Rajkot, Sept. 22 -- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah addressed the annual meeting of seven district-level cooperative societies, including Rajkot District Cooperative Bank Limited, in Rajkot, Gujarat, on Monday.

In his address, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that ever since the country became independent, people working in the cooperative sector had been demanding the formation of a separate Ministry of Cooperation in the central government, as stated in a press release.

Amit Shah said, "The true identity of any cooperative institution is that its profits should not go into the hands of capitalists but should be used for the welfare of farmers."

He mentioned that the Rajkot District Cooper...