Minister Jacob Zhimomi attends national conference on cooperation in New Delhi

DIMAPUR — Nagaland Minister for Public Health Engineering and Cooperation, N Jacob Zhimomi, attended a one-day national conference held under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Monday.

According to a DIPR report, the conference was attended by Cooperation ministers of states/UTs.

During the conference, Zhimomi lauded the Cooperation Ministry’s key initiatives, such as the National Cooperative Database, for streamlining and categorising cooperative societies. This effort, he noted, has helped the state government identify and eliminate non-functional cooperatives.

The minister noted that Northeast cooperatives, unlike others in the country, face managerial and financial challenges, relying heavily on government support and NCDC funding.

He urged the Government of India to continue funding NCDC projects, particularly the popular Integrated Cooperative Development Project, which benefits the region's farming community.

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Pointing out that one key challenge in computerisation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) is the inability of PACS officials and secretaries to effectively understand and adopt the digitisation process, Zhimomi suggested for deploying data entry operators at each PACS for a minimum period of three years, which will provide sufficient time for the PACS to build internal capacity and eventually employ operators at their own cost.

He further raised some of the issues being faced by PACS in expansion of activities under initiatives such as Jan Aushadhi Kendra, Common Service Centres and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendra.

Later during the day, the minister also planted some saplings at Nagaland Guest House, RK Puram, New Delhi, as part of ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign. The minister was accompanied by Orenthung Lotha, Cooperation Secretary; Sharon Longchari, Joint Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House, New Delhi; along with officials and staff of Nagaland House.