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Table below shows share capital,
membership, working capital, financial
position etc. of SIMFED. |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan (2007-08) |
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Head
Office |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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East |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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West |
25.00 |
2.50 |
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North |
5.00 |
0.50 |
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South |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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Sikkim is cooperatively
underdeveloped state with only about 10% of
the population enrolled as members in
various cooperative societies. Cooperative
education programme would be launched
aggressively to bring the total 80,000
households into the cooperative fold. For
this Mass Education is necessary hence State
Cooperative union will be appropriately
equipped. On the same line a Cooperative
Development Center at Gyalshing will be
developed. Also besides development of
infrastructure, ongoing cooperative
education schemes of the districts will be
continued. Under this Member Education
Programme, Managing Committee Education,
Skill Development Programme will be
included.
Following the creation of Corpus Fund by the
NCUI, the Department is also contemplating
on creation of Corpus Fund for the State
through State Cooperative Union. It is also
proposed to raise Corpus Fund of about Rs.
20 crores to take care of the future
financial aid to the State Union. A total
outlay of Rs. 100.00 Lakhs has been proposed
for the Cooperative Education during the
11th FYP. |
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| 2. COOPERATIVE TRAINING: Rs. 100.00
Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan (2007-08) |
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Head
Office |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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East |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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West |
25.00 |
2.50 |
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North |
5.00 |
0.50 |
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South |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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An outlay of Rs. 100.00 Lakhs provided under
the training head will be used in providing
training to the leaders and office bearers
of both Primary and Apex Cooperative.
Exposure and professional trainings will
also be continued to be given to the
officials of the Department. Various Diploma
courses on Cooperative Management, Business
Management, Audit and other allied courses
will also be continued at various
cooperative Institutes. In the districts,
both Managers and leaders of the coops.
shall be given skill development training in
management and decision making including
cooperative Act and Rules. To maintain
uniformity and standard accounting
procedures office bearers shall be trained
in accounts & bookkeeping to endure
transparency and accountability in
cooperative sector. To mould the future of
youth they shall be sent to various training
institutes to make them capable of
undertaking sustainable business in the
field of agriculture and horticulture
farming, animal husbandry livestock,
forestry, tourism, handicrafts, black smithy
etc. to make them economically self-reliant. |
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3. PUBLICITY AND INFORMATION: Rs. 500.00
Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan (2007-08) |
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Head
Office |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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East |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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West |
25.00 |
2.50 |
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North |
5.00 |
0.50 |
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South |
20.00 |
2.00 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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This is an important
programme to sensitize people on cooperative
movement. Workshops, debates, essay
competitions etc. will be arranged.
Literatures on Cooperative Movement will
also be prepared for distribution from time
to time. A Mega Seminar of State Level will
also be held annually to discuss, debate and
educate the mass on cooperative movement. At
the same time, the Districts will also be
organizing District Level Seminars. To
aggressively reach the core of the State in
propagating the Cooperative principles,
values and ethics, Publicity Vans will be
purchased in each district in the form of
infrastructure. In the South District Fair
and Mela shall be organized during festive
seasons in places like Jorethang, Ravangla
and Namchi to boost the marketing of
handicrafts, agriculture implements,
flowers, toy products etc. Cooperative week
celebration which coincides with the birth
anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru shall be
organized extensively throughout the State.
The 11th Plan outlay proposed under this
head is at Rs. 100.00 Lakhs. |
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4. CREDIT COOPERATIVES: Rs. 600.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan (2007-08) |
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Head
Office |
120.00 |
12.00 |
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East |
180.00 |
18.00 |
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West |
150.00 |
15.00 |
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North |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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South |
120.00 |
12.00 |
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Total |
600.00 |
60.00 |
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Out of committed Rs.
1000.00 Lakhs, State’s Share Participation
to the Cooperative Bank in the 9th and 10th
Plan outlay was Rs. 9.035 Crores. The
remaining Rs. 100.00 Lakhs will be released
during the 11th Plan. . In the 11th Plan
another Rs. 1000.00 Lakhs is proposed for
revival, revitalization and re-sourcing the
Primary Credit Cooperative and Apex Bank. A
part of the money will be released to the
primaries in the form of state share
participation as well. The Districts on the
other hand will gear up Credit programme of
the MPCS both in farm and non farm sector.
Concept of doorstep banking shall be
introduced throughout the districts to
provide easy credit to the rural farmers.
