| Charter of Services of
the Department of Cooperation |
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The Department of
Cooperation is the registering body of the
Cooperative Societies |
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A Cooperative Society is
best understood when referred as an
Institute. It is ideology driven and
value-based voluntarily formed institution.
It has a set of internationally recognized
and accepted seven Principles of
Cooperation. The members of a Cooperative
Society pool their resources to constitute a
working capital to fulfill their common
social, economic, cultural and spiritual
needs. |
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The Department considers
registration of Proposal of Cooperative
Societies within 4 months from the time of
submission of the Proposal |
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| 4. |
Any approval for Amendment,
Modification of Proposal of Bye-Laws etc.
will be completed within 30 days time |
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The Field Functionaries of
the Department shall inspect Cooperative
Society once a month or more as the case may
be |
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Audit Services shall be made
available within 30 days on demand |
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On Demand, Cooperative
Education services shall be made available
to the Cooperative Societies in every Annual
General Meeting |
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On Demand, training on
Book-Keeping shall be made available in a
group to the Trainees of Cooperative
Societies |
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On Request from the
Cooperative Societies, the Department will
depute personnel for stock verification and
issue of certificate at the closure of every
cooperative year |
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On request from a
Cooperative Society, special audit services
shall be made available within 10 days time |
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On receipt of complain
for inquiry from a Cooperative Society, the
area Cooperative Inspectors/ Assistant
Registrar will be entrusted to inquire into
or provide preliminary report within 15 days
time |
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At the Apex Level, Sikkim
State Cooperative Bank is registered with
Registrar Cooperative Societies under RBI
license to cater to the credit needs and
deposit mobilization of the Cooperative
Societies |
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Two Marketing Federation,
SIMFED and DACS is at the State Level to
cater to the marketing needs of the
Cooperative Societies |
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A State Cooperative Union
has already been registered to cater to the
development and enhancement of Cooperative
Human Resources |
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Subject to availability of
Plan Fund and First come first serve,
Cooperative Societies shall be provided some
Financial Assistance for construction of
Society Building |
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Subject to availability
of Plan Fund and first come first serve,
Cooperative Societies shall be provided a
token amount in the form of managerial
assistance, rental assistance, working
capital etc as one-time grant during its
initial stage of operation |
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Subject to availability
of Plan Fund and first come first serve,
Production Oriented Cooperative Societies
organized by local educated unemployed youth
shall be provided financial assistance for
execution of Project |
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Multipurpose Cooperative
Societies at the Gram Panchayat Unit level
have already been provided a special package
to stabilize its business at the Grass-root
level |
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Subject to availability
of Fund and first come first serve, the
Cooperative Societies shall be provided with
transport and Marketing Subsidy against
their business transaction with SIMFED |
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Subject to availability
of Fund and first come first serve, Primary
Milk Cooperative Societies shall be provided
with financial assistance to construct milk
collection centers |
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