First Cooperative University Will Start in Madhya Pradesh

• 13 Sep 2023

Why In News?

On September 12, 2023, Madhya Pradesh's Cooperative and Public Service Management Minister Dr. Arvind Singh Bhadauria announced in the inauguration program of the Large Handicraft Cluster Development Project in Bhopal that the first cooperative university will be started in Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points:

• Cooperative Minister Dr. Bhadauria said that recently in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, in the discussion on the establishment of a cooperative university, in-principal approval was given to his proposal to start a university in Indore or Bhopal.
• Very soon a cooperative university will start in Madhya Pradesh. Courses on many subjects of the cooperative sector will be taught in the university and research related to cooperation will also be conducted.
• The Cooperative Minister performed digital Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of Naveen Bhavan of Cooperative Training Center Jabalpur, Common Facility Center at Cooperative Training Center Bhopal, Indore and Naugaon, Emporia at Cooperative Training Center Indore. He distributed Artisans Cards and released the booklet of Large Handicraft Cluster Development Project and PACS Manual 2022 prepared for PACS institutions.