New Delhi, 28th July 2023: *The first Annual General Board meeting of National Cooperative Exports Limited was conducted at GCMMF Zonal Office in Janakpuri, New Delhi.* GCMMF (AMUL) has sent nomination of Shri Shamalbhai Patel, which was supported by Shri Bijendra Singh, Chairman, National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (NAFED) and Shri Rakesh Kapur, Joint Managing Director, Indian Farmers’ Fertilizer Co-operative Ltd (IFFCO). Shri Shamalbhai Patel was appointed unanimously as board member of newly formed national level multi state cooperative. Shri Shamalbhai Patel is the chairman of Sabarkantha District Milk Producers Union Limited and is also serving as a Chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (AMUL).
Earlier, during January 2023, The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a historic decision of setting up and promoting a national level cooperative society to support exports of small co-operative societies under the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.
The new national level multi state cooperative is set up to provide thrust to export from cooperative sector by acting as umbrella organisation for managing various activities related to exports.
Shri Shamalbhai informed that any cooperative institution from Primary to National level cooperative societies including PACS, District, State and National level federation, multi state cooperative societies and Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) can become members of National Co-operatives Exports Ltd (NCEL).
NCEL will manage various activities related to export of any products produced by any co-operatives / FPO etc. It will help in unlocking demand and consumption potential of export of various products in in global markets. This society will also help cooperatives and ultimately their farmer members in getting benefits of high price of their products through aggregation, branding and marketing on large scale by facilitating exports of the same and will also help country in earning valuable foreign exchange.
The appointment of Shri Shamalbhai Patel as a Board member at such National Level Institute is a matter of pride for farmers of Gujarat and Sabarkantha in particular.
