Dimapur, June 30 -- Nagaland PHE and Cooperation Minister N Jacob Zhimomi on Monday urged the Centre to continue funding National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)-sponsored projects like the Integrated Cooperative Development Project, which is very popular among the farming community in the Northeast

Attending the one-day national conference of cooperation ministers of all states/UTs held under the chairmanship of Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, Zhimomi said unlike other parts of the country, the cooperatives in Northeast are managerially and financially weak and rely on government support, especially on NCDC funding for taking up various business activities.

Zhimomi lauded the co...