India, Oct. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The two-day National-Level Workshop and Review Meeting on Strengthening the Cooperative Sector was held in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Organised by the Ministry of Cooperation, the workshop brought together representatives from the State/UTs Governments, Secretaries, Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCS) along with key stakeholders from the cooperative sector. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, in the presence of Shri Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Additional Secretary and other senior officers of the Ministry and several other distinguished dignitaries.

In his keynote address, Dr. Bhutani highlighted the pivotal role of the c...