Sahakar Mitra Scheme Objectives
- The interns will learn about the role, contribution, and impact of NCDC and cooperatives.
- Interns will get knowledge of the NCDC’s context and operations.
- To participate in cooperative start-ups, professional graduates should be oriented toward a cooperative business model.
- Interns will have the possibility to assume leadership and entrepreneurial responsibilities in cooperatively governed Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
- To help newly established cooperatives or individuals in need with business ideas and initiatives by offering guaranteed project loans on more favorable terms to emerging cooperatives in the early phases of growth.
- To promote Modi’s “Vocal for Local” concept.
- Capacity development in the cooperative sector
Sahakar Mitra Scheme
The Sahakar Mitra Initiative is expected to help cooperative institutions obtain access to fresh and innovative ideas from young professionals, while interns will receive field experience and the confidence to be self-sufficient. The Sahakar Mitra Scheme or a Summer Internship Program has been launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare(SIP). Another term for it is the Scheme on Internship Program. The initiative is managed by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), which aims to benefit both cooperatives and young professionals (interns). The initiative is intended to be a win-win situation for both cooperatives and young professionals. The concept would also allow academic professionals to develop entrepreneurial responsibilities and leadership through cooperatives like Farmers Producers Organizations (FPO).