Punjab

COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO BE COMPUTERIZED IN FAZILKA DISTRICT: SENU DUGGAL

November 29, 2023 11:12 AM

 Raj Sadosh/Fazilka/Abohar

Deputy Commissioner Dr. Senu Duggal held a meeting with the officials to further strengthen the cooperative societies working under the cooperative department and make them commercially viable while serving the public.

The DC said that 123 cooperative societies are functioning in the district and all will be computerized in a phased manner. In the first phase, 23 societies will be computerized. She instructed the department to send the details of the farmer credit cards as per the government's demand. She said that the possibilities of building warehouses should be explored in the cooperative societies for which help can also be received from the government under the Agricultural Infrastructure Development Fund.

She further said that the services of Common Service Center are also to be started in the societies of the district. In the first phase, these services are being started in 25 societies. She instructed to complete the process soon in other societies also.

The DC said that all the 4 farmer producer groups (FPO) in the district should be made more functional and appropriate planning needs to be done to help the farmers in marketing of their crops. Jan Aushdhi Kendra and petrol pumps will also be opened in Cooperative societies.

Deputy Registrar Sonu Mahajan, MD Cooperative Bank Harwinder Singh Dhillon, DDM NABARD Ashwani Kumar, Chief Agriculture Officer Gurmeet Singh Cheema, Fisheries Officer Kokam Kaur, Dr. Paramjit Singh from Verka were present in the meeting.

 
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