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MARGAO
Maintaining that public-private partnership can give cooperative sector a boost, Water Resources Minister Vinoda Paliencar on Saturday said that as a government representative he can place issues plaguing the cooperative sector before the government.
“A partnership between the public and private sector can lift the cooperative sector in the State to great heights. The cooperative sector will flourish if a tie-up takes place between public and private entities,” Paliencar said.
The water resources minister was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on the theme ‘building public-private cooperative partnership’ organised by Goa Registrar of Cooperative Societies in association with the Vaishya Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd, The Pirna Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd and The Jan Utkarsh Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd in Mapusa.
Paliencar opined that many cooperative societies in State have achieved financial stability and made a name for themselves only due to sincere efforts put up by the hard-working and dedicated members.
“All efforts should be made to resolve the difficulties facing the cooperative sector. I can take your views to the government,” he assured.
Stating that it was crucial to adjust to changing atmosphere in the cooperative sector, keynote speaker of the function and former deputy registrar of cooperative societies, Chandrakant Gawde said public-private cooperative partnership (PPCP) was the need of the hour.
“We have to keep pace with changing times. If we don’t tie-up with public sector then there are chances that we (cooperative sector) may be sidelined,” Gawde opined.
He said if the cooperative sector has to face the challenges and competition posed by the multinationals then PPCP was very much needed.
The former deputy registrar stated that there were opportunities and risks among both the multinationals and the cooperative sector.
But he stressed that there should be positive mindset to accept new changes.
Former speaker and ex-Mapusa MLA, Surendra Sirsat said that public, private and cooperative participation will help the removal of middleman, who is the link between the manufacturer/producer and end consumer.
“This middleman makes a killing be taking a chunk of the profit leaving the producer and the consumer very little margin. A partnership between public, private and cooperative sector can change this,” Sirsat said.
Former minister, Chandrakant Chodankar and former president of All Goa Merchants Federation, Narayan Karekar also spoke on the occasion.
