Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Youth Cooperative Conference and UP Cooperative Expo-2025 at Jupiter Hall, Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Sunday, marking the International Year of Cooperatives 2025.
A short film showcasing key achievements and innovations of the Cooperative Department was screened on the occasion. The Chief Minister and former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu also released a booklet documenting these milestones.
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During the event, the Chief Minister honored officials and beneficiaries for outstanding contributions to the cooperative sector and distributed loan cheques under various schemes.
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Honored by the Chief Minister
• Satyendra Kumar, District Magistrate, Varanasi, was honored for his pivotal role in strengthening cooperatives in Maharajganj, Barabanki, and Varanasi.
• Santosh Kumar Sharma, District Magistrate, Maharajganj, was recognized for enrolling the highest number of members (1.22 lakh) and adding the maximum online members (28,000) in the state under the M-PACS Membership Mega Campaign-2025.
Loan Cheques Distributed
• Under the CM Yuva Udyami Yojana, Ajay Pratap Singh and Danishtha Fatima received loan cheques of ₹5 lakh each from the UP State Cooperative Bank.
• Under the Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana, Sonam Verma and Manish Kumar Bhadauria were given loan cheques of ₹25 lakh each, while Akanksha Singh received a loan cheque of ₹10 lakh.
• Vandana Tiwari and Lalita Devi were honored for exemplary performance under the Namo Drone Didi Scheme.
Top Performing Districts in Membership Enrollment (M-PACS Mega Campaign)
• Maharajganj – Jitendra Bahadur Singh (UP State Cooperative Bank) and Sunil Kumar Gupta, AR Cooperative (1.22 lakh members)
• Shahjahanpur – Dharmendra Pratap Singh Rathore, Chairman, District Cooperative Bank, and Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Assistant Commissioner (1.08 lakh members)
• Unnao – Arun Singh, Chairman, District Cooperative Bank, and Ravindra Kumar Singh, Assistant Commissioner (over 1.02 lakh members)
Three District Cooperative Banks that collected the highest deposits under the M-PACS Membership Mega Campaign-2025
• Meerut – Deposits exceeding ₹125 crore
(Vimal Kumar Sharma, Chairman; Vinay Singh, Secretary)
• Ghaziabad – Deposits exceeding ₹65.48 crore
(Krishnaveer Singh, Chairman; Sandeep Singh, Secretary)
• Lakhimpur Kheri –
(Vineet Manar Patel, Chairman; Sudhanshu Chaudhary, Secretary)