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The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 Cleared by Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has adopted a change to the cooperative societies law that will make multi-State cooperative society governance more democratic, transparent, and accountable. The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022, integrates the provisions of the 97th Constitution Amendment, which granted cooperative societies constitutional status and protection, as well as making the freedom to form cooperative societies a basic right (Article 19).