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Thursday, July 1, 1999
Liberate co-op movement -- Panel
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
ANAND, JUNE 30: Giving a fresh thrust to the demands for liberating the cooperative movement from government control and repealing the ``archaic'' Cooperative Act, the Cooperative Initiative Panel (CIP) on Tuesday sought a firm commitment from political parties to include the issue in their election manifestos for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.The CIP, comprising chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Dr V Kurien, former deputy chairman of Planning Commission Mohan Daria, and Gandhian economist and former high commissioner to South Africa L C Jain, in a joint Press briefing said it was imperative to change the outdated Acts for survival of the cooperative sector. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

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