Inaugural function of one-week training programme on audit, inspection and book-keeping of cooperative societies under the aegis of cooperation department began on September 12 at cooperative training center, Medziphema.
Delivering the keynote address, T. Imkonglemla Longkumer, registrar of cooperative societies emphasized that education was an important tool for the growth and development of any society and that cooperative education was an integral force for the growth of cooperative movement.
In an age where the existence and survival of cooperative societies were faced with the onslaught of globalized and liberalized market scenario, the need to propagate Cooperative education cannot be overemphasized, Imkonglemla said.
The training programme for educating and equipping departmental junior field staff have been organized to disseminate proper accounting procedure to the grass-root society members/promoters. The need of imparting training to these junior field staff has gained much more importance due to the recent direction of the state cabinet for cancellation of defunct & non-functioning cooperative societies.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Chumremo Odyuo, joint secretary of cooperation department, stressed that cooperative movement was a socio-economic movement and that both central and state government have realized that cooperatives were a tool for economic development.
He reminded that RCS and officers should be a friend and philosophers to the farmers and that mission statement of cooperative department ‘strengthening the people for economic self-reliance’ would be possible only through the joint effort of everyone.
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