On 5th February 2025, UAMMCL hosted Sehkar Samwad in Talwara, Punjab, bringing together stakeholders from three states to promote cooperation, offer drone training, showcase schemes, and launch initiatives like membership programs and organic certification
		March	Awareness campaign to educate farmers about the harmful effects of stubble burning and benefits of alternative methods
		April	Hon’ble Chief Minister, Punjab laid the foundation stone of a project worth of Rs. 135 crores aimed at enhancing capacity of sterilized flavoured milk and new fermented products dairy (Lassi, Curd and Flavoured Milk) at the Amritsar Verka Milk Plant. Launched a new mascot of Milkfed- 'Veera,' which will serve as a brand ambassador
		May	The Government of Punjab commemorated the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 with a grand event at Saffron Palms, Ladda, celebrating the vital role of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) in empowering Punjab’s rural communities. The event highlighted success stories, ongoing schemes, and digital reforms under the cooperative framework.
		June	Tree Plantation
21	Rajasthan	March	Visit of Zambia Delegation The Jaipur Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. provided information about the functioning of the bank and the public welfare schemes being run in the state to the delegation from Zambia at the bank's head office
		April	SCDC meeting Meeting under chairmanship of Chief Secretary, GoR with all committee members for reviewing progress of IYC-2025 and sahakar se samriddhi initiatives and discussion on issues
		May	National Sahkar Masala Mela organized by Cooperative Department and CONFED.
		June	Tree plantation drive
22	Sikkim	January	Wok PACS launched “Organic Honey” in the presence of Hon’ble Minister for UD&HD, Food and Civil Supplies

		February	Inauguration of PACS building Central Pendam building was inaugurated by Hon’ble MLA Shri L.B Das
		March	MoU was signed between Sikkim Organic Farming Development (SOFDA) and National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) with the approval of the State Government of Sikkim.
		April	Inauguration of Jan Ausadhi Kendra.
		May	Cooperative Heritage Exhibition at the State level commemorating Go lden Jubilee celebration of state. Foundation stone laying program of Rolep Lamaten PAC and Cycling Rally by Gangtok District under IYC-2025, Sahakar Gallery-All Districts
		June	Tree plantation and Health Camp
23	Tamil Nadu	January	State Level Inaugural Event
		February	Go Green Drive and Awareness & Promotional Activities.
		March	Mass Cleaning Drive
		April	In April 2025, officials from the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Department participated in the Cooperative Exhibition organized by the Kerala Government in Thiruvananthapuram.
		May	Seminars/Workshops
		June	Marathon – COOP-A-THON – A Mini Marathon
24	Telangana	March	State Level Seminar & Interaction with Women Cooperatives.
		April	Awareness Programme on Government of India & Telangana State Initiatives in Fisheries Sector
		May	State Level Seminar & Interaction with Presidents, Secretaries, Managing Committee Members and taff of Primary Cooperative Housing Societies.
		June	Hon’ble Cooperation Minister, Govt. of Telangana, laid the foundation stone at PACCS Ltd., Raghunadhapalem, for infrastructure facilities like a compound wall, washroom, and borewell, at an estimated cost of ₹30 lakhs.
25	Tripura	February	Cooperative Conference & Workshop State Level Fish Festival District Level Awareness Programme Micro ATM for Milk Cooperatives Eight Vans for Wide publicity of events.
		March	Flagging of Vehicles for Wide publicity of the schemes of the Ministry of Cooperation Displaying of Success Stories Blood donation Camp by Tripura MARKFED Ltd.
		April	Essay Competition on Cooperatives State Level Seminar cum Workshop on M-PACS
		May	Plantation program under “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” & also screening of Manthan movie.
		June	Plantation program under “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”

26	Uttar Pradesh	January	Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath virtually inaugurated two newly constructed warehouses under the Private Entrepreneur Guarantee (PEG) scheme. The inaugurated warehouses included a 15,000 metric tonne capacity facility at Manjhanpur in Kaushambi and another with a capacity of 5,000 metric tonnes at Hariharpur in Sultanpur.
		February	Honourable Cooperative State Minister (Independent Charge) Shri J.P.S. Rathore launched a web portal to promote and monitor activities under the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC-2025).
		April	MEGA EVENT 2025 launch of Data Center. The event was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Cooperation, Shri J.P.S. Rathore, with a ceremonial lamp lighting.
		June	Tree Plantation Campaign 2025: "One Tree in the Name of Mother" campaign by Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Department
27	Uttarakhand	February	Workshop on “Launch of cooperative leadership training programme”
		March	Workshop on Empowering Women Through Cooperatives
		April	Organizing a workshop on cooperation with members agricultural products
		May	Cooperative Conference was organized in Tehri Garhwal district, under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister of Cooperation, Government of Uttarakhand, Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat.
		June	Ek ped maa ke naam & Yoga Day Celebrations
28	West Bengal	*No activity reported by State*
29	Andaman & Nicobar Island	February	Awareness programs on formation of new Multipurpose Cooperative Societies and its benefits for the General Public and members of the PACS
		March	3-day training programme for the preparation of Business Development Plans for Chairman and CEOs of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) was inaugurated at the Conference Hall of Andaman and Nicobar State Cooperative Bank Ltd, Sri Vijaya Puram. The programme, held alongside the celebration of International Year Cooperative 2025, aims to enable PACS to function as Multiple Service Centres.
		April	A meeting was convened with the member societies Bapuji PACS of A & N State Coop Bank Ltd, Sri VijayaPuram to brief the members about the election programme, constitution of Board and regarding deputing representatives to participate in the election.
30	Chandigarh	February	Seminar on Housing Cooperative Societies’ Maintenance and Repair Awareness Campaign. This will focus on cooperative housing societies management and maintenance, with the collaboration of housing experts
30	Chandigarh	March	Visit to best performing Cooperatives in the Neighbouring States i.e. Punjab and Haryana by the members of various Cooperative Societies in UT, Chandigarh
31		March	Audit and International Women day Campaign.

