The short answer is YES it really does and the numbers prove it. Next week I am running a strategy session for one of our Australian members. Their goal is to embed mutual values in all areas of their business. We will be discussing how to market our values to stakeholders in the mutual sector and how to help our member owners derive maximum value from our unique business model. We’ll discuss everything from strategic direction on branding and communications to corporate social ...

Headlines like “NCUI President launches IYC 2012 on AIR”, “South Africa impressed by Amul model” and many other are screaming through from the ICA homepage these days. India is a vast country and we are in the forefront of cooperative movement is more than obvious. But for the first time we seem to prove through wide coverage given to India that we are about 24 crores(240 million) strong cooperative.

The CBI on Wednesday arrested the CMD of a mining company from Orissa on the charge of defrauding central cooperative body Nafed of about Rs 67 crore, official sources said. Earlier on Tuesday, Homi Rajvansh, IT Commissioner of Agra was arrested on charge of defrauding Nafed. A team of CBI sleuths from Delhi accompanied by local police arrested Zenith Mining Pvt Ltd CMD Syed Nizam Ahemad from a place on the outskirts of Bhuveneshwar.

Impressed with the success story of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), which sells its products across India under the ‘Amul’ brand name, South Africa has expressed interest in following this model in its land. Harris Sithembile Majeke, the High Commissioner of South Africa to India, and Mvuyo Mhangwane, the South African High Commission’s Counselor-Political, visited GCMMF’s facility at Anand yesterday to understand the ‘Amul’ ...