The conference will be the first big event since the Modi government carved out the Ministry of Cooperation from the Agriculture Ministry in July this year. Shah is the first Cooperative Minister.

New Delhi : Home Minister Amit Shah, who also holds charge of the newly created Ministry of Cooperation, will address a cooperatives conference on September 25. Over over 2,000 members of different cooperatives are expected to participate in the conferenceIn a statement, the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) said, “India’s first cooperative conference is being organized by India’s leading cooperative organization IFFCO, National Cooperative Federation of India, Amul, Sahakar Bharti, NAFED, KRIBHCO and all cooperatives together.”Representatives from different states and various cooperative sectors across the country will participate in this conference and contribute towards realizing the dream of self-reliant India,” the statement saidMinister of State for Cooperation, B L Verma and president of the International Cooperative Alliance (Global), Dr Ariel Guarco, will also participate in the conferenceThe conference will be the first big event since the Modi government carved out the Ministry of Cooperation from the Agriculture Ministry in July this year. Shah is the first Cooperative Minister.The core mantra of the Ministry of Cooperation is to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country, provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework and streamline the processes to enable the development of Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS),” the statement said.