The details of the cooperative education and training programmes conducted by various institutions are as under:

Year	NCCT		NCUI		NCDC (LINAC)
	No. of programme	No. of Participants Trained	No. of programme	No. of participants trained	No. of programme	No. of participants trained
2019-20	1783	60881	10855	133693	66	1848
2020-21	1100	40288	12371	157368	121	8076
2021-22	1598	62774	12361	159119	256	19927
2022-23	3287	201507	14634	207911	246	18364

 

The budget allocated and utilized for these programmes in each financial year since 2019-20 are as under -

Figures in lakh Rs.

Year	NCCT		NCUI
	Budget Allocated	Utilized	Budget Allocated	Utilized
2019-20	6181.25	6181.25	250.50	250.50
2020-21	5174.82	5174.82	1416.12	1416.12
2021-22	5382.50	5382.50	1290.40	1290.40
2022-23	4400.00	4400.00	Nil	-

Note: No separate budget has been allocated to NCDC for cooperative education and training.

Cooperative training and education programme conducted by various institutes have been well received by participants. The imparted training inputs enhanced the cooperative skills of the participants/stakeholders thereby facilitating a better functioning of cooperatives, besides improving their level of awareness about various government schemes as well.

This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

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