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ITANAGAR: The first District Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) meeting for Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh was conducted on Tuesday which was chaired by DC Bamin Nime.
The meeting was held to chalk out a comprehensive Action Plan for formation of new Large Area Multipurpose Cooperative Society (LAMPS), Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) and Dairy/Fishery Primary Cooperative Societies covering all panchayat segments and villages in the district in next five years.
Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Society (DRCS) Niklen Lego explained the objectives of the meeting and appealed to the committee members to lend their best efforts to achieve the objective of strengthening the cooperative movement and deepening its reach to the grassroots level as envisaged by the union Ministry of Cooperation.
In order to increase the viability of PACS and diversify their business activities to make them vibrant economic entities at village level, the DCDC meet deliberated on the road map and Action Plan 2023-24 proposed for setting up of six new multipurpose PACS including two each under agriculture, dairy, fishery in Hong-Hari under Ziro-I and Ziro-II Blocks and also across the uncovered panchayats and villages in the district.
The DC, who is also the chairman of DCDC, advised the departmental heads and other committee members to coordinate with the DRCS to finalize setting up six PACS from agriculture, dairy, fisheries and to support in providing infrastructure and other logistics to form new PACS at panchayat and village levels.
Earlier, NABARD DDM M K Lowang emphasised on transforming the newly formed PACS into Multi-Service Entities (MSE), computerisation of PACS, role of PACS in providing credit and other support services like petrol pumps, LPG distribution, storage infrastructure, fertilizer, seeds, PDS and super bazaars, an official communiqué informed here.
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