Fertiliser cooperative IFFCO's Director Atul Yadav has been elected to the Board of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA).
Yadav won by huge margin as he got 132 votes, whereas nearest contestant got 72 votes. The contestants from America and Europe were also in the fray.
ICA is a co-operative union representing co-operatives and the co-operative movement worldwide.
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Himachal inks agreement with Nexus Novus * The Himachal Pradesh government today signed an agreement with Dutch company for feasibility study for waste management and making the state "waste free".
The agreement was signed by Director Urban Development, J M Pathania on behalf of the state while Rutger De Brujin, Managing Director of Dutch Company Nexus Novus, signed the agreement on behalf of the Company.
The feasibility study will cost 51565 Euro (about Rs 40 lakh) which would be fully borne by the Nexus Novus, while the Urban Development will provide all field level assistance to the company for feasibility study which will be completed within a period of six months.
The study will be covering three clusters, including Dharamshala-Kangra, Shimla-Solan and Mandi-Kullu-Manali- Sundernagar.
The signing of the agreement is consequence of the mutual technical cooperation meets between the delegations of Netherlands headed by Alphonsus Stoelinga, the ambassador of Netherland and Sudhir Sharma, Urban Development Minister held at Shimla in June, 2014.
During the meeting, the problems being faced in municipal waste management in the State was discussed and keeping in view the expertise of the Netherland in the field of waste management, the Dutch side was requested to assist the State in this field by providing technological and management solution to the problem.
The State has ought technical know-how from Netherlands for important sectors like solid waste management, urban and regional planning, city development plan, water management, sewerage, transport management, saving of energy and capacity building for all Urban Local Bodies in the state.
The garbage disposal is one of the major issue for which the state was looking forward to adopt the model of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands has advanced in different sectors of urban development and there is a vast scope for the replication of advanced technologies and management practices in the State.
During the meeting held with the Netherlands Ambassador, he had offered free technical assistance to the State for developing one city as model city having modern facilities of sewerage, parking, roads, drains and parking, etc.
