frames rules, says the NCP presidentIn the wake of the formation of a separate Cooperation Ministry under Home Minister Amit Shah by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Central government could not meddle in the functioning of Maharashtra’s cooperative sector. “All the cooperative societies in the State are governed by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Act. Under this Act, only the State, and not the Central government, has the right to frame policies and enforce them in the sector,” said Mr. Pawar. I have been seeing reports speculating that the the creation of a separate cooperation Ministry was solely to undermine or regulate state cooperatives. But such assumptions are baseless,” Mr. Pawar said.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2021 17:06 UTC