More MPCS shall be covered under Mini-bank
schemes during the plan period to develop
thrift amongst the members. Special package
programme shall be taken up to revive sick
and dormant credit cooperatives. Additional
Government equity participation shall be
provided to MPCS to strengthen their base
capital. Assistance shall be provided to BPL
members to become member of MPCS to enhance
their borrowing capacity. Support shall also
be provided to MPCSs to purchase shares in
SISCO Bank to enhance the credit limit.
Interest subsidy shall be provided to the
borrowers on Kisan Credit Cards to ease the
burden of debts.
Government on the other hand will be
creating concrete community assets in the
villages which can be used for multifarious
purposes. Even rural community information
center can be housed in these infrastructure
as cooperatives are the major user of such
information services and large number of
people will regularly be visiting
cooperatives for taking delivery of various
services. It is cost and time effective and
comfortable for the rural populace. For the
above, each MPCS can be equipped with a
computer each. At Rs. 50,000/- per computer,
the total cost of equipping all 166 MPCS
will come to Rs. 83.00 Lakhs.
A total of Rs. 1083.00 Lakhs has been
proposed under Head Credit Cooperatives out
of which Rs. 83.00 Lakhs is proposed under
NEC Fund. |
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5. SUPPLY & MARKETING Rs. 220.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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Head
Office |
44.00 |
4.50 |
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East |
66.00 |
8.00 |
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West |
55.00 |
6.50 |
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North |
11.00 |
1.50 |
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South |
44.00 |
4.50 |
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Total |
220.00 |
25.00 |
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Government Share
Participation will be provided to SIMFED for
the effective maintenance of its backward
and forward linkage with the primaries. This
support shall be in the form of share
participation , working capital grants,
transport subsidies and marketing schemes
requiring incentives. At the districts,
marketing of both Rabi and Kharif crops
shall be taken up extensively to ensure
sustainable growth in the income level of
the rural farmers. The South district being
rich in ginger, hill broom, flowers/
horticulture crops, the cooperatives shall
be encouraged to undertake marketing of
agriculture horticulture and animal
husbandry products through SIMFED and DACS
to fetch remunerative prices to the growers.
Transport and incentives shall also be
provided to the growers as price support |
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6. CONSUMER COOPERATIVES: Rs. 200.00
Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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East |
80.00 |
8.00 |
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West |
60.00 |
6.00 |
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North |
10.00 |
1.50 |
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South |
50.00 |
4.50 |
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Total |
200.00 |
20.00 |
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Apart from 166 MPCS a
large number of exclusively formed consumer
cooperatives are handling PDS scheme as also
distribution of non-controlled consumer/
utility items. SIMFED at the state level is
coordinating consumer function of the
cooperative and in the process has been
balancing price of consumer goods in the
rural areas. Both Apex and primary
cooperatives will be given government share
besides assisting them in preventing local
people from exploitation of the private
traders. An amount of Rs. 200.00 Lakhs is
proposed in the 11th Plan under the head.
Support shall be provided to revive sick and
closed consumer stores. More consumer stores
shall be opened at Gram Panchayat works so
that all Government welfare schemes are
implemented through the Coops. One time
working capital, managerial and rental
subsidies shall also be provided to new
consumer cooperatives.
Considering business potential of Namchi and
Jorethang, the South District will promote a
concept of “Janta Bazaar” ( Super Market)
one each at above market places to make
available all household consumer articles
under one roof. |
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7. STORAGE COOPERATIVES: Rs. 380.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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East |
152.00 |
15.00 |
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West |
114.00 |
8.00 |
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North |
19.00 |
5.00 |
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South |
95.00 |
7.00 |
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Total |
380.00 |
35.00 |
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Sikkim has opted for
multipurpose cooperative model and these
MPCS are basically handling farm inputs
supply, credit advances, marketing of farm
inputs and distribution of consumer goods.
For smooth functioning of these
cooperatives, chief requirement would be
construction of Godown. Besides to be
economically viable cooperatives require its
own infrastructure for which Government
needs to provide full support. So far, 35
MPCS building have been constructed around
the state. In this Plan, 131 MPCS shall be
provided financial assistance to acquire its
own infrastructure. Assistance will also be
provided to other cooperatives including
Consumer and other types of cooperatives to
create storage capacity and own premises.
