NAHARLAGUN, Nov 20: Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso urged the officers and officials of the registrar of cooperative society (RCS), cooperators, the Arunachal Pradesh State Cooperative Union (APSCU) and the board of directors of cooperative societies to streamline their activities and strengthen their organisations for all-round development of the state.
Kaso said this on Tuesday while addressing the valedictory function of the weeklong All India Cooperative Week celebration at the conference hall of the APSCU here.
“There are more than 900 registered cooperative unions and societies in the state, and they need to streamline their activities with a motive for economic sustainability,” the MLA said.
Referring to the state-run Apex Bank, Kaso credited late chief minister Dorjee Khandu for reviving the bank, and urged everyone to cooperate to improve the condition of the bank, warning that the situation would worsen the funds are not properly utilized.
Arunachal Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission Director Tabin Siga stressed the need for skill management by the stakeholders, the members of the cooperative societies and the board of directors, “so that they can teach other members by becoming master trainers for their organizations.”
APSCU chairman Sushil Nalo highlighted the problems and challenges faced by the cooperative union and the board of directors in carrying out several central and state flagship programmes and other schemes of the department due to paucity of fund.
Earlier, members of several cooperative societies and cooperative unions took part in a workshop with the themes ‘Awareness on government schemes and income generation through cooperatives’, ‘Cooperative for youth, women and weaker section’, and ‘Skill and technology up-gradation through technology’.
Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Society CN Mannoi, SRLM Mission Manager Hillang Tassap and skill entrepreneur Gom Taye were the resource persons.
Registrar of Cooperative Society Tai Kaye and former APSCU chairman Bengia Hemanto also attended the programme.
