Shah, Amit  <br/><br/>
Realising sahkar se Samriddhi 

 - Kurukshetra: A Journal on Rural Development   
 - 71(3), Jan, 2023: p. 5-11 
<br/><br/> “Cooperation’ embodies two important principles of human civilisation – “‘Sah’ and Karya’ which means accomplishment of outcome-oriented activities following an all-inclusive approach. Cooperatives have immense potential to deliver required goods and services at the grass-roots and to ensure a sustainable and quality growth. Seven decades of attaining independence have witnessed a skewed distribution of cooperatives across States, indicating immense scope for expansion of cooperative movement.<br/>The contribution of cooperatives will have a multiplicative effect on our Prime Minister’s vision of a five trillion-dollar Indian economy. The time has come to transform cooperatives into multi-purpose and multidimensional community business units to cater to the demands of agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors at the community level. All-inclusive socio-economic progress of India requires quick, time-bound and a comprehensive and consultative action plan on cooperative development. The task seems difficult but attainable. The cumulative efforts of Union and State Governments, cooperative leaders and the federal heads would, undoubtedly, bring all of us closer to achieving the goal of “Sahkar Se Samridhi. – Reproduced <br/>