New Delhi: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Modi welcomed the Prime Minister of Bhutan His Excellency Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji His Excellency Manoa Kamikamica, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, Resident Coordinator of UN in India Mr Shombi Sharp, President of the International Cooperative Alliance Mr Ariel Guarco, dignitaries of various foreign countries and ladies and gentlemen to the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024.
Shri Modi said this welcome was not only from him but from thousands of farmers, cattle breeders, fishermen, more than 8 lakh cooperative societies, 10 crore women associated with Self-Help Groups and youth involved in incorporating technology with cooperatives. He stated that it was the first time the Global Cooperative Conference of International Cooperative Alliance was organized in India when there was an expansion of the cooperative movement in India. He expressed confidence that the future of India’s cooperative journey will get the necessary insights from the Global Cooperative Conference. He added that in return, the global cooperative movement will receive a new spirit and the latest tools of the 21st century from India’s rich experience of cooperatives. Shri Modi thanked the United Nations for declaring 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today. Addressing the gathering, Shri Modi welcomed the Prime Minister of Bhutan His Excellency Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji His Excellency Manoa Kamikamica, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, Resident Coordinator of UN in India Mr Shombi Sharp, President of the International Cooperative Alliance Mr Ariel Guarco, dignitaries of various foreign countries and ladies and gentlemen to the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024.
Shri Modi said this welcome was not only from him but from thousands of farmers, cattle breeders, fishermen, more than 8 lakh cooperative societies, 10 crore women associated with Self-Help Groups and youth involved in incorporating technology with cooperatives. He stated that it was the first time the Global Cooperative Conference of International Cooperative Alliance was organized in India when there was an expansion of the cooperative movement in India. He expressed confidence that the future of India’s cooperative journey will get the necessary insights from the Global Cooperative conference. He added that in return, the global cooperative movement will receive a new spirit and the latest tools of the 21st century from India’s rich experience of cooperatives. Shri Modi thanked the United Nations for declaring 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives.
