Mr Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India spoke on the occasion of the launch of the Financial Inclusion program of Cosmos Bank at Pune recently. Since the speech encompassed many areas of Urban Cooperative Banks operation we produce below the text of speech for readers’ benefit Shri Shashikant Bugde, Chairman, Shri Krishnakumar Goyal, Vice-Chairman,  Dr. Mukund Abhyankar and other Directors of the Cosmos Bank, Shri Sudhir Thakre, Secretary, Rural Development, Govt. of ...

By Anthony Murray The Bill will be made up out of 17 separate pieces of legislation that govern co-operatives across the UK, dating back to 1965, and, according to Downing Street, will be put to parliament before the next election. In front of a co-op-audience in the Hub Westminster, London, that included Co-operatives UK Secretary General Ed Mayo and Ursula Lidbetter, Chief Executive, Lincolnshire Co-operative, the Prime Minister said the “outdated” legislation will be referred to ...

On Thursday 12 January, countries around the world held events to celebrate the launch of the International Year of Co-operatives (IYC 2012). Live web casts from Ecuador, Portugal, Canada and the UK maximised the opportunity for people to feel involved in these significant occasions. In the UK a debate with the title “Can co-operation rebuild British business?” was hosted by The Guardian newspaper. Panellists included Ed Mayo, Secretary General at Co-operatives UK; Dame Pauline Green, ...