Lucknow, Dec. 21 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath underlined the role of cooperatives in driving inclusive growth, transparency and rural prosperity, announcing a major interest subvention for small and marginal farmers while inaugurating the Youth Cooperative Conference and UP Cooperative Expo-2025 in Lucknow on Sunday.

Addressing the conference, organised under the International Year of Cooperatives-2025 on the theme "The Power of Cooperation, the Progress of Uttar Pradesh", the Chief Minister said digitisation and e-governance had transformed the cooperative ecosystem in the state. "With the help of digitisation and e-governance, we have created a corruption-free ecosystem. We have advanced in the cooperative sector in ...