Karnataka chief minister J. Settar has said his govt. would make a provision in its annual budget to give Karnataka Journalists’ Cooperative Society Rs 10 crore as loan and Rs. 5 crore for healthcare of its members. Mr. Shettar was inaugurating the diamond jubilee function of the journalists’ cooperative society in Bangalore. KJCS founded in 1949 has the distinction of being one of the oldest cooperative bodies in the country. It recently celebrated its diamond jubilee year with ...

Venkatasubha Reddiar a great freedom fighter and a political heavyweight in Puducherry was fondly remembered on his 103rd birth anniversary. Reddiar is credited with launching the cooperative movement in the state of Puducherry. Several political dignitaries including Punducherry Chief Minister offered flowers at the statue of this great cooperator. V. Venkatasubha Reddiar who died in 1982 was the second and the fourth Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry (Puducherry). He was ...

Residents of Shantinath Darshan Co-operative Housing Society in Mumbai have demanded sacking of Divisional Jt. Registrar, Mr. Sandeep Deshmukh of Mumbai Division. In the letter written to the Chief Minister the residents say that the appeal to de-Register the society should not have been entertained by Mr. Sandeep Deshmukh. They allege that wrong sections were applied and to suit the order, computations were cooked, so that the society is de-registered by hook or crook. The residents allege ...

Delivering on an election promise, the Uttar Pradesh government has waived loans up to Rs 50,000 taken by farmers from the cooperative rural development bank. The decision is expected to benefit almost a million farmers. The announcement was made on the occasion of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s 74th birthday celebration. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said the waiver scheme would cover farmers who have been sanctioned loan upto Rs 50 thousand and have deposited 10 per cent of the actual amount by ...