The South District will also modify and
convert flats of Namchi and Jorethang
cooperative into guest houses which would be
available to members at reasonable charges. |
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8. DAIRY COOPERATIVES: Rs. 100.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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Head
Office |
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East |
40.00 |
3.50 |
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West |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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North |
5.00 |
1.00 |
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South |
25.00 |
2.50 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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Over hundred primary milk
cooperatives with one Milk Union are
functioning in the State. These cooperatives
are handling over ten thousand liters of
milk daily and in the process remunerative
price is provided to the milk producers. On
the other hand, milk consumers’ interest is
also protected with the supply of quality
milk at reasonable price. Major funding
under the programme flows from Animal
Husbandry Department of the State
government. Rs. 100.00 Lakhs is being
proposed in the 11th Plan for the Primary
Milk Cooperatives to provide assistance to
them in the shape of govt. share, transport
subsidy, construction of milk collection and
testing houses etc. Proposal is also being
made to revamp Milk Union, introduction of
newer technology, repair and maintenance of
processing plant and machinery of the Union
and also Government Share Participation. |
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9. COOPERATIVE LAW AND AUDIT: Rs. 100.00
Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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Head
Office |
45.00 |
4.00 |
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East |
20.00 |
2.50 |
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West |
15.00 |
1.50 |
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North |
5.00 |
0.50 |
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South |
15.00 |
1.50 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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With the starting of
Registrar’s Court, stationeries, staff,
manual etc will be required to maintain and
operate the same. For this a token amount of
Rs. 100.00 Lakhs is kept aside during the
Plan period. As also under Audit, to ensure
proper accounting procedure, the training of
office bearers on book keeping shall be
continued. Existing audit office of at the
sub-division level shall be upgraded and
necessary equipments provided for better and
quality services. To prevent fraud and
misappropriation appearing in the
cooperatives two (2) touring vehicle each
for the Audit at the districts shall be
provided to the audit team for their timely
movement. |
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10. OTHER COOPERATIVES: Rs. 100.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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Head
Office |
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East |
40.00 |
3.50 |
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West |
30.00 |
3.00 |
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North |
5.00 |
1.00 |
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South |
25.00 |
0.50 |
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Total |
100.00 |
10.00 |
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Besides MPCS, consumer
and milk cooperatives the state is promoting
other various type of functional
cooperatives such as tailoring, black
smithy, floriculture, orchid growers,
eco-tourism, weavers, rural artisans,
forestry cooperatives and other agro based
activities. In the similar line, towards the
end of 10th Plan a scheme called Producers’
Cooperatives was floated by the department.
Keeping in view the gradual growth in
momentum of the scheme, a sum of Rs. 100.00
Lakhs is proposed for the 11th Plan.
Tourism is fast growing in the State
therefore eco-friendly tourism cooperatives
on hotel, cafeteria and wayside amenities
shall be promoted to provide assured quality
services to both domestic and foreign
tourists. Youth and women shall be
encouraged to take up nursery farming in
medicinal plants which have huge demands in
international markets. Floriculture is
growing in popularity and more floriculture
coops. shall be organized to boost the
production of flowers and bulbs.
In the South District, the house building
activities in the district has not kept pace
with its population growth. The desire to
own a house remain only a long cherished
dream unfulfilled largely due to poor
socio-economic conditions prevalent among
the masses. With a view to overcome this
problem, housing cooperative shall be
organized at Namchi to provide house flats
to the members As this being a pilot
project, Govt. assistance of Rs. 100.00
Lakhs shall be provided to the District to
acquire land for the project. |
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11. DIRECTION AND ADMINISTRATION: Rs.
1500.00 Lakhs |
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11th
Plan |
Annual
Plan 2007-08 |
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Head
Office |
750.00 |
150.00 |
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East |
225.00 |
45.00 |
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West |
185.00 |
37.00 |
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North
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150.00 |
30.00 |
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South |
190.00 |
38.00 |
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Total |
1500.00 |
300.00 |
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Cooperative is a Cadre
Service in Sikkim. The strength of this
cadre was revised upward by 40% in the year
2000. The department has apart from head
office and four district officers, nine
sub-divisional offices functioning in the
state. To meet salary and wages, conveyance
cost, office establishment/equipment,
fixture furniture and minor
repairs/renovation of own office building a
provision of Rs.1500.00 Lakhs is proposed
for the 11th Plan.
The Sub-Division offices shall be suitably
upgraded considering the importance of
Information Technology needed to develop
data bank in cooperatives. Existing hardware
will be upgraded and two more hardware shall
be added to every division during the plan.
With the increase in the number of touring
officials there is need to add two more
vehicles one each for sub-division for
touring and effective supervision of the
coops. Block Development office is likely to
set up at block level in the XI plan and
therefore provision is made to meet up
salaries of additional manpower and
furniture/fixture to the field officers. |
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