Govt doesn't want to meddle in state coop laws; hopes for uniformity: Shah

Says SC ruling on 97th Constitution Amendment has clearly laid down roles of Centre and state with respect to coop institutions and all will adhere to them

Home Minister Amit Shah who also holds the dual charge of the newly-created cooperatives ministry categorically stated today that the Centre does not intend to interfere in the working of state cooperatives who will remain the sole authority to frame legislations on them.

Addressing a two-day seminar on the framework of a new cooperative policy, Shah said that the Supreme Court judgement on the 97th Constitution Amendment has clearly laid down the roles of the Centre and state with regards to cooperative institutions and all will adhere to them.

He said the functioning of multi-state cooperative societies will continue to