The Srilal Shukla IFFCO literary award  was  given for the first time to the renowned litterateur Vidya Sagar Nautial by Union Agriculture and Cooperative Minister Mr Sharad Pawar in a function in New Deli on Thursday. Praising  Nautial  for his contributions to Hindi literature the Minister said that Iffco has done a great job by honouring him. Recalling his relationship with  Shrilal Shukla, Pawar said that in my last trip to Lucknow I had extensive discussions with him on society, ...

Indian cooperative scene is empty as all the top leaders have flocked to Cancun in Mexico to participate in ICA General Assembly. The official launch of the International Year of Co-operatives is  being held during the General Assembly  14-18 November 2011 here. The theme of the event is “Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World”. This session of ICA assumes significance on other counts too as election to the Board has to take place on Friday. Readers can recall that after ...

Credit unions that serve small businesses need to be freed up to help revive Main Street, and need to see the member business lending cap raised, Texas Governor and current Republican presidential nomination candidate Rick Perry said on Friday. Perry noted that small business owners are "being strangled" by tight credit as small businesses continue to have a hard time getting credit from large national banks. (ICUL Photo)

A COMMONS Early Day Motion critical of Gordon Brown’s decision when he was Chancellor to scrap the 10p income tax rate has been signed by a number of Labour/Co-op MPs. The change, announced in last year’s Budget, has only come into effect now and critics say the measure will leave many childless low income households worse off.