Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi gave cooperative society officials strict instructions today to make sure that farmers’ paddy is sold to the government in a clean, easy, and transparent way without any problems and that they receive their money within 48 hours. If this isn’t done, harsh measures will be taken.
Majhi told the members of several cooperative societies that more than 2600 primary cooperative societies in Odisha serve as a conduit between the government and the farmers during the 71st All India Cooperative Week, which is being observed from November 14 to 20 at the Samabaya Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.
Through them, farmers receive crop loans, crop insurance, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, and other supplies. As a result, each of these institutions needs to be strengthened. The impoverished and disenfranchised at the bottom of society look to all of these institutions for hope and anticipation. According to him, there are already over 50 lakh farmer households in Odisha that are both directly and indirectly involved in the cooperative movement. “This cooperative movement involves all the citizens associated with the primary economy, including farmers, artisans, handicraftsmen, weavers, fishermen, milk producers, etc.,” he continued.
The Chief Minister claimed that by promoting the use of cooperative institutions, Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das initially established the groundwork for cooperatives in our state of Odisha. Cuttack saw the establishment of a cooperative store in 1898, and the first law establishing cooperative institutions was passed in 1904. In the Cuttack district’s Banki, the official beginning of the establishment of cooperative institutions was made.
