"Cooperative elections will be held under the DMK regime:" Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation, I Periasamy
Coimbatore: In Coimbatore, the Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation, I Periasamy personally inspected the Coimbatore District Consumer Co-operative Wholesale Store (Chintamani) and the Thudiyalur Co-operative Agricultural Services.
A consultative meeting was then held with the officials at the Coimbatore District Collector’s Office.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation, I Periasamy later told the media that only a handful of the funds meant for Covid relief was yet to be received and will be delivered by the end of this month. "The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin has instructed to provide crop loans of Rs. 11,500 crore this year since the crop loans to farmers were only Rs. 9,500 crores last year," added the Minister.
He then visited and inspected the Chintamani Co-operative Stores. "Astudy has revealed that there are vacancies for salesmen and packers in ration shops across Tamil Nadu and we assure that vacancies in ration shops will be filled soon. This Government will support the farmers in every way and it has been suggested that the number of self-help groups operating through the Co-operative sector should be increased from 55,000 to 1,00,000. The self-help group will function better and educated youth will be given job opportunities with transparency," reassured the Minister.
"R Sakkarapani, the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies has taken steps to make the family card available immediately to those who do not have a family card. Investigations are underway into irregularities in 4451 agricultural credit societies across Tamil Nadu. The results of the study will be announced on July 31. Neem products will be increased and steps are being taken to make quality seeds available. Rotation of employees who have been in the same Co-operative for a long time will also be done. Under the DMK regime, Co-operative elections will be held regularly," reassured I Periasamy.
A consultative meeting was then held with the officials at the Coimbatore District Collector’s Office.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation, I Periasamy later told the media that only a handful of the funds meant for Covid relief was yet to be received and will be delivered by the end of this month. "The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin has instructed to provide crop loans of Rs. 11,500 crore this year since the crop loans to farmers were only Rs. 9,500 crores last year," added the Minister.
He then visited and inspected the Chintamani Co-operative Stores. "Astudy has revealed that there are vacancies for salesmen and packers in ration shops across Tamil Nadu and we assure that vacancies in ration shops will be filled soon. This Government will support the farmers in every way and it has been suggested that the number of self-help groups operating through the Co-operative sector should be increased from 55,000 to 1,00,000. The self-help group will function better and educated youth will be given job opportunities with transparency," reassured the Minister.
"R Sakkarapani, the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies has taken steps to make the family card available immediately to those who do not have a family card. Investigations are underway into irregularities in 4451 agricultural credit societies across Tamil Nadu. The results of the study will be announced on July 31. Neem products will be increased and steps are being taken to make quality seeds available. Rotation of employees who have been in the same Co-operative for a long time will also be done. Under the DMK regime, Co-operative elections will be held regularly," reassured I Periasamy.