Rawat asks co-operatives to help govt in rural housing

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today asked co-operative institutions to lend a helping hand to the state government in its efforts in the field of rural housing.

Apart from realising the concept of village farming, the co-operative institutions must also supplement the state government's efforts in the rural housing sector, Rawat said in his address at a function to inaugurate a new building of Uttarakhand Rajya Sahkari Sangh.

A lot has been achieved in the co-operative sector and co-operative banks are leading over other banks in granting loans to farmers, the CM said.

He stressed that the co-operative sector was the state government's priority.
 

This priority, he said, has led to the state now having a Resham Federation (silk co-operative) and around five-six milk unions, which are now making profit.