CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Which Minister unveiled the Sahakar Pragya Initiative? Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, unveiled the Sahakar Pragya Initiative.

Detailed explanation-2: -About Sahakar Pragya Initiative The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare launched the Sahakar Pragya initiative on 24 November 2020. Sahakar Pragya is an initiative of the NCDC (National Cooperative Development Corporation).

Detailed explanation-3: -Sahakar Pragya embodies enhancing NCDC’s training capacity by 18fold through an elaborate network of 18 Regional Training Centres across the country by the dedicated, Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for Cooperative Research and Development (LINAC) set up and fully funded by NCDC.

Detailed explanation-4: -LINAC Regional Training Centres The Corporation with a view to extend the scope and reach of LINAC and to focus on nurturing the primary level cooperatives has set up 18 regional training centres (RTCs). The focus of these RTCs is on developing professionalism in primary cooperatives in agriculture and allied sectors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Around 8 lakh cooperative societies are officially recognised in India, mostly in the agricultural, banking, and housing industries.