MLC seeks 50% reservation for women in cooperative bodies

MLC Manjunath Bhandary connected Sunday, November 16, demanded 50% preservation for women successful administrative positions of cooperative institutions.

Speaking astatine the 72nd All India Cooperative Week programme successful Mangaluru, Mr. Bhandary said the Constitution was amended to supply 50% preservation for women successful panchayats. Similarly, a proviso should beryllium made to reserve 50% of positions successful cooperative societies and cooperative banks for women.

Speaker U.T. Khader said cooperative institutions are the dependable of the voiceless and person aided the empowerment of women successful the region. For long, these women person earned their livelihoods by rolling beedis and actively participating successful the processing of cashew. Women self-help groups are functioning exceptionally successful the coastal region, helium added.

Acknowledging the capableness of women to tally their families successful an businesslike manner, the State authorities has empowered them by giving each pistillate caput successful a household a monthly honorarium of ₹2,000 nether the Shakti scheme. The authorities has besides made autobus question escaped for women successful KSRTC buses, Mr. Khader said.

G.T. Deve Gowda, Chamundeshwari MLA and President of Karnataka State Cooperative Federation, said Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts person created a beardown basal for cooperative movement, which has ushered successful wide improvement of the region.

Mr. Gowda said cooperative societies and banks proceed to beryllium gateways for the nation’s growth. These institutions are doing good successful Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and should enactment unneurotic to further the maturation of the country, helium said.

Surendra Babu, the Chief Manager of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Karnataka Regional Office, said the South Canara District Central Cooperative (SCDCC) Bank is among the top-performing territory cooperative banks successful the country.

MLC Kishore Kumar and M.N. Rajendra Kumar, President of SCDCC Bank, Mangaluru, were besides present.

The Dakshina Kannada District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. (DKMUL) launched 2 caller products, Nandini Seeds Delight and Guava Chilli Lassi. A souvenir and mag related to the lawsuit were besides released.