Delhi: A national workshop on Co-operative Statistics and Informatics was organized jointly by the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture and NIC, at the Scope Convention Centre, on September 5, 1997. The Union Minister of State for Agriculture Dr S Venugopalachari who inaugurated the workshop, underlined the key role IT could play in the Co-operative Movement. He emphasized that a database on co-operative societies would help state governments in monitoring and aiding these societies.
The Minister, Dr S Venugopalachari (second from right)being welcomed by the Secretary, Mr K Rajan.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr K Rajan, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, said that the induction of IT in the Co-operative Movement would not only serve the needs of planners and policy makers, but also of those at the grass root level. A computer-based information system was proposed by NIC and the views of the states were obtained in the deliberations of the workshop.