Export-promotion forum, trade fair to boost farm cooperatives: Govt

The international trade fair will be held by the agriculture ministry and will be supported by the commerce and external affairs ministries

The government has announced that an export-promotion forum for the cooperative sector will be created soon. An international trade fair will also be organised on October 11-13.

The forum will be set up under the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), after consultations with 20 states and three Union territories, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday. 

The government hopes this will work as an exchange platform for the cooperatives. Both ministries have committed to establish a framework to double farm exports from Rs 2.75 trillion to about Rs 7 trillion by 2024-25.