Port Blair, June 30: A Special General Meeting of the Andaman & Nicobar State Cooperative Union was held on Saturday 29th June 2013 at 10.30 am in the Union’s Office Building at Teylerabad, South Andaman to discuss the agenda items viz (1). Consideration of Programme of Activities of the A&N Cooperative Union for the year 2013-14; (2). Consideration of Progress of Activities of the Union for the year 2012-13 and (3) Consideration of appointment of Auditors, Audit Firms for auditing the accounts of the Cooperative Union for the year 2012-13.
A two minutes silence was observed before the meeting in memory of those persons who lost their lives recently in Uttrakhand. Earlier Shri Ram Lall, General Secretary of the Union as well as the senior most co-operator on the Board of Directors A&N State Coop. Union hoisted the seven-coloured cooperative flag in the Union’s office premises.
Delivering the presidential speech on the occasion, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma at the outset welcomed the delegates and member societies. Giving a brief account on the achievements made by the Union, Sharma informed the house that all the achievements made during the year under report have become possible only with the active help of the members of the General Body, who delegated powers, gave responsibilities and put faith on the present Board of Directors of the Union.
Sharma also informed that the first and foremost work of the present Board of Directors was to develop infrastructures of the Union. In doing so, a Cooperative Training College, which was the much needed demand in the sector has been established and it is successfully imparting trainings on various subkects like micro finance, RTI, Leadership Development etc. Furthermore, the entire area of the Union’s Building has been fenced and renovation/ extension works of the building was undertaken. Centres for vocational training on tailoring and fashion designing, computer application and beauty parlour were opened in the Union’s building premises during the tenure of the present board.
Not only that, many training centres were opened in remote areas of South Andaman as well as in North & Middle Andaman. There are plans to open more such centres in other areas too, Sharma said.
Shri Ram Lall, General Secretary read out the detailed agenda-items of the meeting and thereafter in the open session invited questions and suggestions if any from the delegates of the member societies. Vetran as well as young co-operators also interacted by giving suggestions, proposals and by raising questions. At the end of the meeting all agenda points/ proposals/ suggestions were passed.