New Delhi: A one-day Brainstorming Session on NICNET Utilization for Cooperative Sector was organized by NIC at the India International Centre on January 19.
Inaugurating the Session, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr Krishna Kumar, said, "I hope that this interaction will pave the way for a very comprehensive scheme and programme for the upgradation of the entire information system as well as the resulting improvement in qualitative decision making in the Cooperative Sector..."
The morning session was chaired by Ms Asha Das, Additional Secretary, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation; while the two afternoon sessions were chaired by Mr K Rajan, Adviser (Agriculture), Planning Commission and Mr Bhagat Singh, Joint Secretary (Cooperation), Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation.
The speakers included the Punjab State Registrar of Cooperative Societies and senior officers from NABARD, NCUI, NCDC and IFFCO. The Session was well attended by representatives from cooperative institutions both from the States and the Centre.