New Delhi, July 1 -- A national policy for cooperatives is in the works and will be unveiled soon, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said on Monday, chairing a meeting with counterparts from states, according to an official statement. The Centre-states meeting took stock of policies to enable growth and enhance business activities in the sector and Shah stressed a national target to have at least one cooperative society in every village, the statement said. Cooperatives are collective enterprises owned jointly by their members, who share profits and losses equally. India's cooperative sector, over a century old, provides livelihood to millions in sectors such as dairy, fisheries, finance, housing and agriculture. Firms such as Amul, the largest dairy producer, run on a cooperative model. Shah said the Centre had changed laws to help cooperatives expand and adapt, as well as to cut nepotism. States were urged to fully utilise the national cooperative database to set up new enterprises and strengthen existing ones....