Strengthening of cooperative institutions in Punjab

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Name of State Financial Year Amount Allocated (Rs. In Crore) Amount Released (Rs. In Crore) Punjab 2024-25 13.32 NIL 2025-26 14.84 7.42 2026-27(till date) 4.00 1.00 (As the funds released by the Government of India in previous years were not utilized in accordance with the prescribed rules, the allocated funds could not be released in compliance with the guidelines issued by the Department of Expenditure, Governmen...


Strengthening of cooperative societies in Odisha

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Activity 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 as on 30.06.2026 1 Marketing 0.63 0.40 - 1.10 2 Service Coop. 3.02 0.20 0.15 3 Dairy & Live Stock 0.30 0.39 0.12 4 FPO 0.27 1.14 2.04 1.95 2.22 0.43 5 Fisheries 0.15 0.07 0.04 6 Fisheries FFPO 0.40 0.87 2.47 3.55 7 Computerisation 0.61 8 Storage 0.48 0.38 Total 4.07 1.61 3.25 5.89 7.03 1.53 As per the National...


Status of Bharat Taxi

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Limited (STCL), registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002, was established on 6 June 2025 by eight national-level cooperative institutions and was officially launched on 5 February 2026 under the aegis of the Ministry of Cooperation. STCL has introduced a cooperative-based mobility ecosystem that represents a paradigm shift from the conventional "driver-partner" model to the "Sarathi-...


Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies in Rajasthan

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No State Name Approved PACS under the Project Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Onboarded 1 Rajasthan 8525 6933 S. No States/UTs Amount released in FY 2022-23 Amount released in FY 2023-24 Amount released in FY 2024-25 Amount released in FY 2025-26 Amount released in FY 2026-27 Total Release Rajasthan 23.78 43.30 11.00 6.76 8.00 92.83 The current status of the Computerisation of Primary Agricultural Cr...


Promotion of AI and digital platforms in cooperatives

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: AI and digital platforms are getting progressively promoted across cooperative training institutions through academic, training and institutional initiatives. Technology-driven teaching pedagogy and learning platforms are being adopted by cooperative training institutions such as RICM, Chandigarh in Punjab. The measures include use of smart classrooms with interactive digital boards, projectors and ICT-enabled teaching tools; adopt...


'Heritage Artisan Cooperatives'

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Based on the information received from the State of Odisha, Directorate of Handicrafts under the administrative control of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, Odisha, the functioning of Handicraft Cooperative Societies (HCSs) of Odisha including the HCSs of Puri district is supervised time to time. An integrated RCS digital portal has been launched in Odisha. As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are a tot...


Review of National Cooperation Policy, 2025

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Sr. No. State/UT Number of Societies 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 2,244 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 18,165 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1,547 4 ASSAM 12,838 5 BIHAR 27,288 6 CHANDIGARH 476 7 CHHATTISGARH 11,957 8 DELHI 5,827 9 GOA 5,611 10 GUJARAT 88,119 11 HARYANA 35,040 12 HIMACHAL PRADESH 5,844 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 10,735 14 JHARKHAND 12,207 15 KARNATAKA 47,288 16 KERALA 19,479 17 LADAKH 273 18...


Cooperative societies in Maharashtra

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Name of Sector Primary District Federation State Federation 1 Agriculture & Allied Cooperative 3,598 3 0 2 Agro-Processing / Industrial Cooperative 5,587 7 1 3 Bee Farming Cooperative 1 0 0 4 Consumer Cooperative 2,032 2 0 5 Credit & Thrift Society 21,036 12 4 6 Dairy Cooperative 13,709 8 0 7 Educational & Training Cooperatives 69 12 1 8 Fishery Cooperative 3,539 6 3 9 Handicraft...


DRDO inks two major contracts with Industry partners as part of AEW&C MK-II programme

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a significant boost to Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS), DRDO has signed a contract with AI Engineering Services Limited (AIESL), New Delhi for the conversion of six A321 Aircraft from commercial to green configuration, further leading to the development and production of Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) MKII Programme. A separate contract was inked with Adani Defence Systems and Technologies (ADS...


INDIAN NAVY COMMISSIONS INS MALVAN, THE SECOND OF THE MAHE-CLASS ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW WATER CRAFT

India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release: INS Malvan, the second of the indigenously designed and built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), was commissioned at Karwar on 22 Jul 2026. The event was presided over by Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff, in the presence of Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command. Other senior naval officers, representatives from Cochin Shipyard Limited (C...