Cooperatives Department Kathua organizes Awareness camp at Nagri

Kathua, June 10 : The Department of Cooperatives, Kathua, today held an awareness camp at Nagri to mark the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, reinforcing values of unity, mutual assistance, and economic empowerment. In attendance as Chief Guest was Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Jammu Bal Krishan.

A highlight of the event was the prize distribution ceremony, underlining the Department’s efforts toward transparent governance and member welfare. Bal Krishan commended the Department of Cooperatives, Kathua, for organizing the camp in alignment with global cooperative objectives and for promoting equitable best practices.

In his address, the Additional Registrar underscored the global significance of cooperatives in building resilient economies, supporting livelihoods, and fostering inclusive communities. “The International Year of Cooperatives is an opportunity to showcase how cooperative societies can be engines of development and social solidarity,” he remarked.

Participants also visited information stalls and engaged in interactive sessions designed to educate members about cooperative benefits, covering themes from financial inclusion to collective enterprise. The camp reflected aims of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives—raising public awareness, strengthening cooperative frameworks, and fostering leadership in cooperative spaces.

The event concluded with a reaffirmation of the Department’s commitment to continue similar community outreach efforts, encourage participation in cooperative programmes, and support local cooperative societies in adopting governance-focused reforms.