Marathi news channel, Zee 24 Taas is all set to host its first season of ‘Sahkar Parishad’.

The summit will take place in Pune on Saturday, June 3, 2023.

It will feature leaders, policymakers, and experts from various fields discussing and exchanging ideas on the theme “Harnessing the Power of Cooperation.”

Maharashtra was one of the first states in the country to promote cooperatives.

It has been one of the most effective tools in the state’s social and economic development, particularly in rural areas.

During its early stages, this cooperative movement was primarily focused on agricultural credit.

However, it is now present in other sectors such as agro-processing, agro-marketing, sugar cooperatives, fisheries cooperative societies, cooperative dairy societies, housing cooperative societies, and so on.

This has also resulted in urban cooperative banks, sugar mills, and other units across Maharashtra experiencing issues that impede their operations, highlighting the need to improve their credibility.

The upcoming Zed 24 Taas Sahkar Parishad will feature a series of panel discussions on cooperative dairy, cooperative farming, agriculture, and animal husbandry, sugar industry, banking, rural credit, and cooperative housing societies.

This event will be attended by dignitaries such as Raju Shetty (MP, Government of India), Pravin Darekar, Satish Marathe (Executive Director, RBI), Shekhar Gaikwad (IAS) (Former Sugar Commissioner, Maharashtra), Vidyadhar Anaskar, an expert in the field of cooperative banking, and experts in the cooperative sector.

Nilesh Khare, Editor, Zee 24 Taas, stated, “Co-operative Movement has been one of the greatest contributions given by the state of Maharashtra to the nation. However, improvisation in policies is the need of the hour for harnessing the Power of Cooperation across different sectors and boosting the socioeconomic growth of our nation. The Sahkar Parishad is conceptualised with the sole purpose of enabling in-depth discussions on the same, thus making it a prominent future-ready platform.”

Abhay Ojha, CEO, of ZMCL, added, “Zee 24 TAAS is the voice of Maharashtra. Hence, it becomes important to provide a platform to experts, policymakers, and the brightest minds across the cooperative sectors to debate, exchange ideas and have a dialogue on broader governance, priorities challenges, and initiatives that can promote collaborative development in co-operative associations. We hope to make the upcoming summit a successful one.”

The show is powered by Dudhkandi and the Associate Sponsors are Calton Paints, Pune Peoples Co-op Bank, GP Parsik Co-Op Bank, Washishthi Dairy, and Rajasthani Multistate Co-Op. Credit Society.