What about ukcdp

Uttarakhand Co-operative Development Programme (UKCDP) - India’s first integrated co-operative development project which is aimed to improve rural economy by giving a boost to the co-operative, agriculture, and allied sectors through Multi-Purpose Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies (MPACS). The scheme is a catalyst towards the vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” by creating additional income & employment generation through commercial activities by MPACS and making it a profitable business unit.

UKCDP is operated under the financial assistance of National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC). ₹ 3340 Crores has been provisioned for financing the potential business activities by MPACS.

Assistance provided under the scheme is such that it supports establishment & strengthening of end-to-end value chain of the commodities or services carried out by MPACS. The project also aims to connect co-operatives with corporates. The project provides a platform for the convergence of farmers and corporates for cultivating market-oriented produce and thereby fetching increased remuneration for farmers. About 8-10 lakhs small and marginal farmers of the state would be directly benefited from UKCDP. The project is financial assisted (loan) by National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC). Grant part (which was 20% of the particular project cost) provided by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under CSISAC (Component) is discontinued as cooperative department which was earlier under Ministry of Agriculture & welfare now has formed a separate ministry (Ministry of Cooperation). UKCDP is looking for opportunities to avail subsidy from different schemes & through convergence with line departments.

Department of Co-operative Societies plays a pivotal role in rural economy of the State through its interventions at the grass root level. To increase the farmers’ income, the Department envisages to align and channelize State’s efforts.

The UKCDP project works across the districts and is handled by a State Level Nodal entity called UKCDP Programme Directorate which comprises of Project Directors, Dy. Project Directors, Programme Manager, PMC and Different Development Organizations.

Vision

This project is a catalyst towards the vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” by creating additional income & employment generation through commercial activities by MPACS and making it a profitable business unit.

Mission: “SEHKARITA SE SMRIDDHI”

Concept & Activities

Under the programme the co-operatives through its structures and the specialized co-operatives viz. agriculture, sheep & goat, fisheries, and dairy shall be strengthened to act as the force multiplier towards increasing the farmers income. The beneficiaries primarily include Multipurpose Primary Agriculture Credit Co-operative Societies (MPACS), state level co-operative federations / bodies etc.

The project envisages to bring about holistic development in agriculture and allied sectors in the state through co-operative societies. It targets to identify very specific opportunities for intervention, carving specific projects, assessing technical and financial feasibility of proposed project, project costs, funding structure, converting proposed projects into profitable business models, and thereby developing sustainable income generation for Co-operative Societies, State level Co-operative Federations and its members.

At the onset of the project, pre-assessment of the four sectors was undertaken, opportunities were identified through stakeholder consultation and surveys, roll out plans were prepared, feasibility assessment was carried out and thereafter the implementation work was started.

The implementation of various activities of these sectors are already in progress such as:

• Co-operative Sector: (primarily focuses on Agri & related activities): Collective Co-operative Farming, Damask Rose, Beekeeping, Mushroom, e-marketing, value addition and marketing etc
• Sheep & Goat Sector: Facilitating co-operative farmers with construction/renovation of goat shed, goat & buck distribution, AI-heat synchronization, insurance, treatments, vaccination, marketing and selling goat meat under BAKRAW brand, developing Goat valley etc.
• Fishery Sector: Cluster farming of trout fish through co-operative societies, Value addition and marketing and selling fishes under Uttara fish brand etc.
• Dairy Sector: Providing 2-5 cattle units through dairy co-operatives, Milk procurement, processing and value addition, marketing, and sale under Aanchal Brand etc.