Ministry of Co-operation

The Ministry of Cooperation is a List of agencies of [the government of India|Union
ministry] under the Government of India which was formed in 2021. The ministry provides a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. The ministry's creation was announced on 6 July 2021 along with its vision statement of Sahkar se samriddhi. Before the creation of this ministry, the objectives of this ministry were looked after by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The ministry works in strengthening co-operatives at the grassroot level, working to streamline processes for 'Ease of doing business' for co-operatives and enabling the development of Multi-State Co-operatives. The same was initially announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union budget of India|2021 Union budget].

Objectives

The ministry was created with objectives of:

To realise the vision of "Sahkar se Samriddhi".
To streamline processes for ‘'Ease of doing business’' for co-operatives and enable development of Multi-State Co-operatives
to provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movements in the country.
To deepen the cooperative as a true people-based movement reaching upto the grassroot level.

Public Sector Undertakings

National Cooperative [Development Corporation (India)]
National Cooperative Organics Limited

Cooperative Societies at National Level

Core Cooperative Society at National Level

National Cooperative Union of India

Cooperative Banks at National Level

National Federation of State Cooperative Banks Limited
National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies Limited

Development Cooperative Banks at National Level

National Cooperative Land Development Banks Federation Limited
All India Industrial Cooperative Banks Federation Limited

Consumer Cooperative Societies at National Level

National Cooperative Consumer’s Federation of India Limited

Worker Cooperative Societies at National Level

National Federation of Labour Cooperative Limited

Housing Cooperative Societies at National Level

National Cooperative Housing Federation Limited

Producer/Marketing Cooperative Societies at National Level

National Federation of Industrial Cooperative Limited
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited
All India Federation of Cooperative Spinning Mills Limited
National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Limited
National Heavy Engineering Cooperative Limited
All India Handloom Fabrics Marketing Cooperative Society Limited
National Federation of Fishermen’s Cooperative Limited
National Cooperative Tobacco Grower’s Federation Limited
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited
National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India
Petrofils Cooperative Limited

Department of Co-operation State Committees

Department of Co-operation State Committees was created with objectives of:

Legal framework preservation for strengthening the country.
To deter discrimination to communities in the country.
Historic preservation of every state in the country.

Criticism

Co-operative societies, being a subject of State List under the Seventh schedule of the Constitution, many experts raised concerns that, creating such a ministry at the central level would increase the power in the hands of the union government.
Kerala's Minister of Co-operation and Registration V. N. Vasavan claimed that, "Creation of a new Cooperation ministry will make it difficult for state government to interfere in cooperative organisations and is an infringement upon the federal rights of the state governments. This is an intrusion into the authority of the state governments."