Agricultural Cooperation
13.8 Assistance for Cooperative Education and Training
The Government of India has been implementing a Central Sector Scheme for Cooperative Education and Training through the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) and National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) since 1960.
Upto 50% of the expenditure is give as Grant in Aid to NCUI by the Government for Cooperative Education in cooperatively Under Developed States (UDS) and under developed areas of developed states and for other approved activities. The Government also provides grants up to the extent of 50% to Junior Cooperative Training Centres (JCTCs) through NCUI. The JCTCs are being run by State Cooperative Unions/
State Governments. NCUI monitors the programmes of JCTCs. Currently, NCUI has been running 43 Cooperative Education Field Projects spread over 22 States and Union Territories and is also conducting various programmes at NCUI Head Office.
During the financial year 2019-20 (From 1st April 2019 to 30th September 2019), NCUI through its Cooperative Education Field Projects conducted wide-ranging programmes on various issues of Cooperative Development. Under UDS Projects, NCUI has organized 18384
trainings in which, 2,81,907 participants have been benefited.
The National Centre for Cooperative Education (NCCE) of NCUI during the year 2018-19, organized 133 training programmes against the target of 75 programmes including a 12 weeks Diploma Programme in Cooperative Education and Development. 4495 persons from various sectors of the cooperative movement in different states were trained through these programmes. Out of 133 training programme, 28 programmes were for weaker sectors like labour, fisheries, tribal cooperatives etc.
and exclusively for SC/ST cooperatives in which 112 persons participated. Sixteen programmes were organized exclusively for women cooperatives in which 524 women participated. During April-September,2019, NCUI through its NCCE organized 74 programmes with 2412 participants against the target of 50 programmes and 1500 participants. Out of these events 14 programmes with 464 participants were imparted for weaker cooperative sectors like labour, fisheries, poultry, joint farming, construction, handloom & handicraft and SC/ST cooperatives etc. Considering the need for socio economic development of women, 14 programmes were conducted exclusively for women participants. During this period, courses like Diploma on Cooperative Management and Certificate Course on Cooperative Management have also commenced in universities for youth so that they understand the cooperative management system and after completion of these courses the students may establish cooperatives for self employment and also meet the requirement of professionals of cooperative organizations in India. During the Financial Year 2018-19, no grant-in-aid was released to NCUI by DAC&FW.
Cooperative Training programmes are also being conducted by the National Council for Cooperative Training(NCCT) through its 5 Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management, 14 Institutes of Cooperative Management located in different States and the Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. An amount of Rs. 553.25 Lakhs was released to NCCT for VAMNICOM, Rs. 1636.75 Lakhs towards Assistance to NCCT and Rs. 70.00 Lakhs towards Assistance to NCCT (NER) during the year 2018-19. During the year 2018-19, NCCT has organized 1817 training programmes and trained 62517 participants against the target to organize 1740 training programmes and to train 43,500 participants.
During the current financial year 2019-20, a sum of Rs. 710.00 Lakhs has been released till date as grants-in-aid to NCCT including NE Region Out of the total 1740 planned programmes during the year 2019-20 and to train 43500 participants, NCCT conducted 785 training programmes and trained 26817 participants up to October, 2018.
NE Region: The Government of India is providing separate assistance for intensification of cooperative education in the north-eastern region through NCUI. It has established seven field projects namely in Aizawl (Mizoram), Thoubal (Manipur), Mangalwaria (Sikkim), Shillong (Meghalaya), Kohima (Nagaland), Morigaon and Jorhat (Assam) in the North Eastern region.
Assistance is also given to the Centre for International Cooperation and Training in Agricultural Banking (CICTAB) Pune. During the year 2018-19, a sum of Rs. 3.75 Lakhs has been released to CICTAB to conduct two international training programmes for the personnel working in the cooperatives of SAARC countries.
13.8.1 Training Network of NCCT
National Level - Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM), Pune
Regional Level - Five Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management at Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Kalyani, Gandhinagar, Patna.
State Level - Fourteen Institutes of Cooperative Management at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kannur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, Pune &
Thiruvananthapuram.
l Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD)
l National Backward Classes and Finance Development Corporation (NBCFDC) l Forward Market Commission (FMC) and
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
l Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA)
l Director General Resettlement (Ministry of Defence)
l Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles
l National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)
l National Cooperative Development Corporation(NCDC)
l National Federation for Urban Cooperative Banks & Credit Societies Ltd.
Efforts are on to identify new partners for collaboration.
13.8.3 Objectives of NCCT
• To formulate overall policies and plans relating to cooperative training.
The training units of the Council have been imparting training to the personnel of all sectors of the cooperative movement in India to enhance knowledge, skill and attitude of the employees, for General Management Programme, Cooperative Credit and Banking, Urban Cooperative Banking, Long Term Finance, Cooperative Marketing and Processing, Consumer Cooperative Management, Handloom Cooperative Management, Cooperative Accounts and Audit, Fishery Cooperative Management, Cooperative Law and Allied Laws, Dairy Cooperative Management, Housing Cooperative Management, Industrial Cooperative Management, Cooperative Education and Training etc.
In addition to the targets, units of the NCCT are conducting professional programmes duly approved by AICTE. Out of the 20 Training Units, VAMNICOM and RICM Gandhinagar are conducting PGDM and ICMs -Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Kannur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur and Thiruvananthapuram are conducting MBA affiliated with State Universities.
13.8.2 Collaborative Programmes organised in association with other Organisations
l National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
• To organise and direct arrangements in regard to training to personnel employed in cooperative departments and institutions in the country.
• To assess periodically the needs of training for cooperative personnel to facilitate planning and designing of training arrangements.
• To establish and manage cooperative training institutions.
• To identify problem areas of cooperatives requiring research and to organize studies.
• To ensure maintenance of high academic standards in cooperative education and training in various institutes in the country and suggest syllabi and standards of education for different courses.
13.8.4 TARGET AND ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRESS OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES-NCCT UNITS DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS 2015-18 & 2018-19
Year
Target Achievement
Prog Participants Prog Participants
2015-16 1600 40000 2170 70687
2016-17 1600 40000 2012 63147
2017-18 1600 40000 1924 61548
2018-19 (Upto January 2019) 1740 43500 1491 50591
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