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Centre unveils co-op for Indian organic exports.
Oct 25, 2023

India's first multi-state cooperative society for exports, the National Cooperative Export Limited (NCEL), will promote the country's organic products and share half its returns with farmers. The NCEL will provide services to boost overseas shipments of organic produce and will be part of the Modi government's plan to establish three national cooperatives. The NCEL will connect relevant ministries and Indian embassies to enhance market linkages and supply chains for exports. At least 50% of the profits generated by the NCEL will be given to farmers.
 
India’s first multi-state cooperative society for exports will provide a global platform for the country’s organic products and share half its returns with farmers, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday, launching the enterprise, one among three national cooperatives being planned by the Modi government.
 
The National Cooperative Export Limited (NCEL), being positioned as a premier enterprise, will extend a range of services to ramp up overseas shipments of organic produce. In January, the Union Cabinet approved the launch of NCEL. The government is also in the process of setting up two more multi-state cooperatives for promoting seed businesses and organic farming.
 
Under the Constitution’s Seventh Schedule, which divides responsibilities between the Centre and states, state governments have jurisdiction over cooperatives. However, the Centre has control over policy-making for cooperatives that operate in more than one state, known as multi-state cooperatives, such as the NCEL.
 
' NCEL is being formally launched on the auspicious day of Mahanavami. Today we are crossing a very important milestone on the way to realize the vision of Sahkarita Se Samriddhi (progress through cooperation), for which the ministry of cooperation was established for the first time since independence by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' Shah said.
 
In the monsoon session in July, Parliament passed The Multi-States Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which will govern NCEL. The law was brought in as part of a broader push by the Modi government to modernize the country’s 115-year-old cooperative sector.
 
A cooperative society is a business jointly owned by members who share both profits and losses. Cooperatives are collective enterprises jointly owned by participating members who share profits and losses. The popular milk brand Amul, for instance, is a cooperative. So is India’s largest fertilizer maker, IFFCO.
 
NCEL will connect the ministries of commerce and industry, external affairs and Indian embassies to boost market linkages and supply chains for export of farm produce, Shah said. NECL will develop into a 'complete export ecosystem', covering procurement, storage, processing, marketing, branding, labeling, packaging and certification, a statement said. According to its proposed business model, at least 50% of profits will go to farmers.
 
' NCEL is launched in the cooperative sector with six objectives of increasing exports, enriching farmers, changing the crop pattern, providing global market for organic products, gaining a place for India in the global market for biofuels, and strengthening the cooperative sector,' Shah said.
    
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