Archive · 26 Jul 2025
India Unveils New National Cooperative Policy 2025
India is getting a new plan for cooperatives, which are groups of people working together.
The new policy will start in 2025 and last for about 20 years.
The goal is to make India better by helping these groups succeed.
The UN has chosen 2025 as the year to celebrate cooperatives worldwide, showing how important they are.
The Union Home Minister unveiled the new National Cooperative Policy 2025, replacing a 23-year-old policy.
The policy aims to build a 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 through 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi'.
It is effective from 2025 to 2045.
The UN has declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives.
The Ministry of Cooperation was formed in 2021.
- Who
- The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, and the Ministry of Cooperation.
- What
- The Union Home Minister unveiled the new National Cooperative Policy 2025.
- When
- The new policy was announced recently, replacing a policy that had been in place for 23 years.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To build a 'Viksit Bharat' (Developed India) by 2047 through 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' (Prosperity through Cooperation).
- Policy Start Date
- 2025
- Policy End Date
- 2045
- Ministry Formation
- 2021
- Theme of UN Year of Cooperatives (2025)
- "Cooperatives Build a Better World"