Cooperative department organizes Awareness Camp at Town Hall Kupwara

Kupwara : An awareness camp was today organized by Cooperative department Kupwara in which various departments including Agriculture, allied and employment generating departments participated.The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir was chief guest on the occasion. ADDC Kupwara, Altaf Ahmad Khan and Deputy Registrar Cooperative department Kupwara, Mohammad Arif Shah were also present.

Addressing the occasion, the DC stressed upon the stakeholders to take advantage of the schemes of the Cooperative department. He said Cooperative movement has tremendous scope to revolutionize the economy of the societies adding that in the time when white collar jobs are not easily available for youth, it is high time that Cooperative Societies could be encouraged to yield better results for maximum number of interested youth.

Khalid Jahangir said apart from Cooperative Societies, Kupwara district has a great potential for development of dairy/sheep farms, handicrafts and tourism and urged upon the youth to venture in these sectors. On the occasion, the DC distributed certificates among the beneficiaries for establishment of legal entities.

Deputy Registrar Cooperative also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the schemes of the Cooperative department. The subject matter specialists and experts from Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, DIC and KVIB gave detailed awareness of schemes and welfare programmes of their concerned departments.