	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	May	Financial Literacy Camp for Rural Women
32	Delhi	March	On the occasion of International Women’s Day and IYC-2025, a program was organized in the New Delhi district of Delhi at Ganga Maiya Mandir, New Delhi.
		April	A meeting was held with the officers of Forest and Environment Department, GNCTD for providing the plants for the premises of RCS office to setup Sehkar Vatika
		May	A training on Cyber Security was held at Delhi Secretariat by RBI officers for cooperative banks and T&C societies, covering DCS Act, DCS Rules, and banking provisions.
		June	A Tree Plantation Drive was held at the RCS office, Delhi, to mark World Environment Day under the "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" initiative. The Hon’ble Minister of Cooperatives and RCS officials participated.
33	Jammu and Kashmir	January	A tableau was presented displaying services provided by Common Service Centre of Reasi MPCS and PM Jan Aushudhi Kendra Pouni MPCS to all at affordable price. The event was graced by DDC Chairman Kulgam as the chief guest.
		February	Empowering women through collective entrepreneurship
		March	As a part of IYC in liasioning with JKMPCL bulk milk cooler facility established at kullian, block RS Pura
		April	An awareness/ financial literacy camp was organized by the office of Deputy Registrar Cooperative Societies Srinagar in collaboration with J&K State Cooperative Bank at Lasjan, Srinagar.
		May	Inauguration of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadi Kendra & Mini Super Bazar inaugration
		June	International Yoga Day Celebrations at Palm Island, Jammu, a yoga event was conducted by SIBA event management cooperative in collaboration with JK Dairy cooperative Federation. On World Environment Day, the Cooperative Department of Jammu & Kashmir actively participated in the nationwide “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign by organizing plantation drives across various districts.
34	Ladakh	February	Training of dairy farmers conducted at NDDB, Anand Gujarat, in collaboration with LAHDC, Leh and the cooperative Department Launch of logo of IYC,2025 by Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh and Secretary Cooperation
		March	"Review Meeting (SCDC) on International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) Celebration in Ladakh" Launch of IYC 2025 Calendar.
		April	UT Credit and Development Seminar organized by NABARD which was graced by the Chief Secretary and Secretary Cooperative, with active

			participation from the Cooperative Department and societies. The department showcased its schemes to strengthen the cooperative sector through various publicity materials.
		May	One-Day Workshop-cum-Training on ‘Apricot FPO Strengthening’ under the Celebration of the International Year of Cooperatives, 2025
		June	As part of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, Hon’ble Executive Councillor Sh. Stanzin Chosphel distributed milking machines to Leh’s dairy farmers. The Cooperative Department procured the equipment to support dairy cooperatives and enhance production.
35	Lakshadweep	*No activity reported by UT*
36	Puducherry	January	The Waiver of Agricultural KCC Loan Scheme was celebrated with grandeur at a high-profile event that was graced by esteemed dignitaries. The Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Hon'ble Speaker, Hon'ble Home Minister, Hon'ble Ministers, the Secretary (Co- operation), and the Registrar of Co-operative Societies attended the event and marked the occasion with their presence.
		February	The Waiver of Agricultural KCC Loan Scheme was grandly celebrated in the Mahe region. The event was attended by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Hon’ble Speaker, Hon’ble Ministers, senior officials, and over 1000 participants from various fields, including cooperators, educators, and students.
		March	The event at Kamarajar Manimandapam, attended by the Hon’ble Chief Minister and 450 others, featured the distribution of appointment orders, SHG loans, Best Performance Awards, and the launch of new PONLAIT products.
		April	The Puducherry State Co-operative Union conducted training for departmental auditors on finalizing accounts and using the Audit Module in the ERP system. Under the NPDD Scheme, 56 employees were trained on personal hygiene at Dairy Plants in NDDB and Bangalore, 23 employees attended the Dairy Development Training Programme at NDDB Gujarat, and 20 employees received training on implementing quality management systems for better product quality control.
		May	Inauguration and conduct of 8-day orientation training programme to the newly recruited Junior inspectors of Co-operative department.