Strengthening Cooperative through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)

In a landmark institutional reform, the Ministry of Cooperation was created by the Government of India to provide a dedicated administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement across the country. The initiative aims to streamline governance, improve transparency and promote Multi State Cooperative Societies as engines of inclusive growth. This step gained further significance when the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), long regarded as a key patron of cooperatives, was designated as one of the implementing agencies under the Